A major boost of £1.76million will fund research designed to stop antibiotics failing, to help mitigate the rising threat of antibiotic resistance.
Professor Stefano Pagliara, at the University of Exeter, has received the award to advance his work on controlling the processes and biological mechanisms that cause antibiotics to fail, and can mean infectious diseases become life-threatening.
The money comes from the European Research Council’s Consolidator Grants, designed to help excellent scientists, who have 7 to 12 years’ experience after their PhDs, to pursue their...
Three University of Exeter researchers are among the first bright minds to be appointed to the new UK Young Academy network under the prestigious Royal Society.
Dr Jane Masoli, Professor G.J. Melendez-Torres and Dr Ricardo Safra de Campos have all been successful in their recent applications. The UK Young Academy connects and develops talented individuals in the early years of their career from a wide range of sectors so they can collaborate to make a difference in the world. It is the first UK-wide network, bringing together researchers, innovators, clinicians, professionals,...
A University of Exeter expert has been awarded O.B.E for his work to help develop UK Government policy towards Eastern Europe and Russia.
Professor David Lewis, from the Department of Politics, is also a Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London. He was recently on secondment as an ESRC-AHRC Fellow at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, contributing to analysis and research on Russian foreign policy and UK policy towards Russia.
Professor Lewis teaches and researches international relations and peace and conflict...
A dentist and former football manager whose life has changed dramatically since his ALS diagnosis has appealed with others who have the disease to join him in a new brain imaging study to help the race to find new treatments.
The University of Exeter’s world-leading Neurodegeneration Imaging Group, led by Professor Marios Politis, is appealing for people who have ALS (also known as motor neurone disease) to get in touch, and take part in a year-long study.
ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the...
Twenty-one researchers from the University of Exeter have been recognised as leading experts in Clarivate’s annual highly cited researchers list.
The award, now in its ninth year, recognises researchers who demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade, based on the Web of Science citation index.
The Highly Cited Researchers™ 2022 list uses both quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify individuals from across the globe who have demonstrated significant and broad...
Students from the Hindu, Asian and Indian Societies at the University of Exeter are welcoming fellow students, families and local residents and communities to celebrate Diwali at the University’s Streatham Campus on Sunday 23rd October.
The Festival of Light celebrations starts with a Puja at 2.30pm, led by a Hindu Chaplain in the Forum building. Attendees can then enjoy food and activity stalls before performances begin at 5.30pm in the Great Hall.
The parade to the fireworks will start at 6.30pm, and fireworks will begin at 6.45pm outside the XFI building. Fireworks...
The University of Exeter’s has strengthened in place in the top 150 worldwide in the latest influential league table, published today (October 12th)
Exeter is ranked =137th in the world in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings – a rise of 6 places – reinforcing its increasing global reputation in recent years.
The University has retained its position in the top 20 in the UK in the league table, remaining 19th .
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings are based 13 separate performance measures covering all of the core missions...
A thought-provoking photograph captured by a researcher at the University of Exeter has won the ‘Unexpected’ category in Alzheimer’s Society’s first ever image competition.
The spiritual scene, which was taken in a person with dementia's bedroom in Andalusia, Spain, shows how a care home resident had tucked different images of local Virgin Mary statues behind their falls alarm to give them spiritual protection.
Called ‘La Virgen María Watches Over Me’, it was captured by Chloe Place, a researcher at the University of Exeter.
Men who experience behaviour changes including apathy or having false beliefs and perceptions in later life are at risk of faster cognitive decline than women, according to new research.
A study led by Charles University, in collaboration with the University of Exeter and King’s College London, looked at changes in behaviour in cognitively healthy people aged 50 and older, which have previously been linked to a higher risk of developing brain problems.
These behavioural changes are collectively known as mild behavioural impairment (MBI), and encompass symptoms across...
Nursing and medical students from the University of Exeter put their learning into action by volunteering in the delivery of first-rate medical care to festival goers at this year's Glastonbury event.
A mixture of students from both the University’s Exeter and Truro campuses volunteered to be first responders at the festival, to gain real-life experience in responding to incidents and illnesses at one of the biggest festivals in the UK.
Ahead of the festival, students received special training through which they gained medical qualifications that will contribute to their...
