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21 October 2020
3 minutes to readAdverse Childhood Experiences
Kate Allen’s PhD study is firmly grounded in Patient and Public Involvement which helps to better understand the lives of those affected by clusters of Adverse Childhood Experiences.
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20 October 2020
4 minutes to readKindness and Coronavirus: Building Relationships using HAIRE
Might more kind and compassionate communities be part of the legacy of Covid-19?
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19 October 2020
3 minutes to readAntibiotics and antibiotic resistance in our waters
From streams and lakes, to rivers and oceans, antibiotics are making their way into our waters in ever greater concentrations, increasing antibiotic resistance and risking a rise in deadly superbugs.
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16 October 2020
4 minutes to readEconomics and the environment
PhD student Ben Balmford looks at the economics of the environment.
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12 October 2020
5 minutes to readStaying connected with Europe
‘Staying connected with Europe’ is written by Sally Faulkner, Exeter’s Assistant Deputy Vice Chancellor (Europe). When I wrote my first blog as Assistant Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Europe) in May 2020 we were in a national lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic and our future relationship with the European Union through the Brexit…
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9 October 2020
4 minutes to readCOVID-19 and implications for antimicrobial resistance
Dr Aimee Murray, Research Fellow at the University of Exeter and GW4 Crucible 2020 Alumni explores how the COVID-19 crisis could impact AMR in clinical and community settings, and explains why GW4 is well placed to research and help combat these significant global challenges. (Repost from gw4.ac.uk)
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8 October 2020
4 minutes to readOur future with Europe
‘Our future with Europe’ is written by Sally Faulkner, Exeter’s Assistant Deputy Vice Chancellor (Europe) and was first posted in May 2020. The past few months have marked an extraordinary start to a new decade and the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a crisis across Europe and the world of a magnitude…
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7 October 2020
4 minutes to readTikya the Blackheart man, children
PhD candidate Malcolm Richards describes communicating his research to the public and how this has been affected by Covid and the current restrictions.
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1 October 2020
3 minutes to readDo antibiotics drive environmental resistance?
Antimicrobial resistance is predicted to be the leading cause of death globally by 2050 resulting in 10 million deaths per year, many caused by antibiotic resistant bacterial infections. Implementing mitigation strategies to limit the spread of antibiotic resistance would help limit both morbidity and mortality in the future. (Republished from nature.com)
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28 September 2020
2 minutes to readModelling the financial impact of a global low carbon transition
Research led by Dr Jean-Francois Mercure has contributed to the development of a global model which forecasts the positive and negative impact that a transition to low carbon technology and renewable energy would have on our economy.
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23 September 2020
3 minutes to readA look back at my first year as a PhD student
As medical student Thomas Hewat enters the second year of his PhD he reflects on the challenges of his first year – including a global pandemic, the support he has received from the PhD students in the Medical School in addition to offering his advice for any new PhD students and those considering embarking upon a PhD.
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9 September 2020
2 minutes to readThe daily lived experiences and the emotional responses of educators
Doha Abualsaud’s research explores teachers’ daily lived experiences and emotional responses.
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4 September 2020
5 minutes to readHas the FTSE 100 performed as badly this century as it appears?
Apple has become the first company worth £1.7 trillion, meaning that it is now more valuable than all the companies in the FTSE 100. This is extraordinary news about one American tech company, but it also points to the fact that FTSE 100 share prices have performed poorly against rival indices around the world for several decades. (Republished from The Conversation)
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26 August 2020
4 minutes to readPolicy Relevant Climate Research
University of Exeter works closely with the Met Office to tackle key challenges in weather and climate prediction as part of an in-depth Met Office Academic Partnership.
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