Where did Christmas come from and how have people celebrated it through the ages? Come along to our fun-packed Christmas workshop in the Pearson Education Centre to find out! From Christmas trees to carol-singing, discover where these Christmas traditions came from. Experience a Medieval and Victorian Christmas and make your own Christmas crafts to take home with you. Suitable for ages 6-12. £6 per child.
A budding student researcher is among the first from Exeter to secure a prestigious undergraduate placement at the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company.
Adam Harris, a BSc Medical Sciences student from the University of Exeter Medical School, has obtained a one year industrial placement at Eli Lilly’s UK base in Surrey.
Medical Sciences is a full-time undergraduate programme that incorporates an optional research placement year for students to get practical experience within a professional working environment. The programme is developed in consultation with industry...
Residents in Exminster are getting ready for Exminster Pre-school’s famous Santa Tour and Christmas Bazaar!
On Friday 4th December, Santa will tour the village in style, starting at the Stowey Arms at 4.30pm, stopping at Coffee on the Corner for mulled wine and mince pies at 5pm, then on to the Royal Oak for the grand finale.
This will be followed by the Christmas Bazaar on Saturday 5th December, from 2-4pm at Victory Hall in Exminster. Children will have the chance to visit Santa in his Grotto, make Christmas crafts and take part in festive games. There will also be a...
A public exhibition at Exeter’s Guildhall will show progress on plans to deliver a new sustainable Leisure Centre to replace Pyramids in the heart of the city.
Exeter Active, the City Council’s leisure centre project, is taking shape, and initial designs for the complex will go on display at the Guildhall at the end of this month (November).
The project will see the current bus and coach park at Paris Street redeveloped to deliver two swimming pools, fitness suite, health spa, exercise studios, café and crèche contained within the UK’s first ultra-sustainable “Passivhaus”...
The Exeter PA Network enjoyed a cheeky Monday night wine tasting in Circa 1924’s ‘Bootleg Bar’, hosted by James Leach from Charles Steevenson Wines. Members of the networking group were taken through a selection from the restaurants’ wine list, carefully chosen to complement the steak and seafood menu. Taste buds were tested with sweet, acidic and tannin flavours, teamed up with some tasty canapés.
Kim Glover, Assistant to Managing Partner at Michelmores and head of the Exeter PA Network, says: “It was great to hear more about the different types of grapes and to gain an...
DCET Training, formally known as Devon & Cornwall Electrical Training and based in Exeter, celebrates its 20th birthday this week and heads into its 21st year with a record Apprentice intake for the 2015/2016 academic year, as well as expansion into Bristol.
DCET Training has become the leading specialist in electrical training and prides itself on delivering high quality training and Apprenticeships for the electrical industry, as well as offering bespoke courses tailored to a company’s individual needs.
A result of merging with Focus Training in 2013 there has been an...
Some of the South West’s most exciting physicists are coming to the University of Exeter on Saturday 21 November to talk planets, astronomy, wind, rain and light for the Festival of Physics.
Ran by the South West regional branch of the Institute of Physics (IOP), the day will include a whole host of talks and activities ran by world-class physicists on topics including space and astronomy, climate change and meteorology. The Festival of Physics is free of charge to attend and is open to all individuals. To celebrate the International Year of Light, the festival will provide a...
This Saturday, 21st November, there will be a rare chance to spend an informal afternoon with Mike Westbrook, musician and Britain’s foremost avant garde jazz composer.
Mike has been composing, performing and directing internationally for many years. He has produced more than 40 albums, and written for television, theatre and a huge range of other projects, many with his wife, singer, songwriter and artist, Kate Westbrook.
At this event, presented by the Devonshire Association Music Section, Mike, with Kate, will be talking about his work, using recordings with films and...
The achievement of industry leading levels of operational efficiency and customer service excellence by Devon-based Kay Transport Ltd has been recognised with a national industry award.
Kay Transport is a member of Palletways, Europe’s largest and fastest growing express palletised freight network whose Vision 20:20 strategy won the award for Operational Excellence at this year’s Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport awards.
The award was presented to Palletways’ Group Member Development Director Craig Hibbert by The Princess Royal, the CILT patron and the...
This year, the Exeter Big Noise Chorus annual Christmas Concert, on Thursday 3rd December, will raise deaf awareness by teaching audience members to sign popular Christmas songs alongside their usual toe-tapping musical score. Big Noise Chorus believe everyone should be able to enjoy Christmas to the fullest and have applied this approach to their upcoming performance. The concert will not only be raising money for Exeter Deaf Academy, but also raising deaf awareness by teaching the audience how to sign songs in British Sign Language and incorporating a signing choir. This means the...
