Otter Garden Centres recently opened its kitchens to a group of Exeter College students to give them an understanding of how a commercial restaurant works.
Nine students on the NVQ level 1 Catering Craft (and Food Service) course helped out in the kitchens and front of house on a busy November day, undertaking a variety of tasks from battering fish to piping chocolate lettering....
Thousands of adults across Devon and Cornwall have the opportunity to learn new skills with almost 100 free Skills Bootcamp courses now on offer.
Train4Tomorrow Skills Bootcamps has 2,000 places available for adults across the region who want to ‘upskill’, change careers or explore new opportunities.
The latest wave of Train4Tomorrow Skills Bootcamps, delivered by Devon...
Schools from the Ted Wragg Trust in Exeter, Plymouth and across Devon have taken part in an Innovation Competition this month (2nd July) at the Exeter College Future Skills Centre. Students from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 4 could take part in the contest which was sponsored by NOCN and Willmott Dixon.
The competition was organised by the Ted Wragg Trust in collaboration with Exeter...
A pioneering new programme has been launched to improve career opportunities for care experienced young people in Devon.
Devon County Council and Exeter College have worked in partnership to develop the PACE (Positive About Care Experienced) programme with the aim of creating a ground-breaking business network dedicated to working with young people who are, or have been, in the care...
Exeter Airport Managing Director Stephen Wiltshire has been appointed to the Board of Governors at Exeter College.
Stephen has a background in mechanical engineering and has been airport managing director for two years, and before that was operations director for 12 years.
The Exeter College Board of Governors is responsible for determining the mission and strategic direction...
Award-winning chefs at Bovey Castle teamed up with cooks of the future from two Devon colleges for a special event providing students with a taste of the hospitality industry.
Bovey Castle, in Dartmoor, welcomed more than 20 students from South Devon College and Exeter College to produce a four-course lunch served to 80 lucky guests.
Seventeen-year-old fiddle player Eve Parker has just released an EP entitled Train Tracks which consists of 4 tunes written, recorded and released as part of her first year project at Exeter college where she is taking a BTEC in music performance.
Eve, who lives in Appledore, North Devon, travels by train every day from Barnstaple to Exeter and it was these daily journeys that...
Exeter-based IT support specialist Timewade is working with Exeter College to encourage more young people to consider a career in technology with a series of ‘How I got into Tech’ blogs showcasing the educational and career journeys Timewade employees have taken.
In the series, Timewade employees share how they got into technology, what they like about working in the sector, and their...
The Met Office is playing host to a fundraising fashion show for Exeter-based charity WESC Foundation (WESC), to help raise much needed funds for the charity’s ‘Communication Aids Appeal’. Sponsored by ITEC Connect and compéred by popular broadcaster Judi Spiers, the event is being held on the 22nd October with John Lewis showcasing its autumn/winter 2015 collection featuring students at...
