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News round up: Exeter College supporting the community during the lockdown

Over the last few months, we, as a college, community, and a nation, have experienced a lot of firsts. We’re proud to have stepped up to help, supporting people through these difficult times. Here’s our round up of the most popular stories on our website since the lockdown began.   WE MOVED TO HOME AND ONLINE LEARNING  Following the advice…

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Exeter College links up with Food4Heroes to provide meals for NHS staff

Exeter College has offered its state-of-the-art industrial kitchen facilities to Food4Heroes; a charity that provides free nutritious meals to frontline NHS staff during the Coronavirus pandemic.    The College’s @34 training kitchens will now be in use, providing nutritionally balanced, free meals to NHS staff. These meals will include a vegetarian and a meat option…

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Looking after your health and wellbeing at home

Exeter College is closed due to the Coronavirus outbreak, but the exceptional learning continues for our students.   In this blog, Jake Cole, our Emotional Health and Wellbeing Advisor, has sourced some top tips on how to look after yourself during a challenging period.  Please also see advice from Young Minds, the NHS, and Mind.  Connect This is a huge one – everyone needs…

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Student Governor Talks Humanity for Extended Project Qualification

As a part of his Extended Project Qualification, Reach Academy student Tom Matthew presented a lecture discussing the signs of progress, the challenges and the threats humanity faces.     Tom, an FE Student Governor, gained an interest in learning about inequalities in 2016 after he visited a charity in Uganda. Seeing the poverty-stricken environment that people had to face every day truly opened his…

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Exeter College and Chiefs Foundation Collaborate to Improve Access to Defibrillators

Exeter College is expanding the number of defibrillators at college sites thanks in part to the support of the Exeter Chiefs Foundation.   The college is renewing its four-year contract with the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust and gaining an additional four defibrillators across college sites, two of which have been paid for by the Exeter Chiefs Foundation at sporting venues….

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Exeter College Festival of Carols Raises Money for Charities

Students, parents, staff and the Exeter community joined together to celebrate Christmas at Exeter College’s Festival of Carols in the stunning setting of Exeter Cathedral, all in the name of charity.   “It has been great to see the Exeter community come together for a great cause and get in the spirit of Christmas,” John Laramy, Exeter College…

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Exeter College November 2019 News Round up

November was a month full of great news stories for the college and our students. Here’s our round up of the most popular stories on our website this month.   Businesses Rate Exeter College Top in South West for FE Apprenticeship Employer Satisfaction for Second Year Running – A Department for Education survey once again placed Exeter College…

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Festival of Carols 2019

Date: 5th December 2019  Location: Exeter Cathedral  Timings: Doors open 6.30pm, 7.30pm start  Admission: Free, donations to college charities welcomed  Exeter College’s annual Festival of Carols will be kicking off Christmas in the stunning setting of Exeter Cathedral, complete with performances from college students; all in the name of charity.   The evening starts with a candle lit procession through…

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Announcing our College Charities of the Year

Students and staff at Exeter College have voted for their 2019-2020 charity of the year. This year they voted to support a national charity, Cancer Research UK and a local charity, Exeter Foodbank.  Cancer Research UK is a cancer research and awareness charity which aims to reduce the number of deaths from cancer. As the world’s largest independent cancer…

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Festival of Carols – Sold Out

Our annual Festival of Carols returns to Exeter Cathedral to celebrate the start of the festive season and raise money for charity. Attendance is free, but please register for tickets when they become available.