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Dan Western and Jacqui Taylor with Ottery Primary School pupils

Primary School students enjoy new gardening adventures thanks to Otter Garden Centres

Students at Ottery Primary School are set to enjoy more hands-on gardening activities thanks to the donation of a beautiful new potting shed from Otter Garden Centres .

The idea grew from discussions held during Otter’s 60 Good Deeds campaign, celebrating the company’s 60th anniversary in 2024. Otter first helped the school by replacing the wood on raised beds, providing a new pond liner, and installing a roof for the forest school firepit area, making outdoor learning possible all year round.

Working with Assistant Headteacher Dan Western, Otter Managing Director Jacqui...

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IMP Software co-founders Will Jordan, left, and Dave Hall.

Exeter-based IMP Software shortlisted for national Megabuyte100 Emerging Stars award for best-performing technology company

Authored by Phil Smith
Posted: Fri, 02/16/2024 - 1:35pm

IMP Software has been shortlisted for the Best Performing Company – Government & Healthcare – Emerging Stars award at the upcoming 2024 Megabuyte100 awards.

The Emerging Stars awards identify the UK's 50 best-performing scale-up technology companies in the UK and acknowledge outstanding achievements within peer groups and overall. Evaluation criteria encompass factors such as size, growth and margins.

Will Jordan, Co-Founder of IMP Software, said: “We are proud to be among the UK’s top performing scale-up tech companies, as determined by its proprietary Megabuyte...

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Local children visit the secondary school to benefit from its Primary Sports Offer

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 02/11/2024 - 11:39pm

Pupils from six local primary schools have taken part in a tag rugby festival at West Exe School, part of the Ted Wragg Multi-Academy Trust , thanks to the school’s Primary Sports Offer.

The primary schools taking advantage of West Exe’s Primary Sports Offer are Alphington, Exwick Heights, Ide, Bowhill, St Gabriel’s and St Thomas. Each school is invited to participate in six festivals across the school year, these involve a wide range of sports from cross country and multi skills to tag rugby.

Each school also takes part in a Year 6 Competitive sporting league in...

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Chinese New Year goes off with a bang at Exwick Heights Primary School

Children at Exwick Heights Primary School , part of the Ted Wragg Trust family, have been learning about Chinese New Year this term ahead of the official celebrations kicking off for the lunar festival on the 10th of February.

Chinese New Year is an annual 15-day festival in China and Chinese communities around the world that begins with the new moon that occurs sometime between January 21 and February 20, with festivities lasting until the following full moon. The holiday is sometimes called the Lunar New Year because the dates of celebration follow the phases of the moon....

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Higher Education Minister visits University of Exeter for National Apprenticeship Week celebration

The University of Exeter is “revolutionary” in its commitment to providing degree apprenticeships, according to the UK’s Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education, who visited the University on Tuesday.

An alumnus of the University, The Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP returned to Exeter during National Apprenticeship Week to hear more about the University’s apprenticeship provision as well as meet with apprentices and the University’s employer partners.

The University of Exeter is the leading provider of Degree Apprenticeships nationally and the largest provider...

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PRISM Exeter STEMM speakers announced for February LGBT+ History Month

Authored by Alex Troy
Posted: Tue, 01/30/2024 - 8:18am

PRISM Exeter is excited to announce the speakers for their LGBT+ History month event on Wednesday 28th February at Exeter Library . The event will showcase the work of two LGBTQ+ people working in very different areas of STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Medicine), from crows to the cosmos.

The organiser for the speakers event, Dr Charlie Wand, said "Since 2016, PRISM Exeter has been on a mission to to create paths into STEMM for LGBTQ+ people by increasing exposure to others just like them, but that doesn't mean you have to be queer to come along! We welcome...

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Exeter students create commemoration cards for Holocaust victims

Students at West Exe School, part of the Ted Wragg Multi-Academy Trust , took part in a range of activities last week designed to have them learn more, and reflect on, the holocaust ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) on Saturday 27th January. The 27th marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp and the theme of this year’s HMD is the fragility of freedom.

The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust encourages remembrance in a world scarred by genocide, they promote and support Holocaust Memorial Day to remember the 6 million Jews murdered...

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Record £6.4 million awarded for further year of skills training in Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 01/24/2024 - 8:18pm

A successful skills training programme led by Devon County Council has received its largest funding award from the Department for Education to further boost employment opportunities across the county.

Train4Tomorrow is being delivered in partnership with Cornwall Council and is receiving £6.4million in 2024/2025, a significant increase on previous years which will enable more than 2,000 adults in Devon and Cornwall to access Skills Bootcamps in a variety of dynamic sectors.

Skills Bootcamps are available in a wide range of growing and well-paid sectors where there are a...

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Cranbrook Education Campus students curate gallery alongside award winning local artist

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 01/24/2024 - 9:51am

Cranbrook Education Campus , part of the Ted Wragg Trust family, welcomed local artist Brenda Thomas into the school this month, marking the first artistic contribution to the school's gallery initiative in 2024. The initiative, started in February 2023, aims to bring the world of art closer to the Cranbrook community.

Brenda Thomas works largely with recycled fabrics and her work is inspired by coastal walks with her dog. Her work has been exhibited around the country and several pieces have won national awards.

The gallery initiative stems from a listening campaign...

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Top Reasons to Take a Cooking Class

Authored by Val Watson
Posted: Wed, 01/24/2024 - 8:06am

Everyone has the potential to become a top chef in their kitchens and offer more than one go-to dish. In today's fast-paced world, many people rely on fast food and restaurants for their meal plans. However, restaurants are not always open and people nowadays enjoy staying home more than ever. Even if you currently rely on dining out or takeaway meals, investing in short cooking classes can pay off in the long run.

If you are considering starting cooking classes, go ahead and do it. Mastering the art of cooking is not the only advantage of taking cooking classes. To further...

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