Doctor Willie Hamilton from the University of Exeter, has designed a computer app for GP surgeries that is able to improve the detection of cancer symptoms in the early stages of the disease, potentially helping save thousands of lives.
The app costs £50 and is currently on trial at 160 GP surgeries nationwide.
It works by recording a patient's symptoms upon each doctor's visit. If, over various visits, the patient shows several otherwise harmless symptoms which together could be an early indicator of cancer, a warning will appear on the doctor's computer screen.
The University of Exeter is holding a range of activties tomorrow to celebrate American Thanksgiving.
Celebrations will include a traditonal Thanksgiving lunch for staff and students and a 'touch' American football game on the piazza (supported by the University's cheerleaders).
There will also be an all-American themed harvest festival eating area where a traditional two course Thanksgiving feast of roast turkey or nut roast with gravy, creamed potato, buttered sweet corn and other vegetables, followed by pumpkin pie or American cheesecake, will be available....
Recent research done by The Sutton Trust reveals that 28% of students at Exeter University are privately educated.
While investigating the education gap between poor and privileged students at English universities, the Trust found that, unsurprisingly, Oxford and Cambridge had the highest percentage of privately educated students, with 46.6% and 42.7% respectively.
This contrasts with London's South Bank University, which came last in the listing. Nearly a quarter of the students there received free school meals at school, compared with a tiny 1% at Exeter. This suggests...
The Government has spoken out against a potential rise in South West Water's bills that could see over £20 being added to students' water bills.
The current average water charge in the South West is already £111-£499 above the national average, despite a £50 Government subsidy for customers in the region.
Owen Paterson, the Environment Secretary, recently wrote to all UK water companies to ensure that they keep aware of any increases in prices.
The Water Minister Dan Rogerson MP, whose constituency is in North Cornwall has urged Ofwat, the regulatory body for...
On 28 November the Cavern Cub will see two exciting new bands playing in one night. Both 'Nine Black Alps', a grunge-rocker group, and their supporting act, 'Then Thickens', have new singles coming out on 2 December produced by Leeds-based label 'Hatch Records'.
'Nine Black Alps' will coincide their new single with a short run of live dates in November, heading to Exeter, Manchester and London, among other venues. The song marks the first release for new Leeds-based record label, 'Hatch Records', which has emerged from the demise earlier this year of the influential and underground...
On 30th November, the Phoenix Theatre in Exeter is hosting a night of 'Beatz and Bobz' with four bands and DJ sets playing, including the up-and-coming 'The Correspondents'. This eccentric DJ and Producer duo have a newly-released single called “Fear and Delight”, which is out on December 9th.
The “Fear and Delight” video is available on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABS-mlep5rY
The lead single is taken from their forthcoming album “Puppet Loosely Strung”, out in March 2014.
Mr Bruce and Chucks find it difficult to explain exactly what kind of music they make....
A new study on student perceptions by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) has highlighted the fact that a vast number of students are unhappy with the number of contact hours they receive at university.
Findings have shown that some have as little as two hours of lectures a week, which seems to be incredibly poor value for money, particularly with the recent rise in tuition fees. The study found dissatisfaction to be highest among those studying Arts and Social Sciences, with one joint Arts student remarking that “£3,000 is a huge amount of money to spend on...
Wednesday saw the opening of an exciting new store on Exeter High Street, ‘The White Company’. Laden with mince pies, chocolates and even champagne to give away, shop assistants welcomed wave after wave of customers throughout the day.
The store offers a wide range of products from fragrances to baby clothes to bed linen, and is “beautifully laid-out”, as one customer said.
The lovely atmosphere and charm of the place is, according to one shop assistant, the unique selling point of ‘The White Company’, and she added that “Exeter is going up in the world, and we are...
A ‘National Day of Action’, coordinated by the Student Assembly Against Austerity group (SAAA), is taking place today (20th November 2013) on university campuses all over the country. This comes as a response to Government plans to privatise the Student Loans Company by 2015. In June of this year, in fact, the Government announced their aim to raise £15 billion from the sale of public assets by 2020. Hundreds of students and graduates from 26 campuses all over the country will take part in peaceful action against the sell-off, with activities including ‘debt obstacle courses’, banner drops...
This year's Christmas Market in Exeter will run from Thursday 21 November until Thursday 19 December, on Cathedral Green. The Christmas lights ceremony will also take place on 21 November from 4pm-8pm, with Rob Baxter, Exeter Chiefs' Head Coach; Paul Tisdale, Manager of Exeter City Football Club and members of the Lympstone Military Wives Choir taking centre stage to jointly switch on the city’s Christmas lights during the event at 6.30pm.
Visitors will be treated to a festive programme of entertainment throughout the event. The Princesshay stage will light up with musical acts...
