Two crucial appointments have strengthened the senior team leading Devon’s newest school, which is due to start delivering its specialist and innovative curriculum to students in September.
South Devon University Technical College Principal Ian Crews will be supported by Vice Principal Claire Plumb and Assistant Principal Alison Witts as the school prepares to welcome its first intake of Year 10 and Year 12 students.
The UTC, based in Newton Abbot, specialises in engineering, water and the environment, and its curriculum combines academic education with practical, work-...
PechaKucha 20x20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images advance automatically and you talk along to the images. The format means that you don't need to be an experienced presenter or particularly confident to carry of a gripping presentation, you just need to be passionate about your topic. Fr more information visit www.pechakucha.org
20/02/15 Theme : "Design in your city"
To celebrate the anniversary of PechaKucha, we are joining in with the global night on 20th of February....
All the images in this exhibition have been taken within cities and towns. They are contemporary records of urban life, but they are also testament to mankind’s ingenuity in adapting to new and challenging environments. These photographs capture the challenges we face on a daily basis, as well as the lifestyle choices and aesthetic stimulation arising from high population density and cultural diversity. Each of our photographers has emphasised beautiful elements to capture and hold our attention, particularly when the subject...
This event is the South West’s one-stop-shop for educational resources, training sessions and expert advice. Essential for anyone with an interest in early years education and childcare.
This show will offer FREE practical workshops, demonstrations, and a one day Early Years Conference called Detoxing Childhood presented by Sue Palmer, author and speaker specialising in child development and education in the modern world.
Visitor registration is now open at www.childcareshow.co.uk for this new event. It will be a unique forum for educators and child carers in the southwest to discover more about the hot topics and issues in early years education and childcare.
The South West Childcare & Education Show is an essential two-day free exhibition for teachers, head teachers, senior leaders, child minders, nursery owners/managers, childcare workers and parents, in fact anyone involved in early years education and childcare. It will be the perfect forum to meet experts and peers from the region, with an...
National charity Family Action has been funded by the Department for Education to support selected schools in England to develop childcare and holiday provision on the school site.
This includes, for instance, breakfast, after-school and holiday clubs. Now, the Childcare in Schools Team would like to share their learning with other schools in the country and we are holding a free open training event in your area in December.
Childcare in Schools – free training workshop
• What? This session will look at the barriers that schools typically face when setting up school...
National charity Family Action has been funded by the Department for Education to support selected schools in England to develop childcare and holiday provision on the school site. This includes, for instance, breakfast, after-school and holiday clubs. Now, the Childcare in Schools Team would like to share their learning with other schools in the country and we are holding a free open training event in your area in December.
Childcare in Schools – free training workshop
• What? This session will look at the barriers that schools typically face when setting up school-based...
Exeter has been named the top university in the Southwest according to The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2015 after reaching a new high in the national rankings.
The supplement provides the most comprehensive guide to higher education in Britain in print and digital formats across The Times and The Sunday Times.
The newspaper content will be published over the course of a week, beginning with a 56-page supplement published in The Sunday Times this weekend (September 21). A fully searchable website with full university profiles and 66 subject tables will...
Teens with an interest in high-flying careers as architects, interior designers and structural engineers can meet the team behind a new specialist school opening next year in Ashburton at the town’s Food Festival this weekend.
Called Atrium Studio, the new government-funded school will offer students aged 13-18 an education focusing on the professions within the Built Environment, and will be the first offering this specialism in the South West. Construction of the £3.7m state-of-the-art complex – designed by the award-winning Satellite Architects – will begin in January 2015 on a...
Tomorrow’s scientists and engineers can now apply for places at the county’s newest school, the South Devon University Technical College in Engineering, Water and the Environment, which opens its doors to the first intake of students this time next year.
The innovative UTC has been established by the University of Exeter and South Devon College alongside key local and regional employers, to provide a specialist secondary education for young people with a flair for science and engineering. It aims to help the region’s top students become as ‘work-ready’ as possible.
