An Exeter School pupil has won a place on a sought after Salters' Chemistry Camp.
Middle Fifth (Year 10) pupil, Rachel Broderick, has been selected to take part in the camp held at the University of Sussex this summer.
Head of Chemistry, Zoe Jarvis, said these places were very popular and Rachel had to complete a compelling application giving her reasons for wanting to take part in the camp. Rachel will spend several days in the labs, taking part in practical projects, using a range of undergraduate equipment and working with university postgrads and teachers.
A survey carried out by local charity, Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau, shows that many people in Exeter will struggle to deal with universal credit without support.
For most claimants, Universal Credit will eventually replace:
• Income Support • Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance • Child Tax Credit • Working Tax Credit • Housing Benefit • Budgeting loans - an advance payment of UC will replace these.
Figures from the Devon Strategic Partnership Welfare Reform Advisory Group in August 2013 suggest that 157,000 people...
Exeter Phoenix is pleased to present an exhibition of recent paintings by Rachel Busby and David Webb, who each make work grounded in memory, nostalgia and a sense of place; each in their own way, appearing to weave a tentative path that fluctuates between representation and abstraction.
Both artists draw references from rich personal histories and the powerful agency of particular objects, locations and narratives. Rather than coalesce into tangible landscapes, interiors or still life imagery however, these allusions are fragmented, mapped out and reworked to capture an essence...
A flood defence wall damaged by the storms at the start of the year has been repaired.
Exeter City Council has funded the repairs to the wall at Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham.
Contractors working for the City Council began work on 28 April and have now finished on schedule.
A large section of the coastal defence alongside the River Clyst frontage was severely damaged during the high tides and storm damage in January and February. This resulted in a breach which allowed the high tides to overtop and flow into the protected land and inland road behind it. These raised...
Exeter Chiefs face two trips to France and another to Ireland following today's European Rugby Challenge Cup draw.
Former internationals Simon Shaw and Scott Quinnell carried out the inaugural draw at the Stade de la Maladière in Neuchatel, Switzerland and pitted the Chiefs in Pool Two of the 2014/15 competition.
Standing in the way of Rob Baxter's side will be French Top14 sides Bayonne and La Rochelle, as well as Rabo ProDirect12 outfit Connacht Rugby.
The Chiefs have previously faced Connacht in two pre-season friendlies, but have never before faced either...
Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner is calling for action to prevent a continual drain on resources to support national policing. As part of the "mutual aid" agreement, the Devon and Cornwall force is required to provide officers for events such as the NATO summit and Olympics. However Tony Hogg is worried about the impact on effective local policing, particularly during the summer months when more than eight million people visit Devon and Cornwall.
Resources are already fully stretched during this period, and although money is refunded to the force for use of...
Exeter city centre will be full of servicemen and women, past, present and future as it celebrates Armed Forces Day on Saturday 21 June.
As part of the city’s annual celebrations of the work of the Armed Forces, almost 800 servicemen and women from all branches of the armed forces will be marching through the City Centre with Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Lawrence taking the salute at the Guildhall.
Lead by the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines together with Royal Marines from Lympstone, who are marking the anniversary of their...
Men who keep a mobile phone in their trouser pocket could be inadvertently damaging their chances of becoming a father, according to a new study led by the University of Exeter. Previous research has suggested that Radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation (RF-EMR) emitted by the devices can have a detrimental effect on male fertility. Most of the global adult population own mobile phones, and around 14% of couples in high and middle income countries have difficulty conceiving. A team led by Dr Fiona Mathews, of Biosciences at the University of Exeter, conducted a systematic review of the...
During the busy half-term week members of EDDC’s Countryside team hosted a visit from their counterparts in Poole, who wanted an in-depth look at the Axe Estuary Wetlands project.
Staff from Borough of Poole Council, Natural England, RSPB, Environment Agency and charity The Birds of Poole Harbour all made the trip along the south coast to learn about, and be inspired by, the work that has gone into making the Axe Estuary Wetlands what it is today.
Countryside Team Leader Steve Edmonds hosted the visit. He said: “It was great to take the group for a tour of the Wetlands. The...
