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Wimbledon to be screened in Princesshay

Make it a day at Princesshay at our free Wimbledon event from Monday 2nd – Sunday 15th July.

With live screenings of the legendary sporting event, free tasters and competitions, there’s no reason to stay indoors, come over and soak up the atmosphere.

Forget Murray Mound, the place to catch all the action this year is Princesshay! This year, for the first time, join others to watch the matches, free of charge, on an outdoor screen in Princesshay Square. Pull up a deck chair, drink in the atmosphere and cheer along to each of the matches.

Wimbledon matches will be...

University and NHS team up to launch pioneering Academy of Nursing

A new Academy of Nursing has launched to combine academic rigour with NHS expertise to raise standards of care.

The University of Exeter has joined forces with patients and local NHS organisations as part of a collaboration that will support existing nurses, ensuring they are in close contact with the science of nursing and the latest approaches through seminars, mentoring systems and conferences.

It will develop nurses so they are at the forefront of regional, national and global advances in care. Devon Partnership NHS Trust, Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, the Royal...

Exeter Uni launches new programme to power high-growth UK companies

The University of Exeter, as part of the SETsquared Partnership, today launched a programme to enable some of the UK’s best tech scale-up companies become the sector giants of tomorrow.

It is expected to generate over £25bn for the economy by 2030, create an additional 30,000 high-skilled jobs in the tech sector, and help improve Britain’s poor investment record in research and development. SETsquared is the Global No. 1 business incubator and since it started it has helped over 3,500 businesses who have gone on to create over 20,000 jobs and raise £1.5bn in investment. This is...

Exhibition highlights tales and imagery of life with dementia

A public exhibition will feature poems, cartoons and images created by well-known artists working with people with dementia.

The insightful works, part of a University of Exeter research project, will be on show during Dementia Action Week (May 21-27). It captures moments of difficulty, and also love, joy and laughter, showing the multifaceted experience of life with dementia.

The project involved photographer Ian Beesley, cartoonist Tony Husband and poet Ian McMillan working with people with dementia and their partners who are part of Age UK Exeter’s Budding Friends...

£250,000 funding boost to investigate whether vitamin D promotes brain health

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Posted: Mon, 05/07/2018 - 8:24am

A robust clinical trial to investigate whether taking vitamin D can help keep our brains sharp in older age has been supported by a donation of nearly £250,000 from the J P Moulton Charitable Foundation.

The University of Exeter Medical School will conduct a three-year study on whether vitamin D can improve brain health in people at risk of dementia. Using the PROTECT online study of people aged 50 and over, the trial will assess whether supplements could help to prevent decline in memory and other cognitive functions.

It follows a large-scale study led by Exeter which...

Exeter entrepreneur founds bespoke surfboard company

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Posted: Fri, 05/04/2018 - 10:19pm

Duncan Lyster, a fourth year physics student at the University of Exeter, UK, has founded his own hand-crafted, wooden surfboard company.

With help from Think Try Do, a University initiative that helps undergraduates make the connections to found their own start-ups, Duncan Lyster has founded Lyster Surfcraft, creating lightweight wooden surfboards that perform as well as their polyurethane equivalents.

“My dad is a cabinet maker, so while that is a bit different from surfboards, his carpentry skills were a great help when making the first board in my first year of...

It's Great to be Back

It was always a bit of a tussle between Devon and London. Teignmouth born Solicitor Advocate Rachel Smith (pictured above) loved her job in London and her ability to support her beloved Chelsea Football club. But she also knew she wanted to return home to her family and her roots in Devon.

So she made a decision: instead of the frequent commuting to Devon at weekends, she decided to find the right job in Exeter and travel in reverse to Chelsea matches.

Rachel who’s 29, knew the moment she set foot in Rundlewalker offices on Exeter Quayside, that this was the place to be....

Exeter student to join team kayaking length of Wales collecting plastic

Brogan Coates, a second year marine biology student studying at the University of Exeter, is to join a team of women kayaking the length of Wales collecting plastic as part of a campaign to raise awareness of the damage that single-use plastics cause to our oceans every year.

The campaign, which first happened last year, is organised by ‘Love Her Wild’ an organisation designed to empower women into exploring the world around them.

The whole distance of 241km, from Ellesmere Port to Sharpness, is to be kayaked by a 17-woman team, with Brogan taking part in the last of the...

Exeter Chiefs to join University for Community Day

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Posted: Thu, 03/15/2018 - 12:19pm

The University of Exeter is hosting a fun-filled family event on Saturday 17 March and will be joined by Rugby Premiership Champions, Exeter Chiefs to help celebrate on the day.

The Spring Community Day is the University’s second event of its kind which will see the Streatham Campus open to the public with a range of free activities, events, workshops and music taking place throughout the day.

The event takes place from 10.30am – 2.30pm and features world-class scientists demonstrating fun experiments with hands-on astrophysics, space worms and the marvel of bees, as well...

Action-packed week for Exeter apprentices

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Posted: Sun, 03/04/2018 - 7:06am

Apprentices at the University of Exeter will take part in a series of events during National Apprenticeship Week (5-9 March 2018).

The university employs 40 apprentices, and they will take on challenges ranging from a live broadcast to escaping from locked rooms at Exeter’s Mission Escape.

They will also join the Apprenticeship Games in Cornwall, and help promote apprenticeships and answer questions at Exeter College’s Apprenticeship Expo.

The University of Exeter’s apprentices, aged 16-58, are employed at three campuses across Devon and Cornwall. Since April 2017,...

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