The first students from Exeter’s pioneering four-year MSci Nursing programme are set to graduate this weekend, before starting their new careers as healthcare leaders of the future.
The 25 new graduates were the first to embark on the University of Exeter’s innovative MSci Nursing degree, which launched in 2019. The degree equips students to face the current and future challenges of the NHS. Students on the course are taught the art and science of nursing from day one, with an emphasis on the fundamentals of nursing care.
University of Exeter experts have again been awarded the right to deliver the prestigious Parliamentary Studies Module to give students an unrivalled experience of democracy in action.
This module is part of the UK Parliament’s commitment to promoting and supporting the study of Parliament, and applications were judged by a panel of parliamentary staff.
Parliamentary Studies is the only higher education module formally approved by the Houses of Parliament and is co-taught by university tutors and officials from the Houses of Parliament. The aim of the module is to...
A landmark partnership agreement has been signed between Devon County Council and the University of Exeter .
The Devon County Civic University Agreement formalises and strengthens the existing links between the two organisations.
Having received the backing of the County Council’s Cabinet and the University’s Executive Board, the aim is to generate greater benefits for people and businesses in Devon, supporting the county to be a thriving, sustainable and prosperous place to live and work.
Three immediate priorities of the partnership agreement are: -...
The remarkable story of an Exeter professional skateboarder’s journey across Britain to raise awareness of male mental health challenges will feature as part of a special city event.
People will be able to see the documentary Lands End , which follows Barney Page on his 25-day journey skateboarding the 941 miles from John O’Groats to Land’s End. It is a story of camaraderie, adversity, and his friendship with Ben Raemers, a professional skateboarder who died by suicide at the age of 28.
The event is part of the Economic and Social Research Council Festival of Social...
Six talented and inspiring individuals on Degree Apprenticeship programmes at The University of Exeter will soon find out if they have been successful at the Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards .
The University of Exeter, which is the largest provider of degree apprenticeships in the Russell Group and which last week launched a new Centre for Degree Partnerships , has six apprentices shortlisted for the awards, which celebrate those from multicultural communities who have worked hard to overcome adversity through apprenticeships.
Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, has funded three researchers from the University of Exeter to carry out projects aimed at finding new treatments, boosting early diagnosis, and understanding the disease’s causes.
The £370k grants are part of a wider a £3 million funding announcement that will help to accelerate effective treatments for dementia.
Over the last two decades, Alzheimer’s Research UK has provided funding worth over £3.1m to research at the University of Exeter, which is a major national hub for dementia science.
When Emily Simons graduated from the University of Exeter she was following what has become a unintended family tradition - following in the footsteps of both her mother and grandfather.
Emily is the third generation of her family to graduate from the university. Her late grandfather Christopher Webb secured a degree in maths, physics and chemistry in 1960 while her mother Heather Simons graduated with a mathematics degree in 1992.
Mrs Simons said: “As soon as Emily came to Exeter she felt at home, it definitely wasn’t due to me that she chose it. We came to look around...
Academics from the University of Exeter will be serving up science to pubgoers as Pint of Science returns to the city this May.
The tenth anniversary of the world’s largest festival of public science will see leading research scientists take to the stage in venues across the city to give talks on everything from genetics and health to physics and space.
On 22-24 May, Exeter will join hundreds of cities across the world taking part in the three-day festival. Each night will provide a unique line up of talks, demonstrations and live experiments held in a relaxed and...
A Medical Sciences student whose campaign helped accelerate a number of changes to improve student safety at night has been awarded a prize, at an awards ceremony that marks students’ achievements in academia and beyond.
The University of Exeter’s Medical Science and Health 8th Prizes and Awards ceremony took place Wednesday February 8th, at St Mellion Golf Club in Cornwall.
The prizes also recognised Medicine student Anna Richards, who created a scheme to recycle medical scrubs by selling old 5th years’ scrubs who were graduating and selling them to current medical...
The UK’s Ambassador to Ukraine has described how learning modern languages can be a “gateway to the world” during a special event that reflected upon the way her degree has helped shape her career.
Dame Melinda Simmons, the country’s representative in Ukraine since 2019, was the guest speaker at the University of Exeter’s Languages in a Global World 2023 event, where she was interviewed by academics and fielded questions submitted by students.
Dame Melinda, an Exeter graduate from the BA French and German degree and who is fluent in Ukrainian and can speak modern Hebrew...
