A university lecturer who founded the Care Homes Reading Project that supports hundreds of elderly people in Exeter has been named a Point of Light by Prime Minister David Cameron.
Dr Johanna Harris has worked as an English lecturer at the University of Exeter for almost five years.
When she joined in 2011, she wanted to give students the opportunity to make links with other people outside their lecture halls, universities and their own ‘generational bubble’. She decided to set up the Care Homes Reading Project where students volunteer to read to elderly people and...
Bath Spa University and University of Exeter have joined forces to revive public interest in the natural history of the Devonshire coast.
‘Science at the Seaside: Pleasure Hunts in North Devon’ is a collaborative public engagement project between the two universities.
It seeks to increase public awareness of the rich history of nineteenth-century literary and scientific writing about the North Devon coast, and the role that figures such as George Eliot and Philip Gosse, among others, played in the growth of popular interest in science and natural history in the period....
South West patients with long-term health conditions are getting to see health experts when they need to, in an exciting project driven by research.
Under the existing model of care, patients with conditions such as arthritis are given routine appointments that often take place when their symptoms are mild. Yet when their condition deteriorates it can be difficult to secure an urgent appointment.
Now, a new approach known as Patient Initiated Clinics is hoping to transform the delivery of care across the South West by putting patients in control. Instead of appointments...
Despite reaching ‘peak beard’ last year, their ubiquity shows no sign of abating; facial hair remains the defining look for a generation of modern men.
Now, coinciding with World Beard Day (September 5 2015), a University of Exeter expert will take a look back at beards throughout history, in a major three-year project funded by the Wellcome Trust.
Dr Alun Withey, an expert in medical history, is launching “Do Beards Matter?”, which will study facial hair and its relationship to health and hygiene in Britain between 1700 and 1918, a period of extremes in facial hair trends...
UK fisheries survey logbooks from the 1930s to 1950s have been digitised for the first time, revealing how cod responded to changing temperatures in the last century.
Scientists at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and the University of Exeter found that at the time, the warm seas experienced around Norway benefitted the cod, similar to the conditions there today.
Most cod eaten by the UK comes from northern seas including the Barents Sea around Norway, because the stocks there at the moment are at record highs. Cod stocks were also big...
Over one million people have become Dementia Friends.
Why not join them at my Dementia Friends Information Session at Exeter University on 16th September 1.30-2.30pm?
You can help tackle the stigma and lack of understanding around dementia by becoming a Dementia Friend.
Learn a little more about dementia and some of the small ways you can help those living with dementia, and you can make a huge difference in your community.
The session is free, and we won’t be asking for any on going commitment, and it’s not about fundraising, just a chance to find out more...
A first year University of Exeter Law student has founded a project focused on improving the prospects of children in care.
Michael Berry, who is also a self-employed paralegal with the Fostering Foundation, is a care leaver himself and believes not enough is being done to give the child a voice and empower them with the self-confidence to have an active role in deciding their future.
The Avolve project aims to improve pupil performance at GCSE level, with currently only 17.3% of children in care achieving five A*-C level grades.
Everyday cosmetic and cleaning products contain huge quantities of plastic particles, which are released to the environment and could be harmful to marine life, according to a new study.
Research at Plymouth University has shown almost 100,000 tiny ‘microbeads’ – each a fraction of a millimetre in diameter – could be released in every single application of certain products, such as facial scrubs.
The particles are incorporated as bulking agents and abrasives, and because of their small size it is expected many will not be intercepted by conventional sewage treatment, and...
Prof Janice Kay, Provost of the University of Exeter, has accepted an invitation to join Pearson’s Expert Panel for its new WCQ (World Class Qualifications) group. Prof Kay is the only panel member to come from a UK university.
Pearson's World Class Qualifications programme is bringing together international assessment and education experts to develop qualifications that will support young people globally to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow; qualifications which are a recognised and respected passport to progression in today’s fast changing world, as well being engaging,...
A new research project will unite police and researchers to increase evidence-based knowledge, skills and problem solving approaches within policing.
The University of Exeter has secured nearly £250,000 from the Police Knowledge fund to foster stronger collaboration between the police force and researchers, and ensure practices are rooted in the best evidence of what is effective.
The collaboration is being supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC). It will...
