A partnership of three research institutions, led by the University of Exeter, has secured a £5m award to help protect the beautiful natural resources and the jobs dependent on them in the South West.
Experts from Exeter, working with scientists at the University of Plymouth and Plymouth Marine Laboratory, will work with businesses, policy makers and other organisations in the region to help them enhance their activities and decisions by applying the latest technological advances, scientific research and understanding of the environment.
The first stage of a commuter-driven initiative designed to help reduce traffic congestion has revealed some fascinating results, organisers have said.
Experts from the University of Exeter launched the project earlier this year to determine what factors influence the time and routes chosen by people travelling to and from the city.
As part of the project, the team hosted an online survey - www.commute-exeter.com - aimed at anyone aged 17 and over who commutes for work or study.
Now, having collated the thousands of responses received, the team has revealed how...
The University of Exeter’s position as being amongst the most innovative global institutions has been strengthened after winning a prestigious award at a high-profile ceremony, known as the ‘Oscars’ of higher education.
Exeter was one of a select group of universities to be bestowed with a Reimagine Education Award, at a special gala event held in Philadelphia, United States, on Tuesday, December 6th.
A panel of international experts presented Exeter with the Sustainability Award, for its submission centred on the Green Consultants project, which started in 2013 to provide...
Exeter’s all-male student a cappella group, Semi-toned, has won the BBC’s national TV singing competition The Choir, Gareth’s Best in Britain.
The University of Exeter students were celebrating last night, when they hit the right note for host Gareth Malone and a panel of expert judges with their renditions of Richard Blackwood’s Anthem of Praise and Señorita by Justin Timberlake.
Semi-toned member Ted Bartram who sang the solo said the experience was “humbling and uplifting”.
He said: “The lessons we learned whilst competing have genuinely improved us, both...
Events company Event Exeter has exciting plans to end the year after winning big at the 2016 Devon Tourism awards.
The company, which represents event venues at The University of Exeter, is now ready to host its Christmas parties for local businesses and residents.
Kate Durward-Akhurst, the Marketing Manager for Commercial Services at the University, said: “We will be welcoming back the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra to our Great Hall for their concert season and there is even another wedding before the year is out!”
Event Exeter won the Gold award for the Venue and...
The Prince of Wales has praised the work of University of Exeter experts to help support small family farms.
His Royal Highness has said he hopes recommendations by Professor Michael Winter and Professor Matt Lobley and their team, to help ensure a smooth succession between different generations of farmers, are taken up.
The Prince singled out their recent research in his regular birthday message to the countryside in Country Life magazine and said it was fascinating reading.
Their study was commissioned by The Prince’s Countryside Fund and published earlier this...
An exciting debut novel by a young writer, Trace This Scar marks a change from the tone of the first offering by Jessikah Hope Stenson.
Following on from her collection of short stories titled A Single Drop Of Perfect & Other Stories, released in February 2016, Trace This Scar is a psychological thriller with a strong crime focus.
Due for release 24th November, Trace This Scar tells the story of a woman named Daphne whose husband is sent to prison for a murder she knows he did not commit. Packed with lies and betrayals and the mystery surrounding the murder, Trace This...
The University of Exeter has been awarded £1.5 million by Wellcome to enable translation of findings from its world-leading research programmes into improvements in human health on a global scale.
The University has received the substantial grant from Wellcome’s Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF) – the third time it has successfully applied for funds through the leading scheme.
The five-year award will be used to establish the Translational Research Exchange@ Exeter (TREE) – an innovative programme designed to build research links between biomedical and clinical...
The tumultuous region between two stars, where violent winds crash together at speeds of up to 10 million km per hour, has been revealed for the first time, thanks to state of the art infrared imaging techniques.
A team of international researchers, including Professor Stefan Kraus from the University of Exeter, have gained unique images of the chaotic region found between the two stars in the Eta Carinae binary system, found 7,500 light years from Earth.
Powerful stellar winds from the two stars – one of which is one of the largest and most luminous stars discovered and...
The University of Exeter is the top university in the southwest according to The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017.
The university, which was The Times and The Sunday Times University of the Year for 2012-13, ranks 9= in this year’s league table. The Southwest region is well represented in the wider top 20 with Bath ranking 12th in the UK and Bristol 19th.
The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017 is published over three days, beginning with a free 60-page supplement published this weekend in The Sunday Times (September 25). It provides...
