The Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science, has announced the appointment of two Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holders from Exeter out of a total of 27 new awards.
Jointly funded by the Wolfson Foundation and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the scheme aims to provide universities with additional support to enable them to attract science talent from overseas and retain respected UK scientists of outstanding achievement and potential. Professor Angus Buckling from the Centre for Ecology and Conservation and Professor Tim Lenton from...
Early risers can’t fail to notice that it’s that time of year again – birds are looking for mates, or defending their breeding territory and the dawn chorus is at its best.
Also, with the promise of David Attenborough’s launch of ‘Tweet for the Day’ on Radio 4 in May, and International Dawn Chorus Day on Sunday 5 May, bird song is definitely flavour of the month!
Come down to the Axe Estuary Wetlands on 11 May for the Dawn Chorus Walk from 5am-7am. This will be led by Steve Waite, County Recorder for Devon Birds www.devonbirds.org – don’t miss this opportunity to learn...
The Lord’s Taveners charity hosted a very special British Lions dinner on 17 April at Exeter University's Great Hall.
The evening was a massive success with star guest speaker Warren Gatland, the British Lions Manager for the forthcoming tour to Australia, supported by former Lions and rugby giants Will Greenwood, Paul Ackford and Scott Quinnell.
Tales of skill, and skulduggery mainly in the scrum, entertained a full house of 400 guests and raised over £11,000 for the charity.
As hard as the supporting speakers tried, they were unable to get Mr Gatland to divulge...
This May Day (1 May) a badger flash-mob - led by Queen’s Brian May - will descend on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), protesting the Conservative-led badger cull.
Brian May will front the flash-mob – dressed as a badger and with a black stripe in his hair – as they dance and call for the badger cull to be replaced by badger vaccination.
The flash-mob will last five minutes as the badgers dance to May’s own version of the YouTube Badgers song (with over 17 million hits) which he has produced about the badger cull and was inspired by Queen's hit...
A couple in South Devon were delighted to be able to bring a taste of the tropics to their recent wedding with the help of their local National Trust property.
The bride, who is from Ecuador, really wanted a banana leaf in her bridal bouquet as the plant reminded her of her homeland and therefore had huge sentimental significance. Her florist Linsay Johns searched high and low for a suitable leaf with no success and, on the day before the wedding, approached National Trust’s Overbeck’s in desperation.
More people than ever visited the Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink in Northernhay Gardens and Exeter Castle from Friday 26 to Sunday 28 April to enjoy the region’s best food, drink, producers and chefs and celebrate the Festival’s 10th anniversary year. Close to 20,000 people attended the Festival with record numbers of visitors on Saturday and Sunday.
The highest ever number of visitors in the 10-year history of the region’s biggest foodie event ensured many of more than one hundred South West artisan food producers sold out of produce and the cookery theatre was...
Exeter Community Bikes (ECB) is a Project that is just starting in Exeter. It aims to provide unemployed people with the skills, confidence and knowledge to recycle and recondition unwanted and abandoned bicycles and in the process reduce landfill, encourage more environmental awareness and enhance our community’s health and well-being. Cycling reaches out to people of all ages, gender, and social class and can act as a vehicle for engagement with diverse and hard to reach groups.
Have you been meaning to get rid of an old bike cluttering up your garage, garden or home but didn’t...
How many times do we go to networking events, exchange business cards with several individuals and then… not follow up! We are all guilty of this to a lesser or greater degree and yet we have made the initial investment in the design, print and exchange of cards, attending the function and introducing ourselves, so what goes wrong?
Is it our typical British reserve? Why do we feel so awkward about making follow up contact? Could it be that our expectations are so high that it stops us from thinking about the most appropriate approach? Is it that we feel that it’s obvious these...
Are you a a keen swimmer? Then we have just the event for you! Come along and have a swim in beautiful surroundings, and raise funds for Devon Air Ambulance Trust (DAAT) at the same time. The one mile swim, which takes place on Sunday 15 September 2013, starts and finishes on Broadsands Beach in Paignton. Entry is just £20, although swimmers are asked to raise £30 sponsorship too.
We are also proud to announce that our sponsor this year will once again be The ATASS Group.
You can enter online now at http://www.daat.org/sea-swim-enter-here/ and set up your online sponsorship...
Gary Evans was looking for a unique way to support Devon Air Ambulance Trust ( DAAT ) through his VIP taxis business and came up with just the thing! Travelling over 60,000 miles a year, Gary decided to offer the charity the opportunity to brand the outside of his executive vehicle with signage displaying Devon Air Ambulance which is creative and bold. Gary Evans, Owner of Destination UK VIP Travel provides the best in long-distance travel and can carry up to eight passengers. They travel to all of the UK and specialise in airports, seaports, train stations, sport events, concerts,...
