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An Exeter researcher has just been awarded £362,337 from leading charity Diabetes UK to understand if certain genes can protect people from developing Type 2 diabetes. Dr Hanieh Yaghootkar who works at the University of Exeter Medical School has been awarded Diabetes UK’s R D Lawrence Fellowship, set up in recognition of the life and work of the late Dr R D Lawrence, co-founder of Diabetes UK. It was as a medical student in her native Iran that Dr Yaghootkar realised that diagnosing and treating patients was not enough for her. She decided to become a researcher in genetics in a bid to...

Pioneering, sustainable developers, Grenadier Estates, has carried out investigative work at its site on Exmouth Waterfront, in order to inform its latest set of plans for a world class, environmentally friendly watersports centre for the town.

The not-for-profit development has been scaled back and redefined since the initial round of plans submitted three years ago. To ensure as little impact to the local community, the Queen’s Drive park remained open, with a small road diversion put in place to allow full access to the site, whilst limiting disruption to traffic. The works,...

Networking can help your business flourish. Expo South are experts in organising events and it’s envisaged the team’s new office in Plymouth Science Park will be behind staging some of this year’s best networking exhibitions.

Over the next 12 months, the Event Management team will be expanding their ‘Expo’ brand to cover other parts of the country: from Sheffield and Poole to Cardiff and Taunton.

The company’s winning one-day format provides an exceptionally high level of professionalism in content, layout and variety. Return business stems from the strong range of...

Exeter College is celebrating a record breaking year by celebrating welcoming their 1,000th apprentice.

The 1,000th Apprentice is Jordanna Broom who is a higher engineering apprentice at the University of Exeter. Jordanna enjoyed her initial engineering training and has decided to pursue her career through one of the college’s higher level apprenticeships.

To celebrate this milestone and the ongoing relationship between the college and the university, a memento has been made by the University’s engineering apprentices and presented to the college.

The University...