The Argosy Arts Company have successfully raised over £1000 in 5 days for their debut theatre production, ‘The House of Edgar. The show is an original gothic horror musical based on the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe. The show will preview in Exeter before traveling to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe this August.
The Right Hon Lord Neuberger, President of the UK Supreme Court, has visited the University of Exeter to meet staff and students.
Lord Neuberger’s informal visit came following an invitation from student Ammar Khan, who spent time shadowing him earlier this year. He asked to meet students during his time at the Streatham campus and spent an hour answering their questions on a wide variety of topics, including how to create a more diverse group of judges, the pressures faced by the judiciary and media coverage of court cases.
A leading behavioural ecologist from the University of Exeter has become the 1,000th researcher to receive a national fellowship for her pioneering research contributions in the field of social evolution and animal behaviour.
Dr Lauren Brent has received a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship to support her research on social dynamics and the evolution of cooperation in animal societies.
Her proposed research will examine the exchange of cooperative behaviours between free-living rhesus macaque monkeys with the aim of uncovering the systems that allow the persistence of...
The legacy and impact of more than 100 years of Exeter City FC will be showcased at home ground St James Park thanks to the work of University of Exeter academics.
Researchers are working with Exeter City staff, supporters, fans, current and former players to develop a rich archive, which includes film, photographs, sound, and artefacts, to showcase the fascinating history of ECFC and illustrate the role the club and Supporters Trust have played in communities.
The creation of the archive is possible thanks to a partnership between University researchers and the football...
Humans have been exploiting bees as far back as the Stone Age, according to new collaborative research involving the University of Exeter that is published in Nature today.
Previous evidence from prehistoric rock art is inferred to show honey hunters and Pharaonic Egyptian murals show early scenes of beekeeping. However, the close association between early farmers and the honeybee remained uncertain.
This study has gathered together evidence for the presence of beeswax in the pottery vessels of the first farmers of Europe by investigating chemical components trapped in the...
A leading physicist from the University of Exeter has received a national award for pioneering research contributions in the field of quantum physics.
Dr Janet Anders received the Bates Prize, a top early career researcher award from the Institute of Physics (IOP) for her outstanding research into quantum information theory and its application to quantum thermodynamics.
The Bates Prize commemorates Sir David Bates FRS and his pioneering studies of atomic and molecular processes and their role in atmospheric science, plasma physics and astronomy. It is awarded every other...
A new global review led by the University of Exeter that set out to investigate the hazards of marine plastic pollution has warned that all seven species of marine turtles can ingest or become entangled in the discarded debris that currently litters the oceans.
The research, which was carried out in collaboration with Plymouth Marine Laboratory, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, North Carolina State University, Duke University Marine Lab and James Cook University, is published in the ICES Journal of Marine
Science and reveals serious knowledge gaps in the...
A series of remarkable new camera trap videos set up with the help of Exeter University biologists has revealed some of the first ever footage of a critically endangered bird, the Sira Currasow, and has confirmed the presence of the vulnerable spectacled bear, on which the children’s character Paddington Bear is based, in the Sira Communal Reserve of Peru.
The hidden cameras also captured 30 species of mammals including jaguar, giant anteater, Brazilian tapir and puma.
Biologists from the Universities of Exeter and Glasgow, along with scientists from Peru, captured the...
Tickets have gone on sale for this year’s Classics Galore! concert at the University of Exeter Great Hall on Saturday November 14 and the best seats are selling fast.
The event has been held every two years since 2007 and has raised £50,000 for local cancer charity FORCE.
The show regularly attracts sell-out crowds of more than a thousand and spaces in the gallery have nearly all been snapped up already with only 25 of the £18 seats remaining.
Tickets for the auditorium are priced at £16 and £14 and are available from Exeter Visitor Information and Tickets (EVIT) at...
Widespread drought-sensitive butterfly population extinctions could occur in the UK as early as 2050 according to a new study published today in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change.
However, the authors conclude that substantial greenhouse gas emission reductions combined with better management of landscapes, in particular reducing habitat fragmentation, will greatly improve the chances of drought-sensitive butterflies flying until at least 2100.
The study was led by the UK’s Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) in collaboration with the University of Exeter,...
