On Friday 7 February, the Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP visited the WESC Foundation in Exeter to say a special thank you to one of the learners at the Specialist Centre for Visual Impairment. Jacob Towner, aged 14, was the lucky learner whose Christmas card design was chosen by the Member of Parliament for East Devon to send out his Christmas wishes.
The challenge was presented to the learners just prior to the Christmas period to come up with a suitable card design, and so Hugo was charged with the difficult decision of choosing a winner. Jacob was thrilled and proud to learn that his...
Bicton College students and their four-legged friends are pleased to be moving to their new dog grooming centre on the East Budleigh campus this month.
Relocating from the current building to newly developed facilities as part of the new Animal Husbandry School means students studying animal care will now benefit from state-of-the-art equipment in the dedicated dog grooming centre.
Bicton College offers several dog grooming courses at different levels, and students are currently in need of dogs for washing and drying, trimming and nail (claw) clipping. All breeds and ages...
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A groundbreaking new app will unlock the secrets of a unique 10th century manuscript for schoolchildren.
Medieval manuscripts are normally accessible only to scholars as they are so fragile, but an app designed for an iPad will bring them to life for a whole new generation.
The 10th century Exeter Book of Anglo Saxon poetry and riddles, in the care of the Library and Archives of Exeter Cathedral, has been chosen as a prototype for the app, which has been developed by Dr Emma Cayley from Exeter University and Antenna International.
A new headteacher has been appointed at St Peters School in Exeter.
She is Rachel Hutchinson, who is currently vice principal of King Edward VI Community College in Totnes. Mrs Hutchinson will take up her new post after the Easter holidays. St Peter’s chair of governors, Heather Morgan, said: “We are delighted to announce the governors’ decision to appoint Rachel as our new headteacher following a rigorous selection process. “We were very impressed by the quality of all the candidates we interviewed. “We believe Rachel will make a dynamic leader for St Peter’s who will ensure every...
Jobless young people in Exeter and East Devon are being offered free training that could lead to a guaranteed work experience position.
PGL Training of Exeter is preparing to run two-week employment skills courses to anyone aged between 16 and 23 who is currently not in work, education or training. And if they complete the course satisfactorily they will be offered a guaranteed work experience placement in the local area. The courses are due to start on Monday, February 3.
PGL Training director Andy White said: “Nationwide, there are more than one million youngsters who are...
Pupils from three church Primary Schools in Devon have been busy this christmas due to taking part in The Big Crib Project.
The Big Crib Project, organised by the education department of the Exeter Diocese, aims to strengthen links between church primary schools and parish churches.
To strengthen this link schools Lady Seaward's C of E Primary School, Offwell C of E Primary School and Brixton St Mary's C of E Primary School are enlivening their parish churches by creating life size models of the nativity scene.
As well as creating life size models of the navity...
During a glittering ceremony last night in the Great Hall, the winners of the University of Exeter Impact Awards 2013 were revealed.
The impact awards celebrate the outstanding contributions researchers at the University have made to wider society.
Each award was separated into categories to showcase the particular area that they benefit.
This included research which changes the way we approach teaching and public life from a political standpoint with the Outstanding impact in Policy and Education award.
Researchers from the Centre for Research in Writing...
Devon businesses are only recruiting low numbers of young people looking for their first job since leaving education, according to research published today by Devon County Council.
The Devon County Council Workforce Skills Survey aims to better understand the issues and challenges facing businesses in Devon in relation to skills, with one of these areas being recruitment.
The research found that in the last three years, only a third (32 per cent) of businesses in Devon have employed someone in their first job since leaving school, 31 per cent since leaving a further...
An East Devon Church school is celebrating after being declared an outstanding school.
Otterton Church of England VA Primary School was upgraded from good to outstanding in the latest report by the National Society Statutory Inspection of Anglican Schools.
Headteacher Carron Saunders said: “We are delighted. There is a lovely ethos here, our children are spiritual, thoughtful and caring and we see that on a day to day basis. It’s good to see it recognised by an outside body.”
The report said: “The school is a welcoming and nurturing community in which all learners...
