The University of Exeter's carbon reduction targets are among the most ambitious set by UK universities and colleges, according to rankings published by Students Organising for Sustainability UK (SOS-UK).
The rankings – which place Exeter third among Russell Group universities and 14th in the higher education sector – suggest the University is one of those "leading the way".
Since declaring an environment and climate emergency in 2019, the University has created a comprehensive plan to cut carbon emissions and improve the environment on its campuses and beyond.
A largescale analysis led by the University of Exeter and funded by Diabetes UK, has found a disproportionately higher COVID-19 death risk in middle-aged people with type 2 diabetes, raising questions over vaccination strategies across Europe.
The study, accepted for publication in Diabetologia , found that compared to people of a similar age without type 2 diabetes, the additional COVID-19 mortality risk from having type 2 diabetes increases the younger someone is. Although the risk is low in absolute terms, the increase has a significant potential to impact middle-aged people...
A new research hub led by the University of Exeter will spearhead national efforts to create a 'circular economy' where fewer resources are used and more waste materials reused – delivering huge benefits to the environment and UK economy.
The National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Hub is supported with £3.5 million from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
It will work with the five circular economy centres that were announced last November to explore how reusing waste materials in a wide range of industries, including textiles, construction, chemical and metals,...
The University of Exeter Business School has launched a new research centre focusing on sustainability in finance, an area experiencing huge growth within the financial sector.
Professor Chendi Zhang will be heading up the new Exeter Sustainable Finance Centre (ESF), which will draw on the University of Exeter Business School’s vast expertise in the areas of sustainability, finance, accounting, economics and management.
Sustainability was once considered a niche area in finance, but its growing importance has seen it catapulted into the mainstream as is now one of the...
Big bumblebees take time to learn the locations of the best flowers, new research shows.
Meanwhile smaller bumblebees – which have a shorter flight range and less carrying capacity – don't pay special attention to flowers with the richest nectar.
University of Exeter scientists examined the "learning flights" which most bees perform after leaving flowers.
Honeybees are known to perform such flights – and the study shows bumblebees do the same, repeatedly looking back to memorise a flower's location.
"It might not be widely known that pollinating insects...
An innovative hip stem developed in Exeter 50 years ago today has now been implanted in more than two million patients across the globe.
The Exeter hip stem was developed in a collaboration between NHS surgeon Professor Robin Ling and University of Exeter engineer Dr Clive Lee, and is globally manufactured by Stryker. Their ground-breaking design overcame a problem of previous hip implants – that they eventually became slightly loose, requiring further surgery.
Previous prosthetic hips had been designed with the idea that the implant should remain rigidly fixed to the...
Dr Valentina Mosienko from the University of Exeter Medical School has won one of 15 highly competitive fellowships from the Medical Research Council Career Development Award .
The award, covering five years, will allow Dr Mosienko to study star-shaped brain cells – known as astrocytes – and their role in depression etiology.
Dr Mosienko said “I’m honoured to receive the fellowship to investigate this important area of research. Depression is a devastating illness affecting one in four people in the UK. It is not fully understood still, with antidepressants commonly...
A blood test already available to GPs in the UK is more predictive of ovarian cancer than previously thought and could also help pick up other forms of cancer, according to new research published in PLOS Medicine today (Wednesday) and funded by Cancer Research UK and NIHR.
This study involving the University of Exeter was led by Dr Garth Funston at the University of Cambridge as part of the CanTest collaborative, and studied more than 50,000 women who had a specific type of blood test with their GP in England.
The test is for women with symptoms possibly caused by...
The UK’s youngest feature film director has been inspired by his great-grandfather’s epic battle for survival during World War Two for his debut movie.
University of Exeter history student Elliott Hasler will have his film released on major viewing platforms aged just 20.
Inspired by Elliott’s great-grandfather’s own experiences, WWII – The Long Road Home depicts an escaped British POW’s epic battle for survival whilst on the run in war-torn Italy, as his wife and young son anxiously await news in England.
Filming was completed when Elliott was just 16 years old...
A new University of Exeter lecture series will examine the role of humanities experts in tackling global crises, including health, the climate emergency and racial injustice.
The online events, free and open to the public, will also showcase discussions on how humanities research can help universities better conduct their global activities and be agents of positive change.
Academics from around the world will bring their varied disciplinary perspectives to modern global events: from the 'long view' of history, to compassion-based understanding of human needs, to...
