New research on pond snails has revealed that high levels of stress can block memory processes.
Researchers from the University of Exeter and the University of Calgary trained snails and found that when they were exposed to multiple stressful events they were unable remember what they had learned. Previous research has shown that stress also affects human ability to remember. This study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, found that experiencing multiple stressful events simultaneously has a cumulative detrimental effect on memory. Dr Sarah Dalesman, a Leverhulme Trust Early Career...
Following the long-running success of BBC Two’s living history series, Victorian, Edwardian and Wartime Farm, a new series will be exploring life at the end of the Middle Ages in Tudor Monastery Farm. University of Exeter historian Professor James Clark was the programme consultant for the six part series in which he features onscreen as the team’s guide and mentor from the monastery, dressed in an authentic medieval habit. The first episode of the new TV series will be broadcast on Wednesday 13 November at 9pm.
The programme will turn the clock back to the year 1500, as a team of...
The ever popular band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines of the Commando Training Centre, Lympstone will again provide the musical accompaniment for this event which has a well established place on the Devon calendar.
The Military Wives’ Choir from Chivenor will also be performing.
This annual tribute to Britain’s Armed Forces will include the Traditional Muster of Standards of Devon’s Royal British Legion and Service Associations, as well as representatives of the Armed Forces, cadet forces, youth groups and emergency services. It will end with a short Service of Remembrance,...
Staff at Exeter’s Coal Grill and Bar will be taking part in Movember as part of the University of Exeter’s Movember@Exeter campaign. Acting as the HQ for the Mo-vement, staff members will be starting their Mo growing journey on November 1st with clean-shaven faces as well as offering special Mo-offers to anyone taking part.
Matt Church, manager of Coal Grill and Bar in Exeter said: “We are really excited to be involved in Movember@Exeter, especially as we’re sponsors of the campaign. It is for a great cause and anything we can do to help raise awareness is good.
John Grant, Exeter University Lemon Grove, Wednesday 16 October 2013
Before you read this, do yourself a favour and have a listen to Queen Of Denmark , the 2010 debut solo album by former Czars frontman John Grant. If you don't already know it, it is an awed and heartbroken classic; a frank dissection of its author's troubled life and loves as well as a proud declaration of his homosexuality: sad, touching, funny and nostalgic, it is one of the finest records of recent years: a bold lyrical honesty couched in honeyed melodies.
It is very easy as an Exeter student to forget about the outside world. Campus-based, we can end up spending literally all day on campus pretending to do work in the library and drinking in the Ram, having little to no interactions with any outside beings. Even the news can seem a little unreal as Exeter turns into our own little oasis, protected by a barrier from the outside. Earthquake in Thailand? The stuff of movies. Fluctuations in the exchange rate? Just words in a textbook. A local fundraiser for the retirement home? Barely registers on our radar.
The South, West and Wales Consortium, in which the University of Exeter is joined with seven other universities – Aberystwyth, Bath, Bath Spa, Bristol, Cardiff, Reading and Southampton – has been awarded £14.2 million funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) over the next five years to deliver postgraduate supervision, training and skills development from 2014.
The consortium is one of 11 new Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) and seven Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) to have been awarded a total of £164m funding from the AHRC.
World-famous violinist, Nigel Kennedy, presents a typically maverick musical programme celebrating the music of Bach and Fats Waller.
The concert begins with Bach sonatas and partitas for solo violin, after which he is joined by an acoustic guitarist, a snare drum and a double bass to perform Kennedy's own arrangements of the music of the legendary Fats Waller as well as classical cross over pieces.
A hugely entertaining and enjoyable evening where skill and passion come together for an electrifying evening of music.
Puzzled about depression? Come to a free open day at the University of Exeter Mood Disorders Centre. Researchers from the University of Exeter are inviting members of the public to visit the Mood Disorders Centre on Saturday 12 October between 10am – 4pm to find out about the latest depression treatments and research. Therapists, researchers, GPs and pharmacists, as well as with people who live with depression, will be on hand to answer questions and discuss ideas with visitors. Experts will demystify the claims of miracle cures including the recent headline that wine drinking can protect...
University of Exeter researchers have had a high profile role in creating the world’s most comprehensive report on climate change.
A combined total of 12 researchers from the University and the Met Office were selected as lead authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I (WGI) 5th Assessment Report (AR5) – a greater number than from any other region.
The Summary for Policymakers was published on Friday 27 September 2013 and is the six yearly update on the state of the Earth’s climate, covering the physical science basis of climate change....
