Children with vision impairment in the South West of England are set to benefit from LEGO® Braille Bricks toolkits thanks to the Royal National Institute of Blind People’s (RNIB) work with the LEGO Foundation.
The toolkits have so far been distributed to Cornwall Council, Wiltshire Council, Somerset County Council, WESC Foundation (Devon), Swindon Borough Council and Bristol City Council.
LEGO Braille Bricks introduce a new way to help children with vision impairment develop tactile skills and learn the braille system. The kits are made up of approximately 300 LEGO...
Back to back exams often drain a student’s mind. Especially when you’ve got thousands of lines to remember, you feel quite exhausted.
What if we tell you it isn’t hard to remember what you read? It only takes a few tricks from the science behind memory boosting.
We’ve put together some super-easy hacks together here. You’ll be surprised as you scroll till the end that it takes little things to boost your brain’s productivity.
When it comes to business, it is very important that you work on building up your brand. Branding and marketing go together hand in hand, and it’s important that you are able to be identified by your company name or logo, especially in saturated markets where you are competing against many other companies.
Branding is important in that it sets you apart from the others, while at the same time helping your customers to better understand what they should be expecting from you in terms of either services or products that you are selling. In some markets where there is a lot of...
Plastics washed up from around the coastline have arrived in Exeter after being sailed up the coast on a carbon-free journey – the first of its kind.
The discarded items arrived at Turf Locks on Thursday morning before being kayaked up the Exeter Ship Canal and into the city. The plastics are being taken to Exeter City Council’s Materials Reclamation Facility, before being sorted and sent off for recycling, where some of the plastics will be turned into useful items like ocean kayaks.
The thrown-away plastic – weighing in at just over a tonne - was collected by Clean...
The University of Bristol is today announcing a new supporter of Compass – the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Computational Statistics and Data Science. South West based learning technology company Sparx, has agreed to sponsor a PhD student’s research project which will investigate new approaches to longitudinal statistical modelling within school-based mathematics education.
Sparx, which is located in Exeter, develops maths learning tools to support teaching and learning in secondary education. As an evidence-led company, Sparx has invested heavily in researching how...
It’s completely normal to feel lost when you’re apartment hunting in Washington DC, every state has different prices and rules when it comes to tenants. The first thing that might be on your mind is that this state is probably expensive and not the most economic space to live in, which means that your rent will be a bit expensive. Well, that’s only partially true because there are in fact affordable apartments that you can find there, you might not even need a roommate to split the cost of rent with.
If you think you don’t have enough information about apartments there, then...
It's never a pleasant feeling to consider taking a personal loan. Nobody ever wants to be in this position, however, sometimes, things do not go as we planned. As always, taking a loan comes with numerous commitments and duties, therefore, it's completely logical that you're full of different questions.
This especially happens if this is your first time. There are simply some things you don't understand or you just want to ask both your lender and yourself. It's important to get all the details before you make any further steps.
Devon County Council is reminding people to be aware of the change in the weather, with Storm Alex due to hit the region today.
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for wind and rain, which is expected to be heavy and persistent throughout today (Friday), as the weather system named by Meteo-France reaches the south west. Wind speeds could reach around 65mph in coastal areas.
While the storm is forecast to move away on Friday night, a Yellow Weather Warning from the Met Office remains in force for rain as it’s set to be a wet weekend. Widespread heavy rain is...
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Exeter City FC had a great opportunity for automatic promotion to League One when they faced Northampton Town in June 2020. However, they were thumped 4-0 in the play-offs, a loss that mirrors that of the 2016–17 season. Back then, Exeter City lost the playoff final to Blackpool.
This would have marked their first return to League One since 2012 but it wasn’t to be.
Northampton were the better team in every way and beat 10-man Exeter to gain promotion to League One. For the Grecians, it was another missed chance to take a step forward after eight painful years of waiting...
