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Devon’s ancient pathway, the Mariners Way has been the inspiration for local artist Edward Crumpton, whose work is being exhibited at the University of Exeter from 27 April until 9 June. A sculpture to celebrate the social history of this almost mythical walk was produced last year for the University. Entitled ‘Mariners Way’, the huge knotted rope sculpture now stands proudly outside the entrance to the Forum building. One year on the University is staging an exhibition that investigates the artist’s thinking behind the piece and his experimentation with rope as an art form. The exhibition...

The Leiden University World Rankings shows that the University of Exeter ranks 49th best institution in the world. The rankings provide a measurement of the scientific impact and performance of 500 major universities worldwide and their involvement in scientific collaboration. Positioning within the rankings is based on the number of citations quoted in highly respected and influential journals. This shows that Exeter’s high quality research has been referenced by other academics in major journals. According to the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2013 is based on Web of Science indexed publications...

A team of students from the University of Exeter have come first in the national heat of the Microsoft Imagine Cup, an international student technology competition in which students develop their own apps from scratch.

They will now travel to Russia in May to participate in the global final, where the top prize stands at £50,000.

Supported by the Students’ Guild’s entrepreneurial support unit Ignite, and in association with SETsquared and the innovation Centre at the University of Exeter, soundSYNK wowed the Microsoft judges with their team’s app, which synchronises its...

While most young people have been thinking of Easter eggs and Easter bunnies, students at the Centre for the Creative Industries at Exeter College have been welcoming their special Easter gift – that of a life-sized Gorilla sculpture.

The Easter arrival is Exeter College’s support for Paignton Zoo’s celebration of 90 years of conservation, aimed at engaging communities with a mass exhibition of public art to raise awareness and funds to help the Cross River Gorillas of Nigeria –t he world’s most threatened species of gorilla and in danger of extinction, and marks the culmination of...