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The Advantages Of Choosing Expert GCSE English Tutors

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Plymouth University to participate in pioneering international sustainability programme

Plymouth University’s green credentials have been further enhanced after it was selected to be part of a pioneering global sustainability initiative.

Already recognised as one of the top five green universities in the world, the University is now one of just six institutions internationally to receive a Global Showcase Award from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)....

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Plymouth University to host second autumn Undergraduate Open Day

Plymouth University’s world class facilities will again go on show to prospective students and their families at a second Undergraduate Open Day this autumn.

Around 10,000 people attended a similar event in October, where they were given a glimpse of why Plymouth has this year earned a place among the top 300 of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

With...

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Ivybridge Community College celebrates ‘outstanding’ Ofsted status

Ivybridge Community College staff and students are celebrating after achieving a fifth ‘outstanding’ Ofsted report in a row.

It is one of a small few schools in the UK to have received an outstanding rating in every one of its inspections since Ofsted was established in 1992 and the only secondary school in Devon to have retained this status since the Ofsted framework was updated in...

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Plymouth explorer-in-residence set for nutrition, dementia and music research at South Pole

Polar explorer Antony Jinman will be promoting good nutrition to children, assisting dementia researchers and composing music as part of his latest epic adventure.

Plymouth University’s Explorer in Residence will be following in the footsteps of another great figure, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, when he sets out later this month on a 730-mile solo expedition to the Geographic South...

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Former Lord Chief Justice to deliver 20th annual Pilgrim Fathers lecture at Plymouth University

One of the most respected figures in the British legal system will deliver the 20th annual Pilgrim Fathers lecture at Plymouth University.

The Rt Hon Lord Judge, former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, will present the lecture – commemorating the Pilgrim Fathers’ voyage to America in 1620 and embodying the themes of freedom and human rights – on Thursday 7 November.

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School's website wins awards

MAP is on the button when it comes to its website.

Marine Academy Plymouth’s website ( www.marineacademy.org.uk ) has recently reached a significant landmark, receiving over 100,000 hits on its home page —

This feat has been achieved since the first MAP site went live at the end of June 2010. And now to celebrate, the school has launched a brand new site.

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Vote for your favourite school gorilla

Babbacombe Model Village is hosting a popularity contest – for small gorillas.

It’s all part of Paignton Zoo’s Great Gorillas Project. More than 20 gorilla models designed and created by schools from across the region will gather at the Model Village over half term.

Visitors will be able to vote for their favourite. The winning school will receive free visits to both Paignton...

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Students jump through hoops to connect with older generation

Croquet may seem a rather rarified sport but a group of Plymouth students have been learning the finer points of the game as part of a pioneering US project to reconnect Alzheimer’s patients with the world around them.

James Creasey and his brother Andrew from 'Through Hoops To Hope' came to Stoke Damerel Community College on Tuesday (15 October 2013) to teach students how to play...

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Britain’s Got Talent opportunity for 76 Ivybridge students

Performance expected to be biggest ever seen by show's producers

The Britain’s Got Talent auditions kick off in Cardiff on Sunday 20 October, and – thanks to their dazzling display at the opening of the UK School Games – 76 performers from Ivybridge Community College have been put straight through to perform in front of the show’s producers.

With such a huge cast, the...

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Hot topic: Theatre Centre discusses teaching drama at Lipson Co-operative Academy

Theatre Centre, a theatre company which this year celebrates 60 years of touring new writing to young audiences, presented a lively panel discussion on the place of drama in the curriculum at a Plymouth school.

At Lipson Co-operative Academy in Plymouth on Wednesday 9 October, an eminent group of young people, local policy makers, arts managers and teachers gathered for a special...

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