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There was further frustration today for Rolle Exmouth Ltd after the community organisation was forced suspend community activities.

It is the latest stage in a saga which has taken more twists and turns than a Devon country lane.

REL, has been working since 2010 to make the vacant Rolle College site sustainable as a long-term education, community and business asset for the town.

However, Plymouth University, the current owner, has struck a deal to sell its asset to the Exeter Deaf Academy which plans to create a state-of-the-art campus in Exmouth.

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Exeter Deaf Academy and Rolle Exmouth Ltd (REL) have agreed to explore ways they could potentially work together.

The move follows the announcement that the academy is planning a move from its current Exeter base to the former Rolle College campus site in Exmouth.

REL has been running a fundraising campaign to preserve the site as a vital community, education and business resource for future generations.

A workhub (pictured) is already up and running.

And board members say that the announcement this week by Plymouth University (which owned the site) that...

A regional fundraising campaign to save a vital community, education and business resource for future generations has been launched in Exmouth.

Waste of Space is urging people to support efforts to save the former Rolle College for the future of young people’s education in Devon, and to transform the facility into the Rolle Centre ¬– a thriving business, education and community resource for East Devon.

The launch was held at the former Rolle College, which provided education in Devon for over 100 years, was closed by owner Plymouth University in 2008 and has now been put up...

Universities are places where many of us spend a significant amount of our formative years and where many of today’s business entrepreneurs were made and where tomorrows are forming their business ideas and plans for the future.

So it seems only right that those in higher education be given the best guidance possible, to ensure they take the right steps as they set out on their journey from academia into business.

That is why Thompson Jenner LLP, one of Devon’s leading chartered accountants and business advisory firms, is delighted to have been asked to help and support the...

An innovative programme pioneered by Exeter academics which brings actors into the classroom to encourage and support children to make healthier choices on diet and exercise has been selected to feature in this week’s British Science Festival.

The Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) is being run by specialists from the University of Exeter Medical School and Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, supported by the National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care South West Peninsula (NIHR PenCLAHRC). It...

An Anglo-French partnership of academic, government, industry and environmental organisations are working together to influence future policy decisions affecting the world’s busiest waterway. The English Channel is used daily by more than 500 shipping vessels, while millions of people live on its shores in Southern England and Northern France, and it is used widely for industry, environmental and leisure purposes. Now 12 organisations, led by Plymouth University, have agreed to work in partnership to produce an English Channel Governance Guide, which will feed into live marine policy...

An international expert in marine debris says that school children will be a driving force in bringing about a sea change in attitude towards marine pollution, which has reached crisis proportions across the globe in the past decade.

Plymouth University professor, Richard Thompson, who is working on UN and EU projects to find solutions to ocean debris, believes children have a major role to play by educating their parents, who were brought up in a 'throwaway' generation. He is carrying out a survey of over 300 children who are taking part in the Ecover Schools Blue Mile at the...

Exeter-based photographer, Tim Pestridge LBIPP, has received acclaim for his work in commercial photography after achieving the Joint Licentiate of the Year Award at the British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP) Qualification Awards. These awards are to recognise the best photographers who qualified with the BIPP within the past year.

Tim graduated from The University of Plymouth in 1995, having studied a BA Combined Honours Degree covering Graphic Design, Illustration and Photography. Over the next 10 years, Tim experienced a breadth of different creative roles such as...

Exeter College art students showcase their talents this month in the city centre. The annual Foundation Degree Summer Show is open to the public, and provides an opportunity for prospective applicants to see the high standard of work produced. Exhibits include Fine Art, Graphic Communication, Photography and Digital Arts.

In partnership with Plymouth University, students can top up their Foundation Degree to a full BA with an optional third year in Plymouth.

The free show is open on weekdays for the last two weeks of May at the Centre for the Creative Industries, Victoria...