Excitement is building for the sixth annual Mike Polden Charity Football Match between the University of Exeter Athletic Football Club and Exeter City FC on 25 September.
Proceeds from the match are given to the two football club’s chosen charities; the Adam Stansfield Foundation, which provides sporting opportunities for young people in Devon, Herefordshire and Somerset and the Cardiomyopathy Association which offers support and advice to sufferers of heart muscle disease. Last year’s event saw over 3,900 students pack the stands at St James’ Park for the charity match, held in...
Student rents in Exeter are the 4th highest in the UK behind only London, Oxford and Cambridge, a new report states. Students in Exeter pay an average rent of £385pcm despite most students only willing to pay up to £300 in rental costs. The rise has been attributed to a national rise in applications to Universities in turn seeing a rise in demand for student rental properties in the city. Exeter University has seen a 34% rise in applications for university places this year well above the national average of 2.5% seeing a particular demand on rental costs. The report by easyroommate.co.uk...
Twenty-seven basking sharks have been tagged in the second year of a project to find out more about their life cycle.
The work, which uses small tags attached to the sharks to track their movements, was carried out around the islands of Tiree and Coll by a team of scientists from Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the University of Exeter, came to an end in early August.
The movements of 15 of the sharks can be followed live online. So far most have stayed around the Inner Hebrides, one has ventured to the Outer Hebrides and back again, and two headed to the north coast of...
A young emerging theatre company made up of Exeter University graduates, Worklight Theatre, picked up not one, but two awards this summer when they took their show How to Start a Riot to Reading Fringe Festival.
They were awarded Best Production up against every show which featured in the two week festival, and Joe Sellman-Leava of the company was awarded Best Actor.
The show, developed with input from leading social psychologist, Professor Clifford Stott, having received five star reviews last year at Edinburgh Fringe continues to tour nationally.
A US model of treating depression through a network of specialists could effectively be imported into the UK, new research has revealed.
Collaborative care involves depressed people having access to a team of specialists, with advice and support often given over the phone.
A trial led by Professor David Richards at the University of Exeter Medical School found that collaborative care led to improvement of depression symptoms immediately after treatment. Furthermore, 15 per cent more patients were still improved after 12 months, compared with those who saw their GP.
Five early career academics from the University of Exeter are celebrating receiving European Grants worth a total of €6.3 million to explore topics ranging from how states encroach on civil liberty; how stars build magnetic fields; and how data intensive science will change research in the digital age.
The funds are aimed at the cream of University researchers in Europe and support ground-breaking research by academics early in their career.
The funded ERC Starting Grant projects are:
Dr Claire Belcher (Geography): €1,519,640 for The Impact of Plant Evolution on...
We know that office plants can improve air quality , but can it boost well-being and productivity too? A recent study suggests the answer is ‘Yes’.
Office plants can assist in boosting staff well-being by up to 47% according to workplace research carried out at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.
Visitors to the Chelsea Flower Show were challenged to take part in the study which measured their creativity, happiness and productivity as they experienced a range of different workspace designs.
The study, designed by the Identity Realisation research group at the...
Exeter-based Crisp CPD and newly formed sister company The Paritor Academy are very pleased to announce the appointment of Sophie Bentall and Stacey Cook to customer relationship roles.
Sophie, a recent graduate from Exeter University, is responsible for Crisp CPD’s open course business and is the first point of contact for all training enquiries.
Stacey, who joins The Paritor Academy from an energy training hub in the west Midlands, is launching a new training service into niche markets such as music education and performing arts management. She will also be offering The...
Born out of the ashes of the UK post-punk scene, The Cult evolved to become one of the most influential and controversial rock bands of the late 20th century, selling millions of albums, headlining venues worldwide, infusing innovative possibilities into the worlds of music, art and fashion and quickly ascending through the ranks of the indie music world to achieve global status.
In 1987, The Cult released “Electric”, an album of stylistic change that aimed the band straight at the heart of the rock market. Recorded in New York City at the legendary Electric Ladyland studios and...
Teams from as far afield as France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Australia and Mexico came to Exeter last month to compete in the first ever One Planet Sustainability Challenge. 15 teams in total participated in the competition.
In the United Nations designated Year of Water Cooperation, the event was partnered by three companies all of whom face real challenges in their water management strategies, Coca Cola Enterprises (CCE), SABMiller and South West Water. They were joined by two supporting partners, WWF and Water Aid. In 2012, CCE used a total of 8.8 billion litres of water,...
