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Making the grade! Adult learners collect their GCSE results from Learn Devon

Adult learners at Learn Devon were among those who endured the nerve-racking moment of collecting their GCSE results yesterday.

Learn Devon, Devon County Council’s adult education service, offers free GCSE English and maths qualifications, with courses that start in September and in January.

In Exmouth, Andrew Morgan achieved a grade 5 in his English GCSE. He said: “I’m delighted, it's has been a long year and I have had to work really hard and I'm now feeling really relieved. Thanks to Learn Devon, especially to the learning support team for their help.”

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Support from war-torn Ukraine for University of Exeter course celebrating the country’s language and culture

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 10/03/2022 - 12:22pm

Special University of Exeter courses to help people learn about Ukraine’s spectacular language and culture are being supported by teachers based in the war-torn country.

Trained opera singer Iryna Ilnytska has been leading courses in Ukrainian since the Russian invasion earlier this year to show support for her nation and to help people communicate with refugees who have made Britain their home.

Iryna’s work is now being backed by experts in Ukraine who have provided teaching resources for students – materials unavailable otherwise because of the conflict.

Iryna...

17th century tokens

Pennies from Devon

On October 5th, Baldwins Auctions are hosting a sale featuring one of the largest collections of 17th century tokens from Devon, The Patrick Deane Collection.

In the 1640s, 50s, 60s and early 70s, due to the Civil War, there was no small copper change in circulation. This caused tremendous problems for the ordinary folk throughout the land who needed the smaller denominations for everyday necessities such as buying food and drink. Without small change available shopkeepers hit upon the idea of issuing their own copper coins to keep the local economy going. They knew that they...

Exeter named as runner-up in University of the Year award      

Exeter has been named as runner-up in the coveted University of the Year award in the influential The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023 .

The University also recorded a significant rise in the overall national ranking, moving to 13th position, it has been announced today (Friday, September 16th 2022).

High levels of student satisfaction, quality of teaching and graduate employment prospects are all highlighted as key factors in Exeter’s success in the notable ranking.

Professor Lisa Roberts, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter said: “...

Foot Anstey welcomes 13 new trainees to its ranks

Foot Anstey LLP has welcomed 13 new trainees based across three of its locations.

Billy Blackall, James Collard, Ffion Davies, Greg Humphries, Ben Kay, Clara Pike-Siew and Oliver Toomey will be based from the firm's Bristol office; Jake Christopherson, Lauren Donnison, Chloe-Ann Roberts, Prem Shah and Giles Tidy will join the team in its Exeter office, while the Southampton office will welcome Sioned Harries.

The trainee programme at Foot Anstey is designed to help young lawyers achieve their ambitions and become the very best in their chosen field of law. The trainees will...

Resounding success with GCSEs results!

Pupils, parents and teachers at Avanti Hall in Exeter are celebrating a fantastic set of GCSE results. This is the first set of external results that the school has had following two years of disruption during the pandemic and initial figures show a huge transformation in GCSE outcomes for pupils since the Avanti Schools Trust took over the school in November 2019. Phil Arnold, Principal is delighted and says: “It has been astonishing to see so many of our pupils achieving grade 9s in many subjects. This year group has seen much disruption over the past few years and we have been so...

Irish schools up and coming after Brexit

Authored by enriqueruc
Posted: Thu, 08/25/2022 - 11:07pm

English language businesses are currently booming in Ireland after Brexit kicked in back in 2021. What is more, a considerable amount of schools and universities around Europe are also now striving to make links with Irish organisations in the Republic of Ireland which is a EU member owing to the fact that the UK government decided to opt out of Erasmus+.

Muire gan Smal Presentation Primary school from Castleisland, Kerry, Ireland has been successful when it comes to gaining Erasmus+ funding from the EU. This has recently let them make new links with Italy, Denmark and especially...

Year 11 prepare for the sixth form

Exeter School, one of the South West’s leading co-educational independent schools, pays tribute to Year 11 pupils on their excellent results, the first cohort since 2019 to sit traditional GCSE exams following COVID19.

The school community are celebrating the tremendous achievements of our Year 11 pupils, which saw more than a third of all grades scored at a nine, the highest possible award.

Despite facing various challenges to their education throughout the pandemic pupils have shone, with 81% of grades awarded being 9-7.

Four pupils, two boys and two girls...

Queen Elizabeth's students celebrating their Summer 2022 GCSE Results

QE Announces Summer 2022 GCSE Results

Bright future for QE Students

Head teacher at Queen Elizabeth’s School in Crediton, Rupert Poole said “today we have had the absolute pleasure of celebrating with all our wonderful Year 11 students their really impressive results.

“We are very proud of the achievements of our young people who have worked so hard, today is all about them and their chance to relax and reflect on their achievements. They have worked very hard to achieve these results.”

Rupert went on to say “after all of the turmoil caused to the exam system by the pandemic, nationally speaking, this year’s...

Warren Porter, newly-appointed MAT Product Specialist at IMP Software

Major hires at IMP Software, as Multi-Academy Trust CFO joins the ranks as MAT Product Specialist

Authored by Phil Smith
Posted: Thu, 08/25/2022 - 6:51am

Education company IMP Software, specialists in budgeting, forecasting and reporting software for multi-academy trusts (MATs), has made a number of key appointments as it reports a 100% increase in customer growth in 12 months. IMP, which is based in Exeter but operates as a virtual team nationwide, has boosted its headcount by 60% to support its work with 198 MATs and 1,750 schools.

The latest key addition is Warren Porter, who joins the company as MAT Product Specialist. Warren was previously Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Nottinghamshire-based Esteem Multi-Academy Trust. A...

Why Study AI and Machine Learning

Authored by Simon Wells
Posted: Wed, 08/24/2022 - 10:21am

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are both concepts that are having a huge impact on the world and many global industries. AI is the use of computer software to solve problems and mimic human intelligence. On the other hand, machine learning is a brand of AI that allows computer programs to learn and develop on their own. Both fields are incredibly important and have seen a lot of progress in the last few decades.

With big improvements to technology, both AI and ML have come a long way in a short space of time. These technologies are already being implemented...

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