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28 September 20262 min read

The Devon AI Summit returns for its second year on Thursday 5 November, bringing businesses, researchers and experts from across Devon and the South West together at Sandy Park, Exeter.

1 August 2026< 1 min read

Ruth Cherrington, Constantine Manolchev and Marco Campenni from the University of Exeter Business School in Penryn hosted an event in July for alumni of the national Help to Grow: Management programme, which was delivered in Cornwall earlier this year.

23 April 20262 min read

In today’s labour market, where employees openly share their workplace experiences and expectations, perceptions of fairness are a strategic necessity.

10 April 20262 min read

DIGITLab, an EPSRC Next Stage Digital Economy Centre led by Prof Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen, has won two awards at the Digital Leaders AI Impact Awards for its innovative data and AI stakeholder programme.

30 March 20263 min read

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust is an organisation, like many other public sector employers that operates under conditions constrained by resources, yet dependent on qualified committed employees.

29 March 20262 min read

As the final two UK‑Shared Prosperity Fund projects delivered by the University of Exeter in Cornwall draw to a close at the end of March, we are celebrating the achievements and legacy of both The Future is Green (TFiG) and Digital Futures Cornwall.

26 March 20263 min read

Turnover in adult social care remains a significant challenge across the UK, with sector wide rates reaching 24.2% 1.

1 March 20262 min read

Turning emerging imaging technologies into tools that can genuinely change clinical practice requires persistence, trust and close collaboration between academia, industry and healthcare.

26 February 20262 min read

Researchers at the University of Exeter have been developing a new carbon budgeting tool designed to support decarbonisation decision-making in the highways sector.

12 February 20262 min read

Over the past decade, metamaterials research at the University of Exeter has grown from a small, emerging area into a nationally recognised centre of activity, with strong industry partnerships and an increasingly visible role in UK strategy.

12 January 20262 min read

We’re excited to announce that nominations for the 2026 Knowledge Exchange Awards are officially open! If you’re part of a project that has turned research expertise into real-world benefit, now is your chance to put it forward and be recognised.

11 December 20252 min read

A major new Cornwall Housing Summit will take place on Friday 17 April 2026 at Cornwall Council’s County Hall in Truro, bringing together leaders from housing, health, skills, planning, community and business sectors to tackle Cornwall’s deepening housing crisis.

1 December 2025< 1 min read

How do we make sense of elections in a rapidly changing political landscape? And what can moments like Brexit, the Scottish independence referendum, and the rise of nationalist parties tell us about Britain today?

1 November 2025< 1 min read

How do we experience history as we walk through a city? How can digital tools bring lost places back to life?

16 October 20252 min read

Businesses will hear from leading experts at the Cornwall AI Summit A flagship event to help Cornwall businesses harness the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been announced by The University of Exeter.

1 October 2025< 1 min read

Xiaoyu Yan is a Professor in Sustainable Energy Systems who has worked with several businesses to provide Life Cycle Assessments and advice on reaching Net Zero.

1 September 20252 min read

Tim Taylor, an Associate Professor of Environmental and Public Health Economics, is based in the European Centre for Environment and Human Health at Penryn Campus.

27 August 20253 min read

When researchers develop promising concepts, translating those ideas into real-world products is often the biggest challenge. That’s where collaboration with skilled external partners can make all the difference.

1 August 20252 min read

Associate Professor Emma Bland, is a founding member of the European Centre for Environment and Human Health, and is a Co-Director of Business Engagement and Innovation for the Department of Public Health and Sports Sciences.

10 July 20252 min read

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.

26 June 20253 min read

Dr Becca Lovell is a senior lecturer in biodiversity, health and policy, based at the European Centre for Environment and Human Health.

9 June 20252 min read

A flagship event to help Devon businesses harness the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been announced by The University of Exeter.

3 June 20253 min read

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...

28 May 20252 min read

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.

2 April 20252 min read

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?

25 March 20252 min read

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?

19 March 20253 min read

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...

11 March 20252 min read

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?

25 February 20253 min read

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?

18 February 2025< 1 min read

December 2024 marked a major milestone in healthcare education as the first cohort of the Level 6 MSc Diagnostic Radiography Degree Apprenticeship programme graduated.

13 February 2025< 1 min read

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?

11 February 20253 min read

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?

4 February 20252 min read

The University of Exeter’s Degree Apprenticeships Healthcare Team is excited to invite you to a special LinkedIn Live event as part of National Apprenticeship Week.

1 February 20252 min read

Measuring and reducing the environmental impact of some of the worlds’ largest companies Journey to spinout Exeter Innovation’s Cornwall based Commercialisation Manager began working with NERC funded PHD Student Robert Pell in 2019.

13 January 20252 min read

The University of Exeter is proud to be a founding partner of the Isles of Scilly Community Research Network (IOSCRN).

15 November 2024< 1 min read

The University of Exeter has joined the University-Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP), a global initiative aimed at enhancing collaboration between academia and industry.

24 October 20242 min read

The Camborne School of Mines, supported by Exeter Innovation, have been successful with two further bids for grants worth almost £200,000 through Innovate UK’s CLIMATES programme, which focuses on developing circular supply chains for critical materials.

23 October 20243 min read

A recent project between the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) and the University of Exeter has delivered transformative improvements and updates to the weather data that informs building design and regulations.

10 October 20244 min read

Fast fashion and fast technology have a significant impact on the world's environment. But, by introducing slow food and small-scale mining we can cultivate a positive impact.

4 October 20244 min read

Nine flagship projects won awards for their outstanding contribution to society, sustainability and health at the Knowledge Exchange Awards 2024.

19 September 20242 min read

A recent ‘machine learning’ project between University of Exeter and the materials testing company Imetrum, is set to reduce maintenance costs and improve the safety of civil structures such as bridges and tunnels.

29 August 2024< 1 min read

The South West of the UK, especially the Celtic Sea, plays a vital role in the nation's offshore wind capabilities.

28 August 20242 min read

After years researching the beneficial biochemical effects of watercress in reducing human skin irritation ( initially funded by the Torbay Medical Research Fund), in 2019, Professor Paul Winyard and Dr Kyle Stewart co-founded a spin-out company, Watercress Research Limited, with a view to commercialising a...

14 August 20244 min read

Professor Lee Elliot Major OBE, the UK's first professor of social mobility, shares his advice on communicating research and connecting with communities.

7 August 20242 min read

Despite covering most of our planet’s surface and playing a pivotal role in the climate system, the ocean hardly features on the UK schools’ curricula and is rarely taught in primary schools.

1 August 20245 min read

With global water shortages growing, our experts from the Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste (CREWW) explain how nature-based solutions can help the UK save water.

23 July 20243 min read

This year a new film distribution label eXe Film was set up and run by staff and students from multiple programs in the Communications, Drama and Film departments at the University of Exeter.

28 June 20242 min read

Licensing can be a tricky field to navigate. We spoke to Dr Mark Carew to explore his licensing journey with his card game, What the Pharma?Game.

28 June 20245 min read

Dr William Hawkes surveyed the insects in the Pyrenan mountain pass to catalogue the number of specimens & reflect on what they mean for the environment.

26 June 20242 min read

Section 28 and its afterlives in the South West is a project co-led by Dr Helen Birkett, Dr Chris Sandal-Wilson, and Dr Hannah Young, with support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

31 May 20243 min read

Are you a business thinking about collaborating with us? Are you unsure what the University of Exeter can offer you?

1 February 20242 min read

Dr Grace Twiston-Davies, a former Post-Doc Research Fellow, is now the Co-Director and Co-Founder of Wildflower Collective. This non-profit organisation is dedicated to tackling the climate and environmental crisis through the strategic use of wildflowers.

23 January 2024< 1 min read

Exeter Innovation hosted a hybrid seminar and workshop ‘Introducing the Met Office Academic Partnership’ attended by over 60 delegates in person and online at the University on January 8.

14 November 20233 min read

Diabetes PhD student James Russ-Silsby discusses the groundbreaking research taking place at the University of Exeter – including the studies into neonatal diabetes.

17 October 20233 min read

A new project between CIBSE and University of Exeter will help ensure future buildings are energy efficient and well-adapted to climate change.

5 October 20232 min read

Camborne School of Mines has been successful with support from Exeter Innovation (EI) with two bids for grants totalling over £300,000 from Innovate UK as part of its CLIMATES programme focussed on circular critical material supply chains.

7 September 20233 min read

A University of Exeter PhD student has received a prestigious fellowship that will help him turn promising biosciences research into real-world solutions that benefit patients and society.

21 August 20232 min read

Dr Dario Sansone, Lecturer in Economics in the Business School, is conducting quantitative analysis to measure attitudes towards LGBTQ+ individuals, to document socio-economic and health disparities by sexual orientation and gender identity, and to estimate the economic impact of LGBTQ+ policies.

27 July 20231 min read

The University of Exeter is now a member of the BioIndustry Association (BIA) — an influential trade association within the UK Health and Life Sciences ecosystem.

11 July 20232 min read

Our recent work with Seaweed Generation has developed a roadmap to track seaweed’s ability to remove carbon from the Earth’s atmosphere.

4 July 20233 min read

A project between University of Exeter and The Space has developed a framework to help measure the true impacts of digital cultural content.

17 May 20232 min read

The University of Exeter has signalled its commitment to supporting female entrepreneurial activity by becoming the first university and 200th organisation to sign the Investing in Women Code.

3 May 20232 min read

A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between hybridisation experts at the University of Exeter and Lynch Motors has developed new products for a greener maritime future.

27 April 2023< 1 min read

A recent Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between the University of Exeter and SRK Exploration Services Ltd (SRK) has created a new solution to a historically unreliable process for the mining industry, using mathematical models.

17 March 20233 min read

A series of University of Exeter-led projects celebrated the lasting impact they have made on businesses and communities in Cornwall on Thursday 9th March.

15 March 20233 min read

Guest post by Professor Elaine Bignell, an expert in fungal lung infections at the University of Exeter’s MRC Centre for Medical Mycology – the largest centre of its kind in the world.

7 March 20234 min read

In honour of International Women's Day 2023, we're celebrating women who excel in the field of knowledge exchange at the University of Exeter.

14 February 20232 min read

Research and development into new drug treatments is set to benefit from closer collaboration between the University of Exeter and Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC).

7 February 20232 min read

A team of world leaders in molecular and cellular biology have pioneered new anti-ageing technology through the University of Exeter spin-out company, SENISCA.

6 February 20233 min read

Incel activity online is evolving to become more extreme as some of the online spaces hosting its violent and misogynistic content are shut down and new ones emerge, a new study shows.

3 February 20234 min read

Three "super-leverage points" could trigger a cascade of decarbonisation in sectors covering 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

30 January 20232 min read

On Friday 13th January 2023, the Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste (CREWW) team were honoured to host the Rt Hon Mr Ben Bradshaw (Labour MP for Exeter) and Steve Race (future Labour candidate).

11 January 20232 min read

Researchers at the Living Systems Institute are using viruses to fight bacteria, as the threat of antimicrobial resistance grows

12 December 20222 min read

A project that transformed parks and open spaces across Cornwall into vibrant community areas and wildlife havens has won a prestigious international award.

7 December 20222 min read

The UK’s Kleptocracy’s Problem, led by Professor John Heathershaw, is a major report which shows how the UK has been exposed to money laundering and reputation laundering by the political elite from Russia and the post-Soviet states.

2 December 20224 min read

A recent report from the University of Exeter and the Mozilla Foundation has investigated the potentially harmful effects of videos suggested to people on YouTube.

23 November 20223 min read

A new University of Exeter spin-out is developing an intelligent search engine that could revolutionise search by allowing users to look up concepts and relationships between ideas, instead of specific keywords.

18 November 2022< 1 min read

So many of us come up with new personal goals for a New Year, and as 2023 approaches why don’t you take advantage of the Help to Grow: Management programme to come up with new ideas and goals to take your business to the next...

18 November 20222 min read

The University of Exeter and Alchemist have launched a Knowledge Transfer Partnership to develop workplace learning diagnostic tools that will support data-led course design and maximise learning outcomes.

31 October 20222 min read

Chris Morris, Professor of Child Health Research and leader of the Peninsula Childhood Disability Research Unit (PenCRU), has been working with parent carers from the Family Faculty for the ESRC-IAA funded project, Healthy Parent Carers.

27 October 20223 min read

A funded PhD studentship with Quorn Foods has developed a strong evidence-base for the nutritional value of mycoprotein, a key protein found in meat-free products.

26 October 20222 min read

The University of Exeter has been awarded two out of seven awards at the Innovate UK Annual KTP Awards, which recognises the people and partnerships behind the UK’s most inspiring and successful KTP projects.

21 October 20223 min read

‘Life-changing’ research collaborations were celebrated on Thursday 20 October at the University of Exeter’s inaugural Knowledge Exchange Awards.

12 October 20223 min read

Experts at the University of Exeter, Instituto Vero and Mozilla are working to discover how YouTube is influencing the Brazilian federal elections – and how the social media platform potentially contributes to a disinformation media ecosystem.

29 September 20223 min read

A group of researchers pitched their innovation ideas to a panel of industry experts, as part the University of Exeter’s latest Entrepreneurial Researcher Programme (ERP) cohort.

23 September 20223 min read

Innovation, Impact and Business’s Commercialisation Team, together with SETsquared Exeter and Student Startups, have created The Exeter Entrepreneur, a new 'one-stop-shop' handbook offering tools and guidance to students, researchers, staff, and businesses interested and involved in entrepreneurship.

6 September 20223 min read

Researchers and industry experts from the CREWW partnership came together to create research solutions to some of the most pressing business problems facing the water industry.

25 August 20223 min read

Two University of Exeter experts have been working with England Athletics to evaluate and improve their highly successful Youth Talent Programme.

10 August 20222 min read

In early 2022, Professor Caprotti and Dr Bobbins collaborated with the 'Low‐Income Energy Services unit' within the City of Cape Town Sustainable Energy Markets Department.

28 July 20222 min read

A collaborative partnership between researchers at the University of Exeter and the largest listed UK water business has led to the development of the ‘Event Recognition in the Water Network’ (ERWAN) system.

25 July 20222 min read

Utilising funding from Research England's Policy Support Fund, Dr David Monciardini and Dr Tiago de Melo Cartaxo aimed to develop a substantial policy framework that policymakers could use as a reference point for the development of a Cornwall Food Policy Pact and become of further...

19 July 20223 min read

Researchers from the Renewable Energy group are developing novel materials for windows which allow light through whilst protecting it against the heat from the sun.

14 July 20222 min read

A unique two-piece dress has been designed and made by Cecilia Mary Robson, Lead Designer at TeX Innovation, Portreath.

12 July 20223 min read

Dr Caitlin Kight is part of the University's Academic Development and Skills team and is using her EdD study to inform how to develop and enhance the use of 'self-study'.

11 July 20225 min read

‘European university partnerships more important now than ever’ is written by Sally Faulkner, Exeter’s Assistant Deputy Vice Chancellor (Europe).

1 July 20222 min read

Utilising funding from Research England Policy Support Fund, Professor Pascale Aebischer and Professor Victoria Tischler set out to bring research regarding the pandemic to a wider audience and impact policy at a government level.

30 June 20223 min read

Since 2020, Dr Sarah Bell of Sensing Nature and the University of Exeter has been working with Westonbirt, the National Arboretum and Andy Shipley of Natural Inclusion, to develop sensory walks on site at Westonbirt Arboretum, led by visually impaired volunteer guides, as part of...

29 June 20222 min read

The new Centre will focus on improving the use of data for Artificial Intelligence applications.

24 June 20224 min read

'Fragile with Attitude’ was an art exhibition held in the Great Oak Hall at Westonbirt Arboretum from 21st – 25th April 2022.

23 June 20222 min read

Psychology PhD student Katy Chapman is taking a break from lab work to investigate pollinators in the South Devon AONB, as part of her work looking at pollinators.