Cooperation is the key...

We have just enjoyed another week where we have hosted a delegate group from Europe...this time they were teachers from a Vocational School in Kiel, Northern Germany; they wanted to see this area (their students already come here to complete their work placements) and find out about the education system here in the UK, this will inevitably lead to more students visiting our area. 

So here's the thing, we are very proud of the area we live in, we promote it at every opportunity and encourage students to come here instead of to London; but, without the help and cooperation from other organisations in South Devon, delegate visits like this

would be difficult, if not impossible!

This week our blog is to say 'Thank You' and give a big shout to the people and organisations who have given their time, showed off their facilities (and provided some very enjoyable refreshments) to enable us to show the world how good Torbay and South Devon really are. 

We have visited and toured South Devon College, along with the SW Energy Centre and the Passive Haus (Thank you Sarah Beeson and John Rolls). Seen and toured Exeter College (both Technology and Construction sites) - (thank you to Richard Layburn, Andy Wells and Nick Spreckley),  been very well fed at the Horizons Restaurant at SDC, and at the Cafe at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter and with buffets from Shoreline and Crusty Loaf in Torquay. We have been given a tour of the amazing Torquay Academy, (thank you Steve Margetts and Nichole Sanders) not by staff but by four young students who will re write your opinions of teenagers - they were great; polite, articulate and very well informed about their school. Intertwined with all this they have been to Kents Cavern, Cockington Court, Living Coasts and a number of pubs and clubs around the bay. Several of our Work Placements made themselves available at short notice for visits and again spent time with the teachers.

In short...Thank You
If you have never been to any of these places, take the time to visit, the educational establishments are inspiring, the food is delicious and the venues are brilliant - but most of all they all prove one thing;
South Devon is a great place to be!