2016

Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival 2016

Frontiers: expanding musical imagination

Promoted in partnership with Plymouth University’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR).

Festival directors:

Simon Ible, Director of Music, Peninsula Arts, Plymouth University Eduardo Reck Miranda, Professor of Computer Music, Plymouth University

The theme of the 2016 edition of the Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival is Frontiers: Expanding Musical Imagination.

It will showcase extraordinary new technologies and approaches to composition and performance that are pushing the...

Transat Yacht race returns to Plymouth

The World famous Transat yacht race will return to Plymouth after a successful bid to host the start of the race.

People will be able to see the yachts in Plymouth from 24 April up until the solo sailors start their 2,800 mile race across the North Atlantic on 2 May.

This event will bring a brand new Ocean City Rhythm, Blues & Jazz Festival, as well as an air show and...

Set your sights on a new job in 2016

When the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, many people across the country made a resolution; find a new job. Here, Karen Sharpin, Director of Operations (South West) for specialist recruitment and training agency, Acorn, offers her tips on what people can do to get ahead with their job search.

The beginning of the year can hit twice as hard if you are dreading the return to work...

SW house prices to increase by 5% in 2016

House prices in the South West will see an increase of 5% over the course of next year according to the RICS housing forecast for 2016. This is lower than the national average increase of 6% but the same as London and Northern Island. The North East is likely to see the most modest price rise with a predicted increase for 2016 at 3%.

Transactions nationally will edge up to between 1.25...

2016 school admission places now open

The school place application process is now open and Plymouth City Council is now taking applications from families whose children:

are due to start at primary school for the first time or junior school (having completed Year 2 in an infant school) in September 2016 are due to transfer from Year 6 in a primary school to a secondary school in September 2016 or who wish to move from...

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