Exeter Airport has been rated one of the best airports in the UK for customer experience and has received ‘Recommended Provider’ status by consumer champion Which?
The prestigious recognition comes as part of Which?'s annual airport survey of its members, seeking their feedback on a variety of airport experiences.
A customer score is calculated based on a combination of overall satisfaction and likeliness to recommend to others.
Exeter Airport had a customer score of 77%, putting it among the top five airports in the country and fourth overall. Exeter’s sister...
The number of UK schools with international links has gone downhill since Brexit kicked in and the UK government’s decision to opt out of the Erasmus+ study scheme.
Redhills Primary school from Exeter back in early 2014 led by Mr Stuart Busby (headteacher of the school in those days) set up a pioneering link with Mr Enrique Ruiz Cano’s old school in Lorca, Spain and a school in Riga, Latvia so as to get an innovative project off the ground.
This initiative included both online collaborative activities between the students from the 3 countries and physical mobilities of...
The Isca School of English is seeking host families for their foreign students as we prepare for a very busy summer.
Why be an Isca Family?
We have been based in St Leonard’s since 1966 and are a family run school. We know that taking someone into your home is a very personal and so make sure that you feel supported throughout their stay. Jo our Accommodation and Welfare Manager is always a phone call away day and night!
We have lovely students and they have a full timetable of school, sports and evening activities and a full day excursion on Saturdays.
Rokk Media Ltd, the award winning Exeter and London based Digital Services, Software and Mobile App developer has successfully secured another significant contract from clients based outside the UK, and the second one from Greece.
The latest of these has come from one of the largest Value Add Telecoms companies in the world, and sees Rokk Media engaged in a project to develop and build a bespoke Campaign Management System and Mobile Wallet App for Android, in a deal that is estimated to be worth in excess of six figures and will extend across a minimum of two years leading to six...
In relation to the UK government’s immigration policy, only 26% of adults in the South West think of international students as immigrants. The findings were revealed in a new poll conducted by ComRes for Universities UK. The survey found that 63% of adults in South West of England think international students have a positive impact on the local economies of the towns and cities in which they study. 61% of those surveyed believe that international students also have a valuable social and cultural impact on university towns and cities in the South West region. 71% of those surveyed in the...
Medicine students at the University of Exeter Medical School have travelled to Cuba to get an insight into how the country delivers high quality healthcare on a tight budget.
The Year 3 students, based at the Medical School’s Exeter and Truro campuses, travelled to the Caribbean island to discover how the Communist country’s health outcomes are among the best in the world, despite operating on a much lower budget. The trip also involved students from the University of South Florida.
Dr Nicki Saulsbury, Academic Director of International Education at the University of Exeter...
The Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s returns to Sandy Park for the third time on July 15-16 2017.
Twelve of Europe’s top international Rugby 7s teams will compete in what is the final leg of the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series that gets underway in Russia on 3&4 June.
With thousands of fans heading to Sandy Park over the last two years, the 2017 event is set to be even bigger and better with more rugby and entertainment on offer for spectators.
Following the introduction of rugby sevens into last year’s Olympic Games in Rio, the sport’s popularity continues to...
Enter your team into Exeter's annual 7s tournament, taking place for the third time on the 15th and 16th July 2017 at Topsham Sports Ground and Sandy Park.
The SW Rugby 7s tournament includes men's and women's competitions and there are great prizes on offer for winners and runners up.
Entry is just £120 for a team but you can secure your place with just a £20 deposit.
The tournament is in association with the Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s - so this is your chance to play alongside the top international 7s sides in Europe!
A double nomination in the 2015 BBC Folk Awards – for best singer and best new song – was a timely reminder of Jez Lowe’s standing in the UK folk and acoustic music scene.
Not only he is one of the busiest live performers in the country, but his songs are among the most widely sung by other performers, whether by long-established actslike Fairport Convention, The Dubliners and Bob Fox , or by the new breed of stars like The Unthanks, The Young Uns and The Duhks .
Jez’s own long-established band The Bad Pennies (featuring Kate...
A South-West based creative agency has designed an international online commemoration to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th birthday. Award-winning Toucan designed The Queen’s Birthday Book, which will form a huge digital collection of messages, photos and videos. Josh Beadon, Toucan’s creative director, said they were honoured to play a part in recognising the public’s great affection for Her Majesty The Queen and enabling everyone to add their birthday messages and personal stories. “The book features a deceptively simple ribbon crown emblem which recognises both her status and a birthday...
