Saturday January 17 sees more than 800 students celebrating their graduation across three ceremonies during the course of the day.
Each of them will be presided over by the University’s Chancellor, Baroness Floella Benjamin OBE DL. She will personally greet each graduand and inspire them to use their education to make a difference in the world.
In addition to parents, relations and friends, the students will be joined by three distinguished Honorary Graduates:
Professor Steve Field CBE (DSc) 9am Steve Field is Chief Inspector of General Practice at the Care Quality...
Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership and First Great Western are working together to improve Exeter St Thomas station and are looking for local residents to join in this improvement drive.
The Friends of Exeter St Thomas Station will help plan murals for the station platform walls and some greenery on the platforms and get involved in planting and watering.
The first meeting of the new Friends group will be on Tuesday 13 January at the Riverside Christian Centre, 13-14 Okehampton Street, Exeter, EX4 1DU. Coffee and cakes will be available from 4pm, and the meeting will start...
The eagerly awaited Silverton Hunt Point to Point takes place on Sunday January 18th at Black Forest Lodge, Kenton near Exeter off the A380 starting at 12 noon with the first race.
An exhilarating, crowd-pleasing showcase for amateur horse racing nationally, Silverton Hunt Point to Point, has attracted well over a record 100 entries with some of the best competitors in their field.
Courtesy of the landowners the Earl and Countess of Devon, every jump on the 3-mile point to point course can be seen by race-goers, even from a vehicle. A great day out for all country loving...
The University of Exeter has received a £2 million gift from The Wolfson Foundation to support the establishment of a new Living Systems Institute, which will pioneer a new approach to treating the world’s most serious diseases.
The gift is the largest award made by The Wolfson Foundation in 2014 and constitutes the latest milestone in a long history of key contributions from the charity towards the advancement of science at Exeter.
The Living Systems Institute will bring together 200 cell and molecular biologists, mathematicians, physicists, biomedical scientists and...
As the Exeter Business Improvement District (BID) reaches the next stage in its campaign, those involved in the BID are beginning to explore options with other businesses within the city centre with a view to design, plan, manage and deliver a Business Plan that reflects their business priorities to take the city centre forward for the next five years.
Mattie Richardson, Owner of Bunyip Beads & Buttons, is one of the faces of Exeter BID who are supporting the scheme
1. How do you feel about the Exeter BID?
I feel positive about the prospect of Exeter BID. All...
Independent research by Experian has identified the award-winning corporate finance team at chartered accountants Francis Clark as the dominant financial adviser in the South West having almost doubled its deal volume over that achieved in 2013.
The Francis Clark team achieved 40 deals in 2014, more than the total volume of the next four South West corporate finance teams combined, which sees the firm jump 14 places in the national league table to 20th, the only non-Top 10 accounting practice to be included.
The Corporate team at Foot Anstey tops the South West Legal...
Having already donated materials to a charity, sports club, school and community group, RGB Building Supplies is delighted to offer one more £1,000 building materials grant, this time for care and nursing homes.
Homes in the Exeter area are invited to apply for the donation to help them complete any renovation or refurbishment projects. Perhaps a home needs to update their communal areas, complete some essential repairs or renovate an outdoor area - whatever the project, RGB would like to hear about it.
Rob Allen, Operations Manager at RGB Building Supplies, commented: “We...
This March sees Rock Solid Race returning to Escot Park for the third time – bringing with it more obstacles, more races and more days to do it in (the event will be running on both days this year).
Founder and owner Ashley Jardine is thrilled with the reaction to the event. Having left a safe career as an Optician just three years ago, he took a big gamble on carving out a new career in Obstacle Racing. It looks like it has paid off.
“Just three years ago, Escot Park was our very first event and since then we have become known as being one of the best races around.”...
The Met Office has issued three weather warnings as snow, strong winds and heavy rain are expected to hit the region this week.
Showers of hail, sleet and snow on Tuesday evening and overnight are likely to leave a covering of snow of 3-6 cm in places, especially on ground over 100m but also locally to lower levels too.
Icy patches will also form on untreated surfaces making driving conditions tricky.
The Met Office’s chief forecaster said: “A cold westerly airstream will spread across the area on Tuesday evening, allowing frequent showers in the overnight period to...
Exeter women are being urged to fight dirty when it comes to conquering cancer - by signing up now for an exciting new event from Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.
The city has been chosen to host one of just two Race for Life Pretty Muddy events taking place in the South West this summer.
Pretty Muddy is a women-only, non-competitive 5k obstacle course – with added mud. It will take place for the first time in Exeter at Westpoint Arena on Saturday, July 25.
It’s the perfect challenge for thoe looking to shake off the January blues and commit to get more active in...
