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World leading chefs - including Raymond Blanc - recently visited the Exeter College Michael Caines Academy and @34 restaurant.

The college was extremely proud to host some of the very best chefs in the world, including Raymond Blanc, Sam Moody and Gary Jones.

The visit was for delegates of the annual Relais & Châteauxconference, hosted by Michael Caines MBE, chef/patron of Lympstone Manor, one of Britain’s most popular and well-known chefs, and founder of the Michael Caines Academy.

It aimed to show how chefs can use their skills and knowledge to set up similar...

Exeter School is pleased to complete this year’s Oxbridge admissions process with the announcement that three pupils have been offered places.

At Cambridge, Charlie Mayall has an offer to read Medicine and Jamie Stephenson an offer to read Maths, both at Jesus College.

At Oxford, Deputy Head Girl Tegan Murphy has an offer to read History and Economics at Pembroke College.

Tegan said she was delighted with her Oxford offer and excited at the chance to study there.

“I’m really grateful for the help I’ve received from the school and my subject teachers. Looking...

On Friday 9th November, 100 students from Isca Academy in Exeter marked the centenary of the end of World War One by walking 10 miles from Exmouth to Exeter.

The walk was designed as an act of remembrance, retracing the steps of 100 young men who left their Devon homes to make a sacrifice for their country one hundred years ago.

Walking 10 miles from Exmouth to Exeter, Year 7 and 8 students from Isca Academy marked the final journey on their home soil taken by young men from the training camps of East Devon, before their departure to France. The students carried with them...

The University of Exeter Medical School celebrated a major milestone on July 17, when its first Medical students graduated.

The cohort of 88 students has now completed the five year Medicine programme, and marked their outstanding achievement before moving on to the next phase of their training within the NHS.

Medicine graduate Luke Tester said: “I’m ready to graduate today. It’s been a culmination of five years of hard work. It’s been a team journey between students, peers and staff and today is a celebration for all of us.”

Medicine graduate Ciara Greer: “I’ve had...

A young Romanian couple who met while studying together in Exeter have married and graduated from Medical School on the same day.

Both originally from Romania, Nicoleta Craucuic and Alex Tirb honoured the city that brought them together by signing the marriage register in Exeter today, July 17 – in the morning of their graduation this afternoon.

The couple met over 1,600 miles away from home, while studying Medical Imaging at the University of Exeter Medical School. They have now been together for over three years.

But it wasn’t all plain sailing for the pair, as...

The formal opening of a state-of-the art £3 million ‘Advanced Engineering Centre’ - at Exeter College - a UK leading centre of excellence for robotics and virtual welding – has taken place.

The next generation of leaders in engineering are being inspired at the centre, a 780 square metre extension to the Exeter College Technology Centre on the edge of Exeter.

The centre is meeting the growing demand locally, regionally and nationally for teaching in engineering, robotics, automated manufacturing and rapid prototyping. The college is offering a range of programmes covering...

As universities approach the end of term, TV Licensing is reminding cash-strapped students in Exeter that they may be entitled to a refund worth over £50.

Since 1 April 2017, TV Licensing has changed the way refunds are calculated meaning that 23,175 students packing up and moving home for the summer could be entitled to a refund just in time to celebrate the end of their exams. Students can claim for any full months left on their licence; so if they bought their licence last October and moved out in May, they could receive a refund worth around £50.50. To qualify, students need to...

The Isca School of English is seeking host families for their foreign students as we prepare for a very busy summer.

Why be an Isca Family?

We have been based in St Leonard’s since 1966 and are a family run school. We know that taking someone into your home is a very personal and so make sure that you feel supported throughout their stay. Jo our Accommodation and Welfare Manager is always a phone call away day and night!

We have lovely students and they have a full timetable of school, sports and evening activities and a full day excursion on Saturdays.

You...

Exeter’s Medicine students stepped up to volunteer in a wide range of support roles to help staff at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital to continue delivering high quality patient care over the severe weather period.

The RD&E NHS Foundation Trust has thanked Medicine students for their response to an urgent appeal for staff to work after snow and ice, which meant the hospital was extremely busy at a time when many staff were unable to reach work. Among those to answer the call were up to 40 Medicine students in years 3- 5 at the University of Exeter Medical School.

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Apprentices at the University of Exeter will take part in a series of events during National Apprenticeship Week (5-9 March 2018).

The university employs 40 apprentices, and they will take on challenges ranging from a live broadcast to escaping from locked rooms at Exeter’s Mission Escape.

They will also join the Apprenticeship Games in Cornwall, and help promote apprenticeships and answer questions at Exeter College’s Apprenticeship Expo.

The University of Exeter’s apprentices, aged 16-58, are employed at three campuses across Devon and Cornwall. Since April 2017,...