“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living” Nelson Mandela
The same is very true about business – find the passion and you will find a great business. Without passion you may as well shut up shop and go home! If your passion has waned for your business, re-ignite it fast! Or be prepared for more passionate competitors to keep chipping away at your market share.
Do a little bit of research – use www.surveymonkey.com at the basic entry level which is free and find out from your customers whether...
A collaboration between the University of Exeter and a selection of schools and colleges in the South West is one of just 12 projects to receive more than £3.5 million in funding to engage young people in research.
New ways of making and using the wonder material graphene will be identified through pioneering work by engineers and scientists at the University of Exeter and Bath at the Centre for Graphene Science.
Researchers have received a grant of more than £1.1 million from a total £21 million cash pot awarded by the Government to the most promising UK projects to accelerate the path to market for products which use the material.
The funding has been awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, and was recently announced by Chancellor George Osborne. A team...
A UK-led team of researchers has identified 15 issues that could affect the diversity of life on Earth in 2013. They include using synthetic DNA to genetically modify organisms, soaring demand for coconut water, and competition for land to grow plants for fish farming.
Other topics the researchers highlight include dam-building in the Andean Amazon, using coral nurseries to restore reefs, and the commercial use of short portions of antimicrobial proteins.
The European Centre for Environment & Human Health in Truro (which is part of the University of Exeter Medical...
A new app that encourages people to say “good morning Mr Magpie” via their mobile phone will help scientists evaluate the benefits that birds bring to the quality of human life.
Whether you view them with sorrow or joy, using your smart device to help build up a national database of sightings of the distinctive black-and-white birds will feed into wider research by the University of Exeter to assess how much value people place on having birds in their gardens.
Dr Richard Inger, at the Environment and Sustainability Institute on the University’s Cornwall...
Four of Europe’s most promising scientists from the University of Exeter have received a total of more than €5 million to advance cutting-edge research which will help develop a deeper understanding of the world.
From the multilingual evolution of European law to the mechanisms of the human brain and patterns of animal behaviour, the grants will fund five-year studies which are at the forefront of research.
The four academics all warded off fierce competition to successfully bid for European Research Council grants. The scheme is designed to support a new...
Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old pottery beaker during excavations ahead of the construction of the new town at Cranbrook near Exeter. The pot is remarkably complete with only a tiny portion of the rim missing. It was discovered buried in a pit about 2 metres deep along with a stone bracer, an arm guard worn by archers to protect their forearms when shooting. The bracer was made from stone sourced in Langdale in Cumbria.
By looking at the pot under the microscope Roger Taylor, RAMM’s geologist, was able to identify the inclusions in the clay. He concluded...
(NewsPoint) –The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, an agency of the United States Department of Defense that is mainly responsible for the development of new technologies for use by the military, has created a robot that can navigate around obstacles In the video description, posted on YouTube "the Pet-Proto, a predecessor to DARPA’s Atlas robot, is confronted with obstacles similar to those robots might face in the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC). To maneuver over and around the obstacles, the robot exercises capabilities including autonomous decision-making, dismounted mobility...
Members of the Devon Family History Society will be on hand at Devon County Council’s newly opened Heritage Centre on Thursday (1st November between 10am and 3pm) to offer advice and help for people tracing their family trees.
Members of the public can book a free 45 minute slot with a member of the team to find out more about using genealogy websites and accessing records and other materials held at the Devon Heritage Centre.
The special ‘Help Desk’ sessions are especially designed to assist people in making use of the range of family history research...
Opportunities week arrives at the University of Exeter from 29th October to 2nd November. It’s an exciting and varied programme of activities offered by the Grand Challenges team, disciplines and colleges, the Guild and the University.
First year students will be given tasters of some of the University’s best research, which addresses some of the biggest global challenges of the 21st century; such as water security, child health, ageing, climate change, and international security. In June 2013 the students themselves will participate in these Grand Challenges, and produce...
