Seven innovative arts projects designed to build pride in place and provide opportunities for community participation are to receive funding from a joint university-local government programme.
The commissions will receive a share of £40,000 from Creative Arc following an open call to creative organisations, artists and local communities.
Among those who’ve been chosen include a new community choir, who will have the chance to perform live at the Northcott Theatre; workshops and engagement activities for members of the special education needs and disabilities (SEND)...
Beachgoers can get free legal advice by the ocean this summer thanks to the University of Exeter and local solicitors.
The University’s Law School Community Law Clinic already helps people with issues ranging from housing, employment and immigration.
Now the clinic is decamping to Teignmouth and Exmouth to run pro-bono sessions near the beach next month. People can get confidential advice on a range of issues and information about the next steps they should take.
“Law on the Beach” was the idea of Professor Sue Prince from the University of Exeter Law School and...
A University of Exeter student has penned a heartwarming emotional tribute to his mother, who died from a rare cancer when he was just 14 years old.
Sean Tilson, 20, a second-year Business Management student at the University of Exeter, lost his mother to metastatic spindle cell sarcoma six years ago. Spindle cell sarcomas are rare cancers which account for less than half of one per cent (0.06%) of all cancer diagnoses. Since his mother’s death Sean has been involved in a number of challenges to raise money for charity. This year, Sean is doing four challenges in four months to...
The University of Exeter has signed a new funding agreement with Santander that will boost Exeter’s community of budding student entrepreneurs.
Matt Hutnell, Director of Santander Universities UK, was welcomed to the Streatham Campus earlier this month by Professor Lisa Roberts, Vice Chancellor and President of the University of Exeter, to mark the signing of a sixth funding agreement.
Santander Universities UK is a long-standing supporter of the University of Exeter, with philanthropic gifts exceeding £2m over the past 15 years.
The University of Exeter this month celebrated its thriving community of student entrepreneurs at its annual Student Startup Awards ceremony.
The event marked more than a decade of fostering innovation and entrepreneurship through the award-winning Student Startup programme, open to students and recent graduates across all faculties.
Under the umbrella of the SETsquared partnership, the world's number one university business incubator, the Student Startup Programme has become a cornerstone of entrepreneurship support at the University of Exeter.
A community talk in Exeter will give people the chance to discuss the climate and nature emergency and hear about a major new campaign.
Award-winning writer, climate thinker, and Exeter University professor James Dyke will speak at the event at Exeter Community Centre, at 6pm on Friday March 31.
The event is for everyone, including a talk about the climate emergency, free vegan food, and information about a protest bringing 100,000 people together outside Parliament in London from April 21 to 24.
Exeter Community Alliance, a collective of 30 local community...
The University of Exeter has been twinned with a counterpart in Ukraine through a national programme that is striving to safeguard higher education in the European country.
Joint research projects, academic exchanges and the provision of English language courses are some of the opportunities that will now be explored through the collaboration with King Danylo University.
Orchestrated by Universities UK and the Cormack Consultancy Group, the twinning initiative pairs together universities with complementary profiles from the two countries, helping to restore the Ukrainian...
A book about climate change science and denial has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize.
Hot Air – by Professor Peter Stott, of the University of Exeter and the Met Office – is one of six titles up for the award, which celebrates the best popular science writing from across the globe .
In the book, Professor Stott tells the inside story of the battle against climate change denial, as seen from more than 25 years as a climate scientist.
He describes how scientists saw increasing evidence of the "fingerprints of humans" as a cause of climate...
Exeter has been named as runner-up in the coveted University of the Year award in the influential The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023 .
The University also recorded a significant rise in the overall national ranking, moving to 13th position, it has been announced today (Friday, September 16th 2022).
High levels of student satisfaction, quality of teaching and graduate employment prospects are all highlighted as key factors in Exeter’s success in the notable ranking.
Professor Lisa Roberts, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter said: “...
Talented twins whose music is championed by Coldplay have graduated from the same course, at the same university, on the same day.
Theo and Bertie Pedrick decided to study together at the University of Exeter so they could pursue their music career.
Coldplay drummer Will Champion has acted as mentor for Bertie, the guitarist and singer, and Theo, the lead singer in their band PEDRICK. Mr Champion met with them after hearing their music, has kept in touch and even let Theo and Bertie record in Coldplay’s studio.
