Education

Exeter MP supports biodiversity improvements in schools

Exeter MP, Steve Race, visited Bowhill Primary School on Friday 27th March 2026 to show his support for Little Green Change's Biodiversity in Schools Project, which provides free environmental education and biodiversity improvements to state-funded primary and secondary schools in Devon, Dorset...

Bridgerule Primary School voted as a Surprise Supplies winner

Bridgerule CofE Primary School has been voted as a winner of RGB Building Supplies’ Surprise Supplies initiative and now has £1,000 to spend on materials at RGB’s Holsworthy branch.

RGB invited charities, schools, community groups and care homes from across the region to get in touch and explain how a donation of materials would help to complete a project. Alongside Woodside Animal...

JLL Exeter invites students to gain insight into world of property

Real estate adviser JLL in Exeter is calling on students aged 14-19 who are keen to learn more about a career in the property industry to apply for a virtual work experience programme.

The Access to Property with JLL four-day programme will give young people a chance to find out whether a role in the property sector – or within inter-related teams such as marketing, business admin or...

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Devon-based group leads the way in supporting autistic learners

World Autism Acceptance Week runs this year from 28 March to 3 April. Revealingly, numbers of diagnosed children are on the increase, with most recent statistics saying that around one in 57 (1.76%) children in the UK is on the autistic spectrum.

One of the most problematic issues that parents face is to do with education; depending on where they are on the spectrum, autistic children...

Owens Coffee educate South Devon Primary Schools as part of Fairtrade Fortnight

Fairtrade Fortnight returned this year (21st February - 6th March) with an emphasis on the current climate crisis. Devon-based company, Owens Coffee, actively participated in the two-week worldwide campaign, which each year highlights incredible stories of global communities and the positive impact which the Fairtrade system has within them.

On behalf of Fairtrade Devon, Owens Coffee...

More Devon families get first preference secondary school

More families in Devon will receive their top preference secondary school this year.

Devon County Council announced today that 92.6 per cent of families who applied for a place next September have been offered their first preference - up more than one per cent from 91.5 per cent last year.

In all, 97.6 per cent of families will get one of their three preferences.

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dBs The Institute of Sound & Digital Technologies and Access Creative College come together to offer students in & around Plymouth specialist courses in creative subjects

Open Day: Saturday 5th March, 12:00pm

dBs: The Institute of Sound & Digital Technologies (dBs) and Access Creative College (ACC) will open the doors to their state-of-the-art Plymouth campus next month to showcase opportunities for students to train for careers in the creative industries.

The two organisations have come together to offer students in Devon and Cornwall a range of...

Taylor Wimpey helps Cranbrook school ‘grow’ its eco footprint

Taylor Wimpey Exeter recently helped pupils at St Martin’s Primary School in Cranbrook plant 10 new trees to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

The donation from Taylor Wimpey was to support the school’s involvement in The Queen’s Green Canopy campaign, a unique tree planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee this year which invites people from across the...

Revealing Plymouth’s shipwrecked histories with 3D scanning

Archaeological artefacts recovered from shipwrecks in Plymouth Sound that reveal Plymouth’s links to empire, slavery and indenture have been brought to life through 3D scanning at Fab Lab Plymouth, in a collaboration between Plymouth College of Art’s Smart Citizens Programme, local archaeological team the SHIPS Project and internationally-renowned artist and photographer, Dr Mohini Chandra...

From burgers to blowdries via an apprenticeship

A Devon college is celebrating National Apprenticeship Week with an increase in the number of people signing up to do apprenticeships. In the last two years South Devon College has seen a 65% growth across all sectors and ages. There has been notable increases in adults over 19 on the Initial Teacher Education, Hair and Beauty and Electrical Installation apprenticeships. “We are delighted...

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