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10 July 2025
2 minutes to readCreating real-world impact: The University of Exeter and the National Trust
The University of Exeter is proud to be a long-standing partner of the National Trust. As featured in the Trust’s Annual Research Report 2024–2025, our collaboration delivers practical, interdisciplinary solutions to some of the UK’s most pressing environmental, social and cultural challenges. From nature recovery and climate resilience to health inequalities and…
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26 June 2025
3 minutes to readBecca Lovell on shaping green social prescribing policy
Dr Becca Lovell is a senior lecturer in biodiversity, health and policy, based at the European Centre for Environment and Human Health. She co-leads the Masters in Environment and Human Health and co-leads the Nature and Health Professional Development Programme. Her research focuses primarily on how the environment supports and promotes our…
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9 June 2025
2 minutes to readNew AI Summit launched by Exeter University
A flagship event to help Devon businesses harness the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been announced by The University of Exeter. The Devon AI Summit will bring together business leaders, researchers, and innovation experts to explore how AI is already transforming industries, and what the next opportunities are.
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3 June 2025
3 minutes to readGabriella Giannachi on collaboration, creativity, and the power of digital heritage
Gabriella Giannachi is a Professor in Performance and New Media and Director of the Centre for Intermedia and Creative Technology, a centre which has pioneered thinking on computer human interaction at Exeter and has been funded by EU, EPSRC, RCUK, Nesta, and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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28 May 2025
2 minutes to readAdvancing fan technology with Torin
Torin, a leading UK manufacturer of fans, motors, and motorised impellers for air conditioning systems, partnered with the University of Exeter through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) to advance its product design capabilities. Together, they developed computational modelling tools to design quieter, more energy-efficient fans, giving Torin a competitive edge in a…
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2 April 2025
2 minutes to readResearch Culture – Recognising and developing our technical colleagues through the Technician Commitment
Emma McArdle, Project and Operations Manager for Technical Strategy and Operations Research culture theme(s): Inclusively working together; Assessment and recognition; Career development and wellbeing Please can you explain what the Technician Commitment is and how it relates to research culture? The Technician Commitment is an initiative which aims to improve the…
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25 March 2025
2 minutes to readResearch Culture and the role of creativity
Sarah Campbell, Associate Director for Arts and Culture Research Culture theme: Inclusively working together 1) Please can you explain the role of Arts & Culture and how this relates to research culture? Our role is to create the time, space and opportunities needed for creative and interdisciplinary collaborations to flourish at the…
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19 March 2025
3 minutes to readResearch Culture – Creating a collegiate approach to internal monitoring and re-thinking ‘failed’ research grants for future success
Prof Emma Loosley Leeming, Professor of Middle Eastern and Caucasian Christianities, Co-DoRI for Classics, Anicient History, Religion and Theology (CAHRT) Research culture themes: Inclusively working together; Career development and wellbeing Please can you summarise what CAHRT is doing to foster a positive and thriving research culture ? Due to anxieties around the…
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11 March 2025
2 minutes to readResearch Culture and Reproducability
Prof Mark Kelson, Mathematics and Statistics Research culture theme: Responsible Research 1) Can you explain what reproducibility is and how it relates to research culture? The UK Reproducibility Network defines reproducibility as follows: “Research should be sufficiently transparent that someone with the relevant expertise can clearly follow as relevant for different types…
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25 February 2025
3 minutes to readResearch Culture – my research and recommendations
Dr Sanja Djerasimovic Research Culture Theme(s): Inclusively working together; Career development and Wellbeing 1) Please can you explain how your research relates to research culture? My research spans areas of early career researchers’ (ECRs’) professional identities, options, and choices, PhD students’ social identities and wellbeing, and the effects of some research policies,…
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18 February 2025
< 1 minute to readCelebrating the Future of NHS Radiography: First Graduates of the MSc Diagnostic Radiography Apprenticeship
December 2024 marked a major milestone in healthcare education as the first cohort of the Level 6 MSc Diagnostic Radiography Degree Apprenticeship programme graduated. This achievement highlights the vital role of apprenticeships in training skilled radiographers and addressing NHS workforce challenges.
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17 February 2025
3 minutes to readResearch Culture – How the Researcher Concordat directly supports it
Dr Chris Wood, Head of Researcher Development and Research Culture Research culture theme: Career development and wellbeing 1) Please can you explain what the Concordat is and how it relates to research culture? The Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers is an agreement that we, as a university signed up…
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13 February 2025
< 1 minute to readResearch Culture – Carving out time for research through a ‘microleave’ system
Professor Neil Harrison, School of Education Research culture themes: Inclusively working together; career development and wellbeing 1) Please can you summarise what the School of Education is doing to foster a positive and thriving research culture? The School of Education has been developing a system of ‘microleave’ to help researchers to overcome…
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11 February 2025
3 minutes to readResearch Culture – Assessing Research and Researchers Responsibly
Professor Rob Anderson, Chair of the Responsible Metrics Champions Group Key research culture themes: Assessment and Recognition; Responsible Research 1) Please can you explain what responsible metrics are and how this topic relates to research culture? Responsible metrics – and responsible research assessment more broadly – are about making sure our research…
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