education

The South West Childcare & Education Show

Event Date: 
07/11/2014 - 9:30am to 08/11/2014 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
Westpoint Exeter, Clyst St Mary

Visitor registration is now open at www.childcareshow.co.uk for this new event. It will be a unique forum for educators and child carers in the southwest to discover more about the hot topics and issues in early years education and childcare.

The South West Childcare & Education Show is an essential two-day free exhibition for teachers, head teachers, senior leaders, child minders, nursery owners/managers, childcare workers and parents, in fact anyone involved in early years education and childcare. It will be the perfect forum to meet experts and peers from the region, with an...

Free Childcare in Schools training event

Event Date: 
03/12/2014 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter

National charity Family Action has been funded by the Department for Education to support selected schools in England to develop childcare and holiday provision on the school site.

This includes, for instance, breakfast, after-school and holiday clubs. Now, the Childcare in Schools Team would like to share their learning with other schools in the country and we are holding a free open training event in your area in December.

Childcare in Schools – free training workshop

• What? This session will look at the barriers that schools typically face when setting up school...

Free childcare in schools training - for heads, governors, SBMs etc

Event Date: 
16/11/2014 - 1:00pm to 03/12/2014 - 3:00pm
Venue: 
Headway Devon X Centre

National charity Family Action has been funded by the Department for Education to support selected schools in England to develop childcare and holiday provision on the school site. This includes, for instance, breakfast, after-school and holiday clubs. Now, the Childcare in Schools Team would like to share their learning with other schools in the country and we are holding a free open training event in your area in December.

Childcare in Schools – free training workshop

• What? This session will look at the barriers that schools typically face when setting up school-based...

Exeter named top university in the South West

Exeter has been named the top university in the Southwest according to The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2015 after reaching a new high in the national rankings.

The supplement provides the most comprehensive guide to higher education in Britain in print and digital formats across The Times and The Sunday Times.

The newspaper content will be published over the course of a week, beginning with a 56-page supplement published in The Sunday Times this weekend (September 21). A fully searchable website with full university profiles and 66 subject tables will...

Open weekend at Devon's newest school

Authored by BelindaD
Posted: Thu, 09/11/2014 - 4:33pm

Teens with an interest in high-flying careers as architects, interior designers and structural engineers can meet the team behind a new specialist school opening next year in Ashburton at the town’s Food Festival this weekend.

Called Atrium Studio, the new government-funded school will offer students aged 13-18 an education focusing on the professions within the Built Environment, and will be the first offering this specialism in the South West. Construction of the £3.7m state-of-the-art complex – designed by the award-winning Satellite Architects – will begin in January 2015 on a...

New school recruiting brains of the future

Tomorrow’s scientists and engineers can now apply for places at the county’s newest school, the South Devon University Technical College in Engineering, Water and the Environment, which opens its doors to the first intake of students this time next year.

The innovative UTC has been established by the University of Exeter and South Devon College alongside key local and regional employers, to provide a specialist secondary education for young people with a flair for science and engineering. It aims to help the region’s top students become as ‘work-ready’ as possible.

The UTC...

New School Begins Recruiting Scientists and Engineers of the Future

Tomorrow’s scientists and engineers can now apply for places at the county’s newest school, the South Devon University Technical College in Engineering, Water and the Environment, which opens its doors to the first intake of students this time next year.

The innovative UTC has been established by the University of Exeter and South Devon College alongside key local and regional employers, to provide a specialist secondary education for young people with a flair for science and engineering. It aims to help the region’s top students become as ‘work-ready’ as possible.

The UTC...

Lecture: Medieval Tombs - Meeting Places of the Living and the Dead

Event Date: 
31/10/2014 - 1:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Cathedral

The border between the living and the dead could be very permeable in the Middle Ages, especially at this time of year.

Naomi Howell (University of Exeter) will explain how medieval beliefs about ghosts, bodies, and restless spirits are reflected in art, literature, and the tombs of Exeter Cathedral.

Tickets £3.

Please call 01392 413174 to book

http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/

Performance

Event Date: 
27/08/2014 - 10:00am to 31/08/2014 - 3:00pm
Venue: 
Clyst House, Winslade Park, Clyst St. Mary, Exeter, Devon, EX5 1DS

Location Clyst House, Winslade Park, Clyst St. Mary, Exeter, Devon, EX5 1DS Dates 27th Aug – 31st Aug 2014 Open 10am – 3pm Daily Free Public Admission

Performance was conceived early in 2012 as British excitement grew in anticipation of hosting the Olympics. Local sporting events were photographed as communities played their part in preparing for the Games. Other photographers concentrated on artistic events, from dance and theatre to street performance and music. This exhibition highlights the transitory nature of action-orientated photography

Performance is a touring...

Success for Rokk Media at Big Bang South West 2014

Authored by RokkMedia
Posted: Tue, 07/08/2014 - 3:15pm

The South West’s leading scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians were recently brought together for the Big Bang South West 2014 Fair, held at the University of Exeter on Thursday the 26th June 2014.

Designed to provide an innovative careers event, the fair aimed to introduce young students to the wide variety of careers available across Scientific, Engineering and Mathematical disciplines. The young technologists and scientists of the future were treated to an enjoyable day featuring elements of theatre blended with immersive learning experiences.

The fair...

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