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A University of Exeter professor is on a research team creating videogames which blur the boundaries between real and virtual worlds.

Gabriella Giannachi, The University of Exeter’s Performance and New Media Professor, is part of the Videogames Research Network being led by the University of Lincoln’s Games Research Group.

The Network aims to bring together games developers, performance practitioners and academics to explore new concepts in the design and creation of movement-based games.

An Australian organisation called Arts Queensland is also part of the...

A photograph taken by a researcher from the University of Exeter of a pair of burying beetles feeding on an animal carcass has won first prize in a new competition. Paul Hopwood’s image, snapped in the Cornish countryside, was announced as the winner of NERC’s inaugural short article and photography competition at an awards ceremony in London yesterday. Photographic entries were judged on how eye-catching the imagery was and whether or not the photograph conveyed the applicants’ research, whilst the essays looked for the ability of applicants to communicate the excitement of their PhD...

The date at which someone must be 68 to draw a state pension has been brought forward by around 10 years.

The change to be announced today as part of Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn statement will see the current scheduled date to be forward from 2046 to sometime in the mid-2030s.

Many commentators expect that the state pension age will rise again to 69 by the late 2040s and to 70 shortly after that.

The recent changes will affect people aged in their 40s while further changes could see people in their 20s work until in their 70s.

The changes have been...

Phase One of Exeter Rugby Club’s multi-million pound redevelopment of their Sandy Park Stadium is to begin early in the New Year, officials have today confirmed. After months of behind the scenes activity, including raising in excess of £7.5m through the Exeter Chiefs 2020 Bond, the green light has now been given for the planned works to begin. Earlier this year the Chiefs unveiled their ambitious, long-term plans to transform Sandy Park into a state-of-the-art stadium that would not only see the ground capacity double to that of 20,600 – but also involve the building of three new...