The University of Exeter has broken into the top 150 in the QS World University Rankings for the first time.
Exeter is now ranked 149th in the prestigious QS World University Rankings 2022 – a rise of 15 places compared to last year – placing it among the very best institutions worldwide.
This is the 18th year that QS has published its World University Rankings. They are based on six indicators and were compiled by considering more than 1,300 universities.
In this latest ranking, Exeter’s rank improved in four of the six indicators – academic reputation,...
A project to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere will be crucial to the UK’s bid to reach Net Zero by 2050 – and is set to spark the biggest change in land use since the Second World War.
The NetZeroPlus project, led by Professor Ian Bateman from the University of Exeter Business School, is one of five interdisciplinary projects that will receive a total of £31.5m from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) – with each project investigating a different method of removing harmful greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere.
The University of Exeter has launched a ‘Green Futures’ campaign and website to drive action on the environment and climate emergency ahead of the G7 in Cornwall and COP26 in Glasgow this year.
According to a recent Reuters list, the University of Exeter has the UK’s five most influential climate scientists - all in the top 21 in the world . For more than twenty years the University has been leading the way in interdisciplinary research to better understand and tackle environment and climate change. By mobilising expertise in research and education, the University is seeking to...
A Neuroscience expert from the University of Exeter has been awarded multi-million pound funding to investigate the origin and evolution of vision across the animal kingdom.
Professor Gaspar Jekely, from the University of Exeter’s Living Systems Institute , has received a grant of more than €3 million to conduct pioneering new research into how nervous systems interpret light cues.
The substantial funding was awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) under its 2020 Advanced Grants scheme. Professor Jekely’s research is one of 209 grants awarded to across Europe,...
Professor John Newton takes up new chair at University of Exeter
Professor John Newton, Director of Health Improvement at Public Health England (PHE), has been appointed to a new chair in public health and epidemiology in the university’s College of Medicine and Health. This appointment will be part time for one day a week, as John continues in his PHE role.
The news further strengthens John’s relationship with Exeter.
He has a research interest in descriptive epidemiology and precision public health and has held an Honorary Professorship in Public Health and...
Michelmores has launched a prize for second year Law with Business students at the University of Exeter's Penryn Campus in Cornwall. The new annual prize seeks to recognise the student or students demonstrating the best commercial awareness during the course of their first year studies. It will complement the Firm's prize to the University of Exeter student or students with the best overall performance on the Land Law course at Exeter’s Streatham Campus, an award launched over 20 years ago.
Tim Richards, managing partner at Michelmores said: "I am delighted to launch this new...
The University of Exeter has signed up as an associate partner to DATA-CAN: The Health Data Research Hub for Cancer.
DATA-CAN is a UK-wide partnership which aims to improve care and outcomes for people with cancer by making high quality health data more accessible for cancer researchers and health professionals.
Through its College of Medicine and Health, the University of Exeter brings a wealth of cancer research expertise, as well as data science knowledge and experience to the DATA-CAN partnership. Work from the Exeter team, which uses information from GP records to...
Morgan Sindall Construction has won a contract to deliver a new extension to the University of Exeter in Devon, helping to improve educational facilities for computer science (higher education) in the South West.
The main contractor has already begun work on the new building, which will be located on the University’s Streatham Campus by the existing Innovation Centre, and will house an adaptable space including an Artificial Intelligence Arena and Computer Learning Laboratory.
The new building is one of several to deliver technical education across the South-West, as...
The Children’s Health and Exercise Research Centre (CHERC), an internationally recognised paediatric research department at the University of Exeter, are celebrating seven years of collaboration with Exmouth Community College.
The partnership, which began in 2014, has enabled pupils to be engaged in a wide variety of research, enabling them to learn first-hand about healthy living.
Thanks to the relationship with the college, the research team at CHERC have been able to better understand how physical activity and diet can influence health in youth. This is important, as...
Lord Myners of Truro will retire as Chancellor of the University of Exeter after five years in the role.
Paul Myners CBE, who will be 73 in April and a former Government Minister who has led some of the UK’s best known businesses, will relinquish the role at the end of 2021.
Cornishman Lord Myners, who was brought up in Truro by his adoptive parents, took over the mantle of Chancellor from Baroness Floella Benjamin in July 2016.
Speaking of his retirement from the position, Lord Myners said: “It has been a pleasure and an honour to have served as Chancellor and...
