A multimillion pound bid to revolutionise digital technology education across the South West has reached the final phase of competition.
The Department for Education (DfE) is awarding £170 million to establish a network of Institutes of Technology across the country. They will offer top-quality training and apprenticeships in higher-level technical skills.
They will aim to bridge skills gaps in the economy by providing the knowledge and training that employers need. It would deliver a range of higher level courses across the digital, engineering and manufacturing sectors...
The popular independent, boutique festival has built a reputation as a proper 2-day party. The below new acts join the likes of The Sugarhill Gang, Chali 2NA & Krafty Kuts, Slamboree & Crazy P…
Two times World Champion DJ, Lee Woodvine aka DJ Woody is arguably one of the UK’s most influential turntablists. Known for his innovations, he helped design the World’s first ever musical turntable instrument (Vestax Controller One) and is famed as a prolific pioneer of new scratch techniques.
DJ Woody will appear as part of the 45 Live stage takeover in the Big Top on...
Top scientists will answer your questions about sea turtles in a live online Q&A on Friday (June 8).
To mark of World Oceans Day, University of Exeter researchers will take questions from 2:30-3pm in an event broadcast on Facebook .
The experts will include Professor Brendan Godley, one of the coordinators of Exeter’s world-leading turtle research group.
Alongside him will be PhD student Emily Duncan, an expert on turtles and plastic pollution, who will begin a voyage across the Pacific later this month to study the impact of micro-plastics.
Are you ready to ROCK! Immerse yourself in the incredible new live music experience with Rock For Heroes.
Bringing the perfect combination of your favourite Rock & Pop artist across the eras, in celebration of an incredible cause Help for Heroes. There will be a collection for this amazing cause after every show.
Performed by a full live rock band and superb singers, It’s the must see show of the year. With music from artists such as Dire Straits, Status Quo, Queen, David Bowie, Madonna, Spandau Ballet, Bryan Adams, Elton John, Simple Minds and so many more. You won’t...
Running from the 12th-21st October, the prestigious Two Moors Festival is now in its 18th year and with a stellar line up of world-class artists, outstanding music and breath-taking venues, the October festival is not to be missed.
Created by John and Penny Adie to counteract the devastation caused by the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak in 2001, the festival brings a celebration of exceptional music to Exmoor and Dartmoor and surrounding areas.
The Two Moors Festival will showcase amazing artists as well as highlighting both Dartmoor and Exmoor’s built heritage by hosting...
RD&E has received NHS Improvement approval to proceed with a new clinical transformation programme. As well as fundamentally improving the way services and care are delivered to patients, the programme will see paper-based patient records at the RD&E becoming a thing of the past.
The MY CARE Programme is the cornerstone of a broader programme of change that will engage those people who need our services together with those people entrusted to deliver them, to transform the way that care is delivered and make services at the RD&E more clinically and financially...
The Dissenters Graveyard will be open to visitors between 11am and 4pm on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th June.
Visitors can:
Take the opportunity to walk through the nearly restored graveyard and browse through the range of information on the histories of the Graveyard, of Dissent, of the monuments and the people associated with site.
Hear about previous excavations including an investigation of an intact underground vault with visible burials.
Hear about the histories and sometimes the transatlantic connections of families represented in the Graveyard....
World class cyclists will race through the South Molton Pannier Market in September – the first time in the history of the modern Tour of Britain that it is has been routed through a building.
Stage 2 of the race will take place on Monday September 3, starting in the UK’s newest town, Cranbrook, in East Devon and finishing in Barnstaple, North Devon.
The route was announced at the 2018 OVO Energy Tour of Britain national launch in central London on Tuesday evening (5 June).
The race is being hosted by Devon County Council, supported by East Devon District Council...
Wool on the Exe is an Exeter based yarn shop with a mission to share the benefits of fibre arts with the community. This summer they are running free community knitting events in Exeter;
World Wide Knit Public Day at Exeter Central Library on Saturday 9th June 12pm-3pm
and
The Big Knit Swap at St Stephens Church on Saturday 23rd June 10am-2pm
Knitting and crochet are often reported to be good for our health. At Wool on the Exe the emphasis is on knitting, crocheting and creating together for added benefits to wellbeing. The shop was established in 2016 as...
Devon County Council has pledged to phase out its use of the most polluting single-use plastic products within two years.
The move is part of a new action plan the Council has developed to help cut the amount of single-use plastic waste in Devon.
The ‘Plastics Strategy’ outlines how various single-use plastic food and beverage packaging and tableware (such as cutlery and cups) will be removed from Council work locations by 2020.
It also summarises how the Council will use its position and responsibility to raise awareness of the issues surrounding single-use...
