Organisers of TEDxExeter, the South West’s leading ideas festival, have announced that tickets for TEDxExeter 2020 are soon to be released for sale. The 9th annual TEDxExeter event will take place on Friday 17 April 2020 at Exeter’s Northcott Theatre and will be simultaneously livestreamed to venues across the city and beyond.
Tickets, which usually sell out in minutes, will be released at 10am on Friday 29th November 2019 via Eventbrite. For those wishing to beat the queues, a limited number of VIP tickets will be available from 10am on Wednesday 27th November.
Save the date – The Apprenticeship Expo is returning! Thursday 6th February 2020 1pm-6pm – (Schools Hour 1pm-2pm) Exeter College Sports Hall Victoria Yard, Off Queen Street, Exeter, Devon, EX4 3SR In association with: South West Apprenticeship Ambassador Network
The Apprenticeship Expo is the biggest Apprenticeship and careers event to take place in the South West annually, during National Apprenticeship week. This unique, free of charge event is designed to inspire, enthuse and motivate people to think about prospective careers and progression options.
Work is now under way to construct a cutting-edge new imaging centre expected to rapidly accelerate dementia research and improve healthcare.
The new Mireille Gillings Neuroimaging Centre will form part of the University of Exeter Medical School clinical research infrastructure. It will transform research and diagnosis of dementia and other neurological diseases, funded by part of a £10 million donation from the Dennis and Mireille Gillings Foundation.
The new building, located at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (RD&E) site, will help accelerate clinical...
The FORCE Cancer Charity shop in Heavitree is holding a special vintage sale day next month.
All sorts of retro goodies from 80s knitwear to tin toys and vintage books will be on offer at the FORE Street store on Saturday November 2.
There will be bargains galore including collectable books at half their marked price.
“We’ll have some great deals for lovers of all things vintage plus our usual amazing selection of goods and there’ll be a bake sale. What more could you want,” said FORCE Shop Manager Anna Heard.
And early warning of a couple of dates for your...
Forget that it is October. Christmas is a few weeks away, and some parents are already compiling their shopping list ahead of time. While toys serve as delightful presents for kids, stationery items are also excellent gifts for art-loving children who have so much time on their hands during the holiday.
Furthermore, stationeries are cheap gifts that can help children under five years be better at journaling, drawing, scribbling, doodling, and so on. Stores like TheWorks.co.uk make life more comfortable by offering online shopping for kids’ stationery.
Dig out your wellies and waders as multi award-winning holiday park, Cofton Holidays, has announced the return of its popular Free Fishing experience.
Taking place on Wednesday 23rd and Wednesday 30th October 2019, Cofton’s Free Fishing experience will offer guests staying on site the chance to discover a new hobby, ready for the new year. On these days, the popular coarse fishing destination near Dawlish Warren will provide all the necessary equipment, bait and fishing permits completely free. Anglers will also have the opportunity to receive a 20-minute coaching session from an...
The South West Institute of Technology (SWIOT) Digital and Data Centre at Exeter College has been signed off as part of a wider plan to revolutionise digital, engineering and manufacturing technology education across the region. The new £11million building will be at the heart of the college and located on its Hele Road site in what is great news for the college, city and region.
The SWIOT has now officially been granted approval by the Department for Education, meaning government funding has been formally allocated to support projects across Devon, Cornwall and Somerset with the...
From global climate strikes led by Greta Thunberg to forest fires, environmental issues have never been so topical. Although many of us know we need to make sustainable changes, it can be difficult to grasp what the effects of climate change will look like, if we don’t take action.
But now, a new installation at Killerton in Broadclyst, Devon is offering visitors the chance to travel into the future to 2050 and experience the impact of climate change for themselves.
The first-of-its-kind immersive experience, created through CGI and augmented reality technology, will...
British homes typically have limited dimensions in which to work with. Unless you have a listed property or farmhouse, you will need to make do with what you have. Thankfully there are plenty of options to open up your home visually and physically – without even knocking down the walls.
Creating more space in your home is all about cutting back, being smarter with your design, and using a few design tricks to increase the visual space of your home without increasing its dimensions.
De-Clutter Immediately
First things first, you need to de-clutter and be extreme...
Staff at Paignton's Beverley Holidays put the icing on the cake for Macmillan Cancer Support during its World's Biggest Coffee Morning event this autumn.
Receptionists, entertainers and other members of the park's charity support team all took part in a kitchen contest for the coveted title of Beverley’s Star Baker.
The cook-off resulted in both a deluge of delicious cakes – and a £395 windfall to support the help given by Macmillan to people living with cancer.
The money was raised through sales of the oven-fresh fancies at the park's well-attended coffee morning,...
