A leading Exeter academic has been appointed as Honorary Professor at Tianjin University in China.
Professor Timothy Quine, Professor of Earth Surface Sciences and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) at the University of Exeter, was appointed alongside six other leading scientists at a ceremony on 27 March 2018.
They were all nominated by the Institute of Surface-Earth System Science (ISESS).
The appointments are intended to strengthen cooperation with world-class scholars and research institutions to jointly promote the advancement of geoscience.
Following their sell-out tour in 2017, Pussy Riot return to the UK – and this time they’re heading for Exeter! Heading to Exeter Phoenix this August, Pussy Riot need little introduction. The Russian protest art collective have one of the most important voices of the last 10 years who's lyrical themes include feminism, LGBT rights, and opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom the group consider to be a dictator. The group found fame for staging unauthorised provocative guerilla punk performances in unusual places, which were recorded and made into music videos. The group gained...
A new grant scheme is being piloted this year in five National Parks, offering funding for land managers to restore their historic farm buildings.
The Historic Building Restoration Grant is being piloted in Dartmoor, Lake District, Northumberland, Peak District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks with £2 million of funding available.
The aim of the scheme is to help save the iconic historic farm buildings in the English National Parks from falling out of use. Owners of these buildings from today can apply for a grant offering 80% towards the cost of restoration. This can...
Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (13-15 April):
THEATRE
The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott Meet Marc and Bella Chagall! The flying lovers of Vitebsk! Partners in life and on canvas, Marc and Bella are immortalised as the picture of romance. But whilst on canvas they flew, in life they walked through some of the most devastating times in history. Daniel Jamieson’s The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk traces this young couple as they navigate the Pogroms, the Russian Revolution, and each other. Emma Rice’s...
The Exeter branch of RGB Building Supplies is inviting those that work in the trades and keen DIY enthusiasts to a free decorating breakfast morning on Tuesday 24th April.
Between 7.30am and 11am, free bacon butties and cups of coffee will be served while leading industry names, including Crown, Farrow & Ball, Bedec, ProDec and Tembe, will be demonstrating products and answering questions.
As well as receiving 10% off all paint throughout the day, everyone attending will have the chance to win a replica football shirt in a free prize draw.
A new route linking Exeter with developments to the east of the city has been completed and has opened to traffic.
The Tithebarn Link Road provides an alternative route avoiding M5 Junction 29, connecting the city and the Exeter and East Devon Growth Point, including the developments of Cranbrook, Skypark and the Exeter Science Park.
The route includes a 60 metre span pedestrian and cycle bridge alongside the existing bridge just north of Junction 29 of the M5. The bridge opened for use in February.
Councillor Andrea Davis, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for...
Jack Nowell says he's aiming to make up for lost time by helping to play a lead role in Exeter's Aviva Premiership title defence.
The Chiefs, England and British Lions winger marked his return to competitive action for the first time in six weeks when he scored a second half brace in last Sunday's 46-10 victory over Gloucester at Sandy Park.
That win - Exeter's 14th in 19 league starts this term - ensured Rob Baxter's side became the first team this season to ensure their place in next month's end of season play-offs, even though there are still three rounds of the regular...
Rob Baxter is set to welcome his biggest intake of academy youngsters into his Exeter Chiefs squad for the 2018/19 season.
A great advocate over the years of bringing through youthful, homegrown talent at Sandy Park, the Chiefs Director of Rugby is once again ready to reap the rewards of yet more outstanding work being carried out by the club’s highly successful academy programme.
Richard Capstick, Flynn Elworthy, Barrie Karea, James Kenny, Sam Maunder, James McRae, Sam Morley, Max Norey, Joe Parker-Cook, Alfie Petch, Joe Snow, Danny Southworth, Cory Teague and Rus Tuima...
Devon’s popular Powderham Food Festival will return this autumn as organisers announce this year’s dates.
Powderham Food Festival, the autumnal foodie event that celebrates the South West’s finest food and drink producers, will return on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th October 2018, 10am to 5pm. Now in its seventh year, the festival will be hosted in the grounds of the beautiful Powderham Castle and promises to provide a fantastic family, foodie and fun day out for all to enjoy.
Brimming with all things edible, drinkable and delectable from over 150 producers, there are also...
Darts fans in Exeter will get the chance to see the sport’s greatest ever player in 2018 when Phil Taylor appears in an exclusive exhibition event.
Sixteen-time World Champion Taylor retired from the professional tour following January’s World Championship final, meaning the legendary ‘Power’ will not be appearing in this year’s Premier League for the first time.
But Taylor will be appearing at Exeter Corn Exchange on Friday 25 May 2018 alongside Welsh ace Mark Webster, darts’ original entertainer Bobby George and Exeter’s Lee Bryant.
