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14 August 2024
4 minutes to readLee Elliot Major: How to reach new audiences and create impact with research
Professor Lee Elliot Major OBE, the UK’s first professor of social mobility, shares his advice on communicating research and connecting with communities.
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7 August 2024
2 minutes to readNew education programme to inform schools about our oceans
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.
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23 July 2024
3 minutes to readExeter University’s New Film Distribution Label – eXe Film
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. They released their first film into cinemas on June 13th – playing at Odeon venues across the country. The…
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26 June 2024
2 minutes to readSection 28 and its afterlives in the South West
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. Below we explore how their collaboration with the Intercom Trust raises awareness of the lasting issues for the LGBTQ+ community…
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21 August 2023
2 minutes to readAdvancing LGBTQ+ Awareness and Inclusion
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. Dr Dario Sansone has explored in recent years a variety of…
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17 May 2023
2 minutes to readUniversity of Exeter commits to supporting female entrepreneurs
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.
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7 March 2023
4 minutes to readCelebrating women in knowledge exchange
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.
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7 December 2022
2 minutes to readReport on Illicit Finance Helps Influence Government
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.
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2 December 2022
4 minutes to readNew research from the University of Exeter and Mozilla investigates ‘YouTube Regrets’
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. YouTube, the world’s second-most popular website and home to 2 billion active users each month, is facing criticism for the opacity of its recommendation algorithm, which suggests…
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31 October 2022
2 minutes to readSupporting Parent Carers Health and Wellbeing
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.
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12 October 2022
3 minutes to readNew study to map YouTube’s role in the Brazilian elections
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.
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23 September 2022
3 minutes to readNew Handbook supports Exeter’s Entrepreneurial Community
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.
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10 August 2022
2 minutes to readCo-developing evidence-based policy learning for supporting energy services delivery in South Africa’s informal settlements
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. Here, they aimed to establish evidence‐based policy learning to support energy services delivery in South Africa’s informal settlements. The unit wanted to address the challenges of providing…
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25 July 2022
2 minutes to readCornwall Food Policy Pact
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 use for other rural locations and policymakers…
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12 July 2022
3 minutes to readAchieving social justice begins with studying the self
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’.
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1 July 2022
2 minutes to readThe Pandemic and Beyond
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.
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30 June 2022
3 minutes to readWestonbirt Unseen
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 the ‘Re-Storying Landscapes for Social Inclusion’ collaboration….
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24 June 2022
4 minutes to readFragile with Attitude
‘Fragile with Attitude’ was an art exhibition held in the Great Oak Hall at Westonbirt Arboretum from 21st – 25th April 2022. The exhibition was developed as part of the ‘Re-Storying Landscapes for Social Inclusion’ project; a project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Account, that aimed to…
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20 June 2022
3 minutes to readEUniverCities Network meets in Exeter to discuss collaborative approaches to arts and culture
A network of European universities and city authorities came together in Exeter earlier this month, to discuss how cities and universities can work together to support arts and culture in their local areas.
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30 April 2022
2 minutes to readExeter expert leading charge against online misinformation wins British Science Association Award Lecture
An Exeter researcher is among the winners of the British Science Association’s Award Lecture series for his research into online misinformation.
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1 April 2022
3 minutes to readInvestigating crime ‘Hot Spots’ to support policing in Cornwall
In collaboration with Devon and Cornwall Police, a new project explores the effect of police patrolling crime hot spots in Cornwall.
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17 March 2022
3 minutes to readResearch Fellow drives evidence-based practice with Devon and Cornwall Police
Dreolin Fleischer, a University of Exeter Research Fellow embedded in Devon and Cornwall Police, is a catalyst for evidence-based practice and collaboration.
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16 March 2022
4 minutes to readNew research helps police meet rising demand for digital forensics services
University of Exeter researchers are working with police forces in England and Wales to better understand and improve the use of digital forensics when detecting crime.
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8 March 2022
4 minutes to readCelebrating our female academics: International Women’s Day 2022
Today brings International Women’s Day 2022. To celebrate, Innovation, Impact and Business want to pay tribute to all the exceptional female academics we’ve been privileged to work with from the University of Exeter.
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7 March 2022
4 minutes to readPSMA Programme aids policing through applied modelling and data science
In 2020, the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration for the South West Peninsula (PenARC) piloted the Police Service Modelling Associates (PSMA) Programme. This programme has taught Devon and Cornwall Police analysts a range of computer modelling and data science skills to help further inform their policing work in-house.
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15 November 2021
3 minutes to readMajor boost to special partnership between the University of Exeter and Exeter City Football Club
The unique partnership, forged ten years ago, focuses on creating initiatives to support and benefit members of the local community.
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1 November 2021
2 minutes to readProtecting Health and Wellbeing by Anticipating Local Climate Change
The European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH) – in partnership with Cornwall Council and a wide range of local stakeholders – is developing a tool to help local decision-makers adapt to climate change, by measuring the impact of climate interventions on population health.
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12 October 2021
2 minutes to readGiving your research the Policy Factor
Policy@Exeter are a dynamic community, working to improve and increase engagement with policy within the University and further afield. We caught up with Marina Altoe to find out what gives research the ‘Policy Factor’.
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21 January 2021
2 minutes to readDigital health passports: Mitigating risks to data privacy and human rights
Research led by Dr Ana Beduschi from the University of Exeter Law School, has informed policymakers of the risks that digital health passports could pose to human rights, data privacy and social equality.
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14 January 2021
3 minutes to readIdentity, Inequality and the Media in Brexit COVID-19 Britain
The research team of Identity, Inequality and the Media in Brexit-Covid19 Britain reflect on the impact Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic are having on inequalities in Britain.
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4 November 2020
3 minutes to readBridging gaps in law through collaboration
Law school PhD student Mollie Gascoigne researchers the gaps between the law and LGBTQ+ people; her research project, the Gender Recognition & Reform Project has been investigating the attitudes and experiences of non-binary people towards legal gender recognition.
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3 November 2020
3 minutes to readBreaking Boundaries: Uncovering the ‘Glass Cliff’
Research at the University of Exeter has uncovered a previously unknown phenomenon, in which women are more likely to be appointed to risky and precarious leadership positions in times of crisis. The ‘glass cliff’ is the phrase used to describe this situation. It follows previous research has described the barriers women face…
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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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7 August 2020
5 minutes to readPlaying politics with World Heritage sites
Our research released today shows the process of ‘In Danger’ listings is being manipulated for political gain. National governments and other groups try to keep sites off the list, with strategies such as lobbying, or partial efforts to protect a site. (Republished from The Conversation)
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29 June 2020
< 1 minute to readImproving widening participation evaluation practices
Innovative research on enhancing the quality of evidence in outreach work from the University of Exeter’s Centre for Social Mobility is impacting on universities’ practices in designing and evaluating their work with widening participation students.
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18 June 2020
2 minutes to readWeakest Link in Cyber Security
Professor Achim D. Brucker explains how we can keep our systems cyber secure while remote working.
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5 June 2020
3 minutes to readIncreasing gender diversity on NHS and FRC boards
The representation of women on NHS Trust boards has increased to 45 per cent following the adoption of changes to hiring practices recommended in a 2017 report from Professor Ruth Sealy.
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10 October 2019
6 minutes to readDigital Transformation: how corporate culture responds to the internet
Prepaid business card provider, Soldo, spoke with Prof. Mark Thompson as part of a series, speaking to today’s most influential digital disruptors. Prof. Mark Thompson is Professor in Digital Economy at Exeter Business School, and Strategy Director at the Methods Group.
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16 September 2019
2 minutes to readResearch-inspired grammar teaching in British schools
Conventional approaches to teaching grammar are being rethought by the University of Exeter’s Centre for Research in Writing. Their innovative research is helping children gain a greater understanding of how language works and how to express themselves with greater craft and creativity.
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22 March 2018
2 minutes to readBringing evidence-based practice to policing
Academics from Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology have been working with police across the South West to roll out the #RU2Drunk campaign.
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