Exeter Chiefs Academy manager Robin Cowling says it’s imperative young players at the club are exposed to senior rugby through link-ups with local senior clubs.
On the day that the Chiefs confirmed that Ed Holmes, Jack Maunder, Harrison Cully and Billy Keast would all be joining National League One side Plymouth Albion on dual-registered terms, former England international Cowling talked through the benefits it brings to not only clubs, but the players themselves.
“It’s a big tool to us,” said Cowling. “Young lads have to play, they are not going to learn by just training...
On Sunday 3 July, the gates of Exeter’s historic Mount Radford Lawn will be thrown open to the public for a traditional summer fete to raise funds for Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education.
Fete organisers, Crikey Nostalgia Events are promising a true family-friendly English country fete in the heart of the city, where visitors can immerse themselves in the sights and sounds of a traditional Great British day out.
The grassy festival is a perfect opportunity to bring the local community and Exeter Deaf Academy together to celebrate the charity’s 190th anniversary year....
On Monday 20 June, fearless British Sign Language Instructor Nikki James and Educational Audiologist, Helen Maiden from Exeter Deaf Academy will put their body and mind through their paces to attempt a daring skydiving official Guinness World Record.
Nikki and Helen are joining 448 other brave fundraisers to break the Guinness World Record for the most tandem skydives in 24 hours from 15,000ft, the highest humans can go without oxygen. It’s the first time this gutsy freefall challenge has ever been attempted and takes place at Dunkeswell Airfield near Exeter. Nikki said, “I am...
A project to grow and sell fruit and vegetables has taken root at Exeter Deaf Academy thanks to the generosity of Exeter City Football Club.
In May, Exeter City donated 40 tonnes of topsoil following the club’s pitch renovations at St James’ Park.
The football club’s topsoil is now being recycled and put to horticultural use in Exeter Deaf Academy’s garden nursery for their new ‘Grow Make Sell’ social enterprise. The enterprise aims to provide work related learning and experience for the Academy’s Deaf students.
Exeter City Football Club Estates Manager, Clive Pring...
More than 80 Exeter College athletes played their part in the South West being crowned the victors at the Association of Colleges Sport National Championships.
The students competed across a range of different sports representing the South West alongside a number of other colleges – with Exeter College student Vicky Prouse one of the team captains.
Nearly 1800 college students from across England, Wales and Scotland travelled to Tyne and Wear to take part in the three-day event, which is now in its 38th year. The college athletes competed across 15 different sports,...
BBC Radio 1 and BBC Learning reveal more ways to get hold of free tickets to this year’s Big Weekend. One pair of Big Weekend Tickets is on offer every day at BBC Radio 1’s Academy between Tuesday 17th and Saturday 21st May at Exeter Phoenix. Academy ticket holders must be in the Academy’s Hangout and enter the live draw at the end of each day’s Academy activities. Tickets for Radio 1’s Academy are free and can be booked here: www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/academy
The city centre’s vibrant multi-artform venue Exeter Phoenix has been chosen to host the prestigious Radio 1 Academy, a week of inspiring creative industry events for young people, gigs and workshops, which will run alongside the Radio 1’s Big Weekend. The four storey arts venue, creative hub and café bar has been the arts and culture epicentre of the city since the 1990s, encompassing galleries, a cinema, a large music auditorium and theatre space, recording studios, a print workshop, digital learning suites and studio spaces, all under one roof. The venue will be pausing its usual...
BBC Radio 1 and BBC Learning have announced plans for BBC Radio 1’s Academy - a month of free outreach activity across Exeter and Teignbridge in the run up to BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend that aims to inspire local 16-19 year-olds to take the next step in creative careers.
Now in its fifth year, Radio 1’s Academy will include a series of special events, local engagement and face-to-face activity in the area, which begins in Teignbridge in April and culminates in Exeter in May with a week of radio shows, gigs, practical workshops and Q&As.
Young rugby players have the chance to follow in the stud marks of Grand Slam winners Jack Nowell and Luke Cowan-Dickie thanks to an exciting new partnership unveiled today between Exeter Chiefs and Exeter College.
Starting in September 2016, aspiring rugby players will get the chance to nurture not only their rugby talent, but also first-class education and training after the Aviva Premiership club joins forces with the outstanding further education college.
The Exeter Chiefs Rugby Academy at Exeter College will provide education and rugby training required to support...
Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education is sending a big thank you to BBC Bitesize for adding more subtitles to the video clips shown on their free online learning resource.
The Exeter Deaf Academy’s School Council contacted the BBC in December because subtitles for the majority of classroom video clips were unavailable and not meeting the needs of deaf students.
They rallied support from their fellow pupils, school Governors, Trustees, staff and parents, who wrote letters to Tony Hall, Director General of the BBC in support of adding more subtitling to BBC Bitesize video...
