Sports fans can learn about the impact of the frequent sackings of football managers at an event with experts at Exeter City FC.
Regular hirings and firing are common when the performance of football teams dip. Dr Sarah Gilmore, from the University of Exeter Business School, will explain how this managerial merry-go-round has implications beyond the departure of the boss at the talk.
Dr Gilmore’s research shows sackings have profound implications for the working lives of sports scientists. This group of professionals are increasingly key to athletes achieving amazing...
EXETER City supporters will have the opportunity to own a historic piece of their beloved club when work starts this summer on a new grandstand at St James Park.
Around £3.5million worth of improvements are scheduled at the ground over the coming year. At the centre of this work will be the demolition of the Old Grandstand, which is sponsored by Stagecoach, and is the oldest structure at the ground, dating back to 1926.
The football club is working with Exeter City Council, which owns the stand, to give fans the opportunity to buy seats before it is demolished.
Go along to the biggest and best ever Beacon Heath Summer Fete on Saturday July 2 from 12pm to 3pm.
The fete takes place at St James School and the neighbouring buildings, The Beacon Community Centre, formerly the Knight Club and The Beacon Nursery.
Lots of local organisations are taking part and it promises to be a great day out. There will be a bbq, live music, birds of prey, traditional fete games, Newtown Choir, coconut shy, face painting, craft stalls, refreshments, model trains, archery, bowling, table tennis, sock puppets, ice cream vans, smoothie bike, treasure hunt...
Exeter St James Community Trust Ltd has won £13,000 of funding from the Government’s Pocket Parks Programme and, thanks to local County Councillor, Jill Owen, a further £5,000 matchfunding has been awarded from DCC's Locality Budget.
The Trust, which is looking to transform a dilapidated patch of land, Queen’s Crescent Garden Pocket Park, into a community space for everyone to use, said it was delighted with the news.
“Queen’s Crescent Garden was named by St James' residents as top priority of the many projects that emerged during their neighbourhood planning process,” said...
An ancient tiled floor described as the "finest medieval tile pavement surviving in Devon and Cornwall" has been revealed for the first time in decades.
The floor has been uncovered as part of planned renovation work to the Cathedral. It is in a room above a Chapel, which in the Middle Ages was used as the Exchequer and in the 20th century as the Song School for boy choristers.
The decorative tiled floor has intricate patterns and was laid in the late 13th century.
The nearest similar medieval floor is in Winchester Cathedral.
Green fingered volunteers are improving gardens, streets and green spaces all over Exeter for this years’ RHS Britain in Bloom competition. Four ‘Village’ entries from St David's, St Thomas, St James and Wonford will each be working to achieve top awards for their neighbourhood.
Rachel Riley – TV presenter and Oxford Maths graduate – proudly announced the victors of the inaugural Astellas Innovation Challenge and awarded prizes for first, second and third place winners alongside competition ambassador and host Dr Kevin Fong and Astellas CEO, Ken Jones.
The competition asked students aged 14-16 to design a mobile app to encourage healthy living, with an aim to increase interest amongst school students in taking up Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects at university and beyond. The winners, from St Paul’s Catholic College, in West...
Polar explorer and University of Exeter honorary graduate Ann Daniels congratulated pupils from schools in Exeter by recognising their achievements at the annual Excellence in Exeter awards evening on Thursday 27 November. The celebrations were organised by the University of Exeter, in an awards evening designed to help forge closer links between the University of Exeter and local schools and colleges as a way of encouraging young people to engage with higher education. Pupils’ achievements whether academically in sports, the arts and community efforts will be recognised and heralded by...
Exeter City are delighted to announce that the club has been awarded the Family Excellence Award by the Football League. The announcement was made at St Andrew’s, the home of Birmingham City, on Wednesday 8 May. Each of the 72 Football League clubs receives two visits a year from a mystery family who judge the club on more than 70 supporter touch-points on a matchday. The clubs have to achieve a minimum score of 75 per cent on each visit and that there must be an improvement in the second report to prove on-going commitment. Last year, Exeter City lost their status as a holder of the...
