University of Exeter

During a glittering ceremony last night in the Great Hall, the winners of the University of Exeter Impact Awards 2013 were revealed.

The impact awards celebrate the outstanding contributions researchers at the University have made to wider society.

Each award was separated into categories to showcase the particular area that they benefit.

University of Exeter has a long history of working closely will some of the regions biggest and brightest organisations. The George Smith regional partnership highlights both the researchers and their supporters for the impact they...

The University of Exeter recognised a diverse range of its world class research and its local business partners at the Exeter Impact Awards last night.

Research projects taking place across the university were highlighted for their benefit and contribution to society at the awards ceremony sponsored by the Wates group.

Research projects run with help from some of the South West’s highest profile organisations were also highlighted through the George Smith regional partnership award for their impact the local area.

The ceremony featured, philanthropist and prominent...

The Centre for Business and Climate Solutions (CBCS): catalysing environmental technology, service and process development and implementation for a sustainable future”

The research was led by Rebecca Adams and the CBCS Team supported by Project Partners Met Office, IBM, PML, and RegenSW

Co-funded by the University of Exeter (UNEXE) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), with partners including the Met Office, IBM, PML and RegenSW, the Centre for Business and Climate Solutions (CBCS) assists the South West’s small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in understanding...

Led by Dr Lars Johanning with support from Project partners: Falmouth Harbour Commissioners, A&P Group, Cornwall Marine Network, and Mojo Maritime; the Falmouth Bay Test Site (FaB Test) is helping to accelerate the commercial hydroelectrity devices by providing a low cost and easily accessible test site for the marine energy sector. At a site operated by Falmouth Harbour Commissioners and the University of Exeter. The FaB test was conceived and developed with the support of Cornish businesses working in the marine energy sector including A&P Group (Falmouth), Cornwall Marine...

A University of Exeter professor is on a research team creating videogames which blur the boundaries between real and virtual worlds.

Gabriella Giannachi, The University of Exeter’s Performance and New Media Professor, is part of the Videogames Research Network being led by the University of Lincoln’s Games Research Group.

The Network aims to bring together games developers, performance practitioners and academics to explore new concepts in the design and creation of movement-based games.

An Australian organisation called Arts Queensland is also part of the...

A photograph taken by a researcher from the University of Exeter of a pair of burying beetles feeding on an animal carcass has won first prize in a new competition. Paul Hopwood’s image, snapped in the Cornish countryside, was announced as the winner of NERC’s inaugural short article and photography competition at an awards ceremony in London yesterday. Photographic entries were judged on how eye-catching the imagery was and whether or not the photograph conveyed the applicants’ research, whilst the essays looked for the ability of applicants to communicate the excitement of their PhD...

University of Exeter staff are taking part in a second day of national strikes over pay conditions today (3 December). Members of the UCU, Unite and UNISON unions are holding a second day of strikes having already taken industrial action on October 31. Members of the EIS union, which represents Scottish university staff, are also join today’s strikes not having taken part of the previous strike. Unions are striking over a 1% returned pay offer from University employers which the unions argue actually represent a 13% pay cut due to the rising cost of living. The Univesities and Colleges...

The University of Exeter has attracted around £40 million to train PhD Students in a funding ‘clean sweep’.

The funding has come by successfully securing a range of prestigious Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) from nearly all of the UK’s major research councils. The Partnerships have been awarded at a time when the Research councils are planning the establishment of doctoral training centres to concentrate funding for doctoral training into a smaller number of high quality institutions.

By securing the partnerships University of Exeter has further improved its standing...

Two young scholars at the University of Exeter have been recognised with highly prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prizes.

Astrophysicist Dr. Stefan Kraus and Modern Languages film historian Professor Sally Faulkner have each been awarded prizes of £70,000 for their respective work on star and planet formation and Spanish cinema.

The scholars can choose to receive the funding across two to three years of research The Philip Leverhulme Prize is awarded to researchers usually under the age of 36 who have already had a significant international impact and whose future research...

Researchers at the University of Exeter have found evidence of a link between poverty and attention defect hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children.

An analysis of more than 19,500 UK children aged 13 and under found that there was a significantly higher number of children from families living below the poverty line had been diagnosed with ADHD.

The study also found that a child with ADHD was roughly three times more likely to have parents who live in social housing than owned their own home.

There was also a rise in incidence of children with ADHD from single...