Student Life

National finals for five Ivybridge gymnastics teams

Ivybridge Gymnastics Academy has proven its dominance in schools’ gymnastics once again, by bringing home six team medals – including five golds – from the South West Schools Floor and Vault Championships.

The exceptional results mean that the five winning teams will be making their way to the national finals in Stoke-on-Trent in May.

Gold medals were won by the Under 14 Girls...

Students invited join the Circus at Drake Circus Student Night

Drake Circus, Plymouth, is holding a circus themed student shopping night on Thursday March 2 - 6-8pm - with lots of exclusive deals and discounts from top high street stores.

There will be a huge range of exclusive deals for students, like 20% off at Topshop, River Island and Footasylum - as well as a unicycle act, hulahoop acts and juggling

"Drake Circus aims to offer a high...

Students sign up to Great British Spring Clean

Teams of students from the University of Plymouth will take to the city’s streets on Sunday 5 March after signing up to the Keep Britain Tidy Great British Spring Clean.

Members of the Geography and Environmental Societies are currently looking for volunteers to help them rid streets close to the city centre of litter in an attempt to make their community a better place for everyone...

Plymouth children wanted for CATERed food panel

CATERed, Plymouth’s school meal provider has just launched a competition to recruit a number of nine and 10-year-old pupils, who have a real interest in food and healthy eating from schools across Plymouth, to form Ed’s Citywide Children’s Food Panel.

One of the main goals of CATERed is that children and young people are at the heart of everything they do and in order to make sure that...

City kids to be sent to the farm

Children from inner city Plymouth will spend an educational week on a farm thanks to a donation from a leading housebuilder.

Persimmon Homes Cornwall has gifted £1,000 to Millfields Inspired through its Community Champions scheme.

Millfields Inspired is a charity which works with young people and their families from the Stonehouse area of Plymouth.

The charity aims to...

Students SHOUT about dangers of carbon monoxide

Project SHOUT is back for the second year running and is enlisting the help of students across the UK to take part in the brand new University Challenge competition. Carbon monoxide which is also known as the silent killer, takes the lives of around fifty people in the UK every year due to leaks from boilers, cookers, fires and other fuel burning appliances.

Project SHOUT University...

‘Dream’ show is perfect combination of theatre, gymnastics and dance

IVYBRIDGE PERFORMING ARTS SHOW TAKES 3,000+ AUDIENCE ON BROADWAY JOURNEY

The scene was set – four ambitious Ivybridge Community College students embark on their journey to become Broadway stars – armed with just enough confidence, a huge amount of ambition, and their friendship to help them through.

This was the backdrop for DREAM – Ivybridge Community College’s most ambitious...

University students pessimistic about securing their dream job

Gen Z students are starting university pessimistic about their employment prospects, with only 20% believing they will secure their dream job, according to a study conducted by EY across the UK. The figure drops to 10% as students’ progress into the second and third year of their degree.

The study surveyed nearly 1,400 university students on their attitudes to university and the world...

Local students compete in prestigious Superyacht UK Young Designer Competition

Nine students from universities across the UK had 36 hours to sketch their design entries live on the Show floor. An expert judging panel, featuring Justin Olesinski of Olesinski, Tony Dixon of Redman Whitely Dixon, Bill Dixon of Dixon Yacht Design, Mark Tucker of Design Unlimited and Peter Brown, Chairman of Superyacht UK & Senior Sales Broker at Burgess, then met to critique the designs...

Plympton Academy students take part in Takeover Day at health centre

Two students from Plympton Academy spent a day at Plympton Health Centre recently to find out what it means to be a medical professional. ‘Takeover Day’ is an event organised by Beacon Medical Group to allow young people an insight into healthcare related careers. “The Takeover Challenge has been a fun and hugely successful project,” said organiser, Pippa Leppage. “It was through a similar...

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