A Senior Research Fellow and physiotherapist at the University of Exeter Medical School has been honoured with an MBE in the New Year 2017 Honours List.
Dr Vicki Goodwin has been awarded the honour, presented for significant achievement or outstanding service to Physiotherapy.
Dr Goodwin said: “I am completely shocked and truly humbled that I am being recognised for my work as a physiotherapist. Ultimately, my work is dedicated to improving the quality of life of older people, but it’s a real team effort. This is more a reflection of my family and friends and the people I...
The University of Exeter’s a cappella band Semi-Toned is topping their win of a nationwide singing competition by releasing a festive medley.
The all-male group, which recently won the BBC2 primetime show The Choir: Gareth’s Best in Britain, is today releasing their charity single A Very Semi-Toned Christmas. It features some of the best known and loved hits of the Christmas season, including classics by Bing Crosby, Mariah Carey, Wham! And Elvis Presley.
The single will raise funds for Order of Malta Volunteers (OMV) which encourages 17-29 year olds to aid those less...
A group of international MA degree students are holding an event entitled Atlas of Horror, a screening of international short horror films which aims to show differences between cultures and how fear manifests in different cultures.
Scary stories and horror themes have been present in cinema since its very beginnings.
Ever since film was rolling in the first cameras, the ability to use cinema to deceive the senses and frighten an audience has been ingeniously exploited.
The following films aim to illustrate what scares an audience in different parts of the globe -...
A local professor renowned as a leading global voice in the understanding and advancement of energy/spiritual Healing will take to the stage at a national health and wellbeing event to reveal latest scientific understanding around distant Healing. Paul Dieppe, Emeritus Professor of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Exeter Medical School, will present at the Mind Body Spirit Wellbeing Festival at Birmingham’s NEC on Friday 4 November a talk entitled: Is Distant Healing a Concept That’s Just Too Good To be True? Dieppe’s presentation will explain latest research on the placebo and...
The evolution of the first land plants including mosses may explain a long-standing mystery of how Earth’s atmosphere became enriched with oxygen, according to an international study led by the University of Exeter.
Oxygen in its current form first appeared in Earth’s atmosphere some 2.4 billion years ago, in an incident known as the Great Oxidation Event. However, it was not until roughly 400 million years ago that this vital compound first approached modern levels in the atmosphere. This shift steered the trajectory of life on Earth and researchers have long debated how oxygen...
A University of Exeter marine biologist has won a prestigious award for his world-class work in the field of fish ecology.
Professor Steve Simpson, Associate Professor in Marine Biology and Global Change, received a medal from the Fisheries Society of the British Isles (FSBI), a learned society that promotes the interests of fish biology and fisheries management, at a recent Symposium held in Bangor.
The FSBI medal is awarded annually to younger scientists who have made exceptional advances in the study of fish biology and/or fisheries science and Professor Simpson was...
Retired holidaymakers are needed to take part in new research which aims to discover how giving up work has affected their tourism choices.
Academics from the University of Exeter Business School want to collect data on how people holidayed before and after retirement. They hope this will allow experts to better understand how tourism affects the wellbeing of older people, and how retirement leads to changes in the choice of location and holiday type.
The researchers are working with the charity Age UK Exeter to carry out the survey, which can also be completed online ....
A major new independent study¹ commissioned by The Prince’s Countryside Fund into the future of small family farms across the UK, has revealed a steep decline in numbers since the beginning of the century.
Over the last two or three decades, small family farms have experienced profound change. The report set out to explore the future for these farms by identifying the pace of change, investigating ways in which they might improve performance and viability as well as putting forward proposals for improvements to farm management, adjusting policies and bringing in new blood.
A University of Exeter lecturer has been honoured with a medal and prize for his outstanding contribution to experimental Physics.
Dr Jacopo Bertolotti, of the University’s department of Physics and Astronomy, has been awarded the Moseley Medal and Prize for 2016 by the Institute of Physics (IOP), after judges decided that his work has made a substantial contribution to the development of physics in the UK and Ireland.
A fellow academic nominated Dr Bertolotti for the prestigious award, presented to early career physicists. The honour, which comprises a medal, a certificate...
Improvements to the way that Army Reserve Forces are trained and supported are needed if recruitment and retention targets are to be met, according to a new study.
Progress has been made in implementing the Army’s Future Reserves 2020 reform programme, but more must be done if reservists are to be used effectively to fulfil the nation’s defence objectives, according to the preliminary results of a new study.
Experts will present their interim results from a survey of reservists to MPs on the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Reserve Forces and Cadets on Tuesday, 5 July....
