Exeter College has been named as one of the best places to work in the UK, according to The Sunday Times.
The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies is an annual ranking of the best workplaces measuring workforce motivation, happiness and engagement. Exeter College has been ranked as a Top 100 employer in The Sunday Times 100 Best Not-For-Profit Organisations to Work For 2017.
The College is one of only six organisations with more than 1,000 employees and the only further education college in Englandto be ranked in the Top 100.
GET the help you need to take your business to the next level at regular free advice sessions from Exeter solicitors Cartridges Law.
A team from the legal firm provides drop-in business advice at Exeter Library Business and IP Centre on the second Tuesday of each month, from 4pm to 6pm.
Cartridges Business Hub offers advice on starting or growing a company, or developing a business idea. It offers access to free initial advice and signposting to vetted and trusted expert advisers on a range of subjects. The Business and IP Centre offers some great resources to assist any...
Pioneering folk trio FAUSTUS tour the UK in April and release a brand new EP ‘Slaves’, hot on the heels of their acclaimed album ‘Death & Other Animals’, produced by Rupert Christie (Bellowhead), Faustus and Westpark Music.
Death and Other Animals has just received the German Critics Award (Schallplatenkritik Bestenliste) in the Folk/Singer-Songwriter/World Music Category.
Faustus is an established name in the English folk scene made up of three of the best-known and talented English folk musicians – Paul Sartin (Bellowhead, Belshazzar’s Feast), Benji Kirkpatrick (Bellowhead, Seth Lakeman Band), and Saul Rose (Waterson: Carthy, Whapeazel, War Horse).
South West property developers Burrington Estates, who are building a new development of 25 high specification new two, three, four and five-bedroom homes in Clyst St George invited school children from Lady Seawards Primary School for an educational visit to their new development, Seaward Park, leading up to the highly anticipated show home opening this Saturday 4th March 10am-4pm.
Overall 40 school children made up of years 4, 5 and 6 pupils participated in a site tour, reviewed building methods, the importance of sustainability and learned about the different build stages. The...
A world expert in measuring brain function will give his first lecture at the University of Exeter.
Keith Wesnes was recently appointed Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Exeter Medical School, bringing over 40 years’ experience of measuring changes to major aspects of cognitive function in both clinical practice and research. His work is crucial for furthering the understanding of various factors, including ageing and dementia, which compromise cognitive function, as well as the identification of factors which could ameliorate such changes.
]Leading independent education specialists Class People swapped their recruitment hats on Thursday for Mr Men, all in aid of World Book Day. With experience in and outside the classroom, CEO Lynis Bassett led the Class People team in dressing up as characters from the Mr Men series of books to help promote reading in schools. Using their social media platforms to create buzz around the day, the consultants dressed in costume read out extracts from their favourite Mr Men books. Lynis Bassett, Chief Executive Officer, Class People says: “We’re no strangers to dressing up and celebrating a...
This spring Exeter Phoenix presents a new season packed full of great nights out and fun for all the family.
The city’s local arts hub, tucked away behind Gandy Street, offers a tantalizing and diverse selection of live music, independent cinema, contemporary art and performance this March and April. Musically, the venue’s highlights include a farewell tour from indie folk band Stornoway, the last chance for fans to see them live before they call it a day, an energetic live set from Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes, Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier and Alabama 3. Alongside a programme...
An evening piano recital with Stephen Beville to include Beethoven's 'Moonlight' sonata, works by Chopin and Liszt in addition to the world premiere of Beville's Prelude, Etude and Fantasy (2012).
'Beville's accounts of each of the established masterpieces are well worth hearing' (Musical Opinion)
Tickets £10, available at the door or in advance from www.exeterphoenix.org.uk (tel: 01392 667080)
Exeter Junior School pupils performed a special song composed in support of Sign Health and raised over £200 for the deaf health charity.
Not only did pupils sing the song fantastically well they also simultaneously signed it, using international sign language.
The song, entitled 'Together', conveys the message that it is through working together and supporting one another that we make the world a better place.
Music teacher Tina Guthrie said pupils worked on the singing and the signing in their music lessons.
