A major step to boost Devon's economy after lockdown is being taken by the county council and partners Exeter College.
A new academy for future skills will be created to offer training for high-tech jobs in engineering, digital, construction and clean growth.
Devon County Council has agreed to purchase the vacant former Flybe Training Academy at Exeter Airport which closed when the airline went into administration. The deal will see Exeter College, the city’s Ofsted outstanding education provider, run the new academy.
Devon County Council has successfully secured funding to support a project to encourage active business travel as part of efforts to be carbon neutral by 2030.
The grant of almost £80,000 from the Department for Transport Energy Saving Trust eCargo Bike Fund will aim to increase the uptake of eCargo bikes for business travel and business deliveries in Exeter.
The joint project is being led by Devon County Council with Exeter City Council, University of Exeter and the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (RD&E), and will build on existing initiatives in the...
A partnership between the University of Exeter and Applegate has secured a significant funding boost to help develop new, cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence technology to help match supply and demand for vital health equipment during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The partnership, involving experts from the University’s Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, has been awarded £50,000 as part of a £40 million Government investment to drive forward new technological advances.
The scheme announced on May 20th by Business Secretary Alok Sharma, confirmed the...
Two University of Exeter students Maddy and Megan have forged a special relationship that has kept Seattle resident Maddy safe and well at Megan’s UK home during the global coronavirus crisis.
In an extraordinary act of friendship and generosity, Megan invited fellow student and US resident Maddy to stay in her family home until the peak of the coronavirus crisis was over and she could once more travel home to Seattle.
Maddy and Megan met at the University of Exeter in South-West England, a beautiful corner of the UK that has experienced lower coronavirus cases than many...
Thousands of Christians and over 25 church leaders from across the South West are taking part in a historic online prayer event in a few weeks’ time.
The event called South West Prays on 31st May at 8pm, could be the biggest prayer event that has ever taken place in the region.
It will see Bishops from Church of England Dioceses taking part, as well as Baptist, Methodist, Pentecostal, Charismatic and Evangelical church ministers, all joining in live online from their homes across the region.
Following the latest UK Government guidance which came into effect on Wednesday 13th May, removing restrictions on non-essential home moves and supporting the return of activities related to the sale and purchase of homes, Taylor Wimpey will begin a phased approach to reopening its sales offices and show homes in Devon and Cornwall from Friday 22nd May.
Taylor Wimpey was the first UK homebuilder to stop construction on sites and close sales centres in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown restrictions. A phased return to construction has since restarted on a number...
Hendy Group’s service centres have re-opened across the south coast including those in Exeter.
The motor group has now opened all of its aftersales departments after initially keeping four sites open for essential maintenance to key worker vehicles.
Hendy has introduced a number of changes to its service centres to ensure all they are in line with Government guidelines. Customers will be given a timeslot in which to come in for their service to reduce the number of people in waiting areas, and all aftersales departments and waiting areas will feature clear signage to...
A rising research star from the University of Exeter has won £100k to launch her work into depression as part of a prestigious grant scheme.
Dr Valentina Mosienko, a Lecturer at the University of Exeter Medical School, has received the grant from the Academy of Medical Sciences’ £4.9million Springboard scheme, designed to support promising early career researchers.
The funding will allow Dr Mosienko to investigate the underlying biological causes of depression by looking at the influence of star-shaped brain cells – known as astrocytes - on depression.
Investec has announced that it is extending its partnership with food banks across the UK and supplying food banks in 15 UK cities with essential supplies.
Aiming to feed around 3,800 people every week across the country, Investec will be supplying around 20,000 food items on a weekly basis to each of the 15 food banks, which will help support the wider 20 food banks and 63 distribution centres in those networks. This is in addition to the 18,000 food items supplied every week in east London, supporting hundreds of families in need.
Devon Air Ambulance is celebrating a year of delivering its clinical service as an independent healthcare provider, a development that is helping patients across Devon.
In the lead up to becoming successfully registered with the Care Quality Commission last April, Devon Air Ambulance established a new integrated Patient Services team which combined the core emergency medical team of 23 Critical Care Paramedics and 15 Critical Care Doctors alongside aspects including research, education and training, clinical governance and a Patient Support service.
