Where is Cornwall on the map of Britain? It may be down in the bottom corner if you’re talking road maps or OS sheets, but that’s not the only way of thinking about the position of the county, according to a new book by a University of Exeter academic. Britannia Obscura: Mapping Hidden Britain explores alternative ways of thinking about the shape of Britain. Where are its main highways if you’re a pilot, or a canal enthusiast, or a dowser in search of ley-lines? Where’s the centre of Britain if you’re a caver? Or one of Britain’s megalith hunters, in search of prehistoric stone rows and...
Birds learn new foraging techniques by observing others in their social network according to a study involving University of Exeter researchers. The report on how innovations spread and persist in wild great tits (Parus major) shows that ‘copycat’ behaviour can sustain foraging ‘traditions’ that last years. The study involved experiments with eight local populations of great tits in Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire (UK). In five of the populations two male birds were trained to slide a puzzle box door either to the left or to the right. In three control groups two males were captured but not...
On Wednesday 10 December Bill Douglas Cinema Museum is launching a pop-up cinema event with five exhibitions in diverse themes held by MA students in International Film Business from University of Exeter.
Pop-up cinema is in the air. As one of the most influential Exeter local museums, it is the second time in 2014 for the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum to hold a pop-up cinema event which will create a bigger impact to the local film and other creative industry.
The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum is home to one of the largest collections of material on the moving image in Britain....
Student excellence at the University of Exeter Medical School has been recognised in an awards ceremony.
The event featured the presentation of two inaugural prizes sponsored by Quintiles, the world’s leading biopharmaceutical service organisation. The celebration, at Reed Hall, Streatham Campus, included the winners of the Quintiles Women in Science Prize and the Quintiles Academic Achievement Prize.
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne presented the Quintiles Women in Science Prize to winner Eleanor White during his recent visit to Exeter, as part of his tour on the...
Peter Cooper is a Zoology student at the University of Exeter’s Cornwall campus who is actively inspiring young people, including his housemate Charlotte Wetherill, who nominated him for Hidden Heroes, to share his love of wildlife.
Peter uses his time to volunteer for good causes working towards protecting the planet and regularly volunteers as a keeper at the New Forest badger group, at Marwell Zoo and at RSPB date with nature. In addition to his volunteer work and university work Peter involves himself in numerous groups and societies such as Focus on Nature, Bioscience...
This captivating story follows the rise and fall of a nation’s hero. It is based on the life of Argentine actress and political leader Eva Perón, who rose from nothing to become one of the most famous political figures in the country’s history.
Following Eva’s rise to become the Spiritual Leader of the nation, the musical features many celebrated songs including “Another Suitcase in Another Hall” and “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina”. Evita features music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice and is one of their most successful musicals. The show had...
A series of projects to investigate ways to increase farm productivity while reducing negative environmental impacts (sustainable intensification) will receive £4.5 million from Defra.
Three interlinked research projects will establish the Sustainable Intensification Research Platform (SIP).
The University of Exeter’s Centre for Rural Policy Research and BBSRC Rothamsted Research will lead a consortium of 22 organisations to deliver one of the SIP projects.
The £2m project will develop ways to understand the actions that are needed to ensure that landscapes can, at...
Researchers from the University of Exeter will attempt to live a life free from plastic during October and are calling for others to follow suit.
Dr Jennifer Sanderson and Miss Lindsay Walker are undertaking the month-long challenge to help raise awareness of our dependency on plastic packaging.
Members of the public are invited to join the initiative by visiting the ‘Unpackage me’ website and pledging to not purchase any products that contain or use plastic for a day or more during October.
Miss Walker and Dr Sanderson, who are based at the Penryn Campus in...
Young people in Exeter, entering university for the first time this autumn, are being encouraged to get the Meningitis C vaccine booster.
Meningococcal group C disease is a rare but life-threatening disease that occurs mainly in young children and young adults.
Young people are at a greater risk of catching meningitis just after starting university as they will be mixing closely with lots of new people, some of whom may unknowingly carry the meningococcal bacteria.
Matthew Dominey, Screening and Immunisation Manager, Public Health England said: “Starting university...
Remaining CO2 emission ‘quota’ may be used up in one generation and half of all fossil fuel reserves may need to be left untapped
Carbon dioxide emissions, the main contributor to global warming, are set to rise again in 2014 - reaching a record high of 40 billion tonnes.
The 2.5 per cent projected rise in burning fossil fuels is revealed by the Global Carbon Project, which is co-led in the UK by researchers at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia and the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences at the University...
