Education

Don't leave school selection to last minute

Parents whose children are due to start at secondary school in September 2015 have just 18 days left to tell the Council which three schools they would like their child to attend.

The deadline for secondary school admission preferences is Friday 31 October and Plymouth City Council is urging parents not to leave their applications until the last minute. To maximise the chances of...

Students invited to discover their future at UTC Plymouth

Students entering year 10 or 12 in September have a chance to learn about what their future may hold when UTC Plymouth and its employer partners host an open day at the college this Thursday (16 October).

Taking place at 5:30pm this Thursday, prospective students will have the chance to tour the state-of-the-art engineering facilities, talk to current students and teachers and even...

Plymouth University on show this weekend

Plymouth University’s award-winning campus and teaching and learning excellence will go on show to prospective students and their families next week.

Thousands of people are expected to attend the Undergraduate Open Day on Saturday 11 October, where they will be given tours of the campus and wider city to get a flavour of what life would be like as a Plymouth University student....

Schoolchildren flock back to Farm Wise event

Based on the enormous success of last years ‘Farm wise’, Devon County Council farm tenants and primary school children will once again come together for an event designed to take children on the food journey from field to plate.

Approximately 1,400 children from nearly 30 primary and special schools from across Devon will attend the event on Tuesday 14 October, at the Westpoint Arena...

College welcomes guest from Uganda

On Friday 26 September, City College Plymouth will be celebrating the twinning of the College with the Human Technical Development Training Centre in Lira, a town in the North of Uganda.

The Principal of the Training Centre, Kalisto Agea Ogwang, is visiting City College for the first time, as part of a week-long visit, funded by the British Council. During the week, Kalisto will meet...

It’s not too late to join City College Plymouth

City College Plymouth is ensuring that the young people of Plymouth still have the opportunity to pursue the career of their choice by extending its course enrolment window until the end of October.

Due to popular demand, courses across a wide variety of vocational areas are accepting late enrolments to give people the opportunity to make the right decision for their future.

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Poetry in Motion

Thirteen schools across Tavistock are holding a poetry festival to show young people that poetry is great fun and something everyone can do.

Tavistock Cooperative Learning Trust has created a week-long poetry event which will take place between 29 September and 3 October to encourage people to look at poetry and poets in a new light.

Each school will be visited by a...

School recruiting talent of the future

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...

Free business course for South West residents

A new initiative, due to launch in September, will allow anyone in the South West or anywhere in the world to study business for free at the top ten ranked University of Exeter Business School, thanks to a collaboration between global accountancy body ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and online learning platform FutureLearn.

Together, they are launching a...

More Plymouth two year olds to get free early education

The number of Plymouth children now entitled to free early education has more than doubled.

Since 1 September 2013, local authorities have had a duty to provide free early education for eligible two-year-olds. From September 2014 that duty has extended to include even more two year olds with wider eligibility. That means that around 1400 city children will now be able to access free...

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