News - January, 2018
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January, 2018
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Have you ever wondered how the Exeter Chiefs have become so
successful? Hospiscare are delighted that Rob Baxter,
Director of Rugby at Exeter Chiefs and the man responsible for
overseeing the meteoric rise of the club to become the
current Aviva Premiership Champions, will be the guest
speaker at their fundraising dinner at The University of
Exeter...
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January, 2018
In these testing economic times, business efficiency is crucial,
but how to achieve it isn’t always obvious. Some of the coveted
strategies of how to achieve sustainable business growth will be
presented by the Director of South West Growth Service and
management consultant, Chris Lorimer as part of The STEMM Cell...
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January, 2018
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Europe’s number 1 ethical hacker, Jamie Woodruff, will be speaking
at the UK’s only Cyber Security Awareness Week in Exeter later this
month. The real-life hacker will be sharing his insight into the
mind of a hacker and giving essential tips on how to protect your
business from cyber crime. Jamie is...
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January, 2018
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Exeter Racecourse’s annual Super Sunday meeting on February 11
takes place on a scintillating weekend of sport in Devon with both
Exeter Chiefs and Exeter City in action at home on Saturday. Then
the racecourse takes centre stage on Sunday with more than £100,000
in prize money and the prospect...
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January, 2018
The University of Exeter has received a substantial funding boost
to help cement its position as one of the UK’s leading centres for
data science. The University has been awarded almost £200,000,
announced today by the Higher Education Funding Council for England
(HEFCE), to enhance its innovative Data Science programme. The
funding...
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January, 2018
The University of Exeter has received a multi-million pound
research grant to lead pioneering new research to develop vastly
more accurate procedures to detect, identify and treat
life-threatening diseases, such as cancer. The University has
received £5.7 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences
Research Council (EPSRC) to lead the innovative...
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January, 2018
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Judges Louise Fellows of O2 and Alison Dale from Bishop
Fleming found judging the teams a real challenge, as the standard
was extremely high. Results Customer Service Award: Yotta, Exeter
College Trade Stand Award: Generation Creation, Cullumpton
Community College Overall winner: Off to the Stars, Petroc
(below). Off to the stars impressed the judges with their
fully developed...
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January, 2018
Trains from Exeter St Davids to London Waterloo will continue to
stop at Clapham Junction. South Western Railways announced
last year that they were consulting about the removal of the stop
at Clapham Junction for some weekday services on the line.
The proposed changes included a new early morning commuter train
and...
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January, 2018
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Today at the Heart of the South West (HotSW) Local Enterprise
Partnership Board meeting, it was announced that Chief Executive,
Chris Garcia, is taking up his statutory retirement this summer,
therefore the LEP has started the recruitment process for his
replacement. Chris has been the chief executive of the HotSW LEP...
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January, 2018
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The Maynard School in Exeter has been ranked as Devon’s top school
and 45th in the entire country in key areas of the Department for
Education’s Schools Performance Tables, based on A-level results
from 2017. Already recognised as the South West’s leading
independent school in The Telegraph’s 2017 league tables (and...