Research Speed Updating

The University of Exeter is justly proud of its world-class research, which focuses on some of the larger issues of the day, from climate change to conflict in the Middle East. In the last Research Assessment Exercise in 2008, nearly 90% of Exeter’s research was rated at being at internationally recognised levels. Every subject was assessed as including world-leading (4*) research.

Exeter has created large interdisciplinary colleges to encourage the creative exchange of ideas. We bring scientists, artists, academics and the business community together to find life-changing solutions to pressing issues.
Research Speed Updating is a regular information sharing event at which a diverse range of academics offer the audience a four minute talk about the work they are undertaking and its significance. These light-hearted sessions are regulated with the use of an infamous squeaky carrot which is sounded to advise when there are just 30 seconds left to go. A kitchen timer sounds when the four minutes is up.

We hope you enjoy these sessions, which are provided by Research and Knowledge Transfer at the University of Exeter.

Previous Events:

18 July 2012

SpeakerPresentation and links 
Professor John Terry
Biomedical Modelling 
Available on request.
Dr Dan Bloomfield
Heavy Weather 
Dan Bloomfield - presentation
Dan Bloomfield - audio 
Dr Sam Vine
Examining human performance under pressure: examples from sport, surgery & aviation 
Sam Vine - presentation
Sam Vine - audio
Pery Burge (Chronoscapes; Leverhulme funded Artist in Residence)
Art + Science: Mixture or compound? 
Pery Burge - audio
Dr Gareth Cole (Open Exeter)
Research Data Management: Funders' Policies and Expectations 
Gareth Cole - audio Gareth Cole - presentation 
Dr Catherine Rider
Masculinity and mental health since the Second Wolrd War 
No presentation
Catherine Rider - audio 

23 May 2012

SpeakerPresentation and links 
Dr Geoff Nash
Towards a new type of laser exploiting the unique properties of graphene 
Geoff Nash - Presentation 
Geoff Nash - audio 
Professor Henry French
Humanities and the South West: Impact 
Henry French - Presentation 
Henry French - audio 
Dr Matthew Browning
The magnetic personalities of the Sun and other planets
Matt Browning - Presentation 
Matthew Browning - audio  
Professor Gareth Shaw
Tesco killed my husband: the rise of supermarket shopping
Gareth Shaw - Presentation 
Gareth Shaw - audio  
Dr Orkun Soyer
Evolutionary systems and synthetic biology
Orkun Soyer - Presentation 
Orkun Soyer - audio
Dr Alison Haggett
Masculinity and mental health since the Second World War 
Alison Haggett - Presentation
Alison Haggett - audio

28 March 2012

SpeakerPresentation and links 
Dr Harish Bhaskaran
Nanomanufacturing?
Harish Bhaskaran - presentationDr Bhaskaran - audio 
Dr Susan Kelly
The Health, Technology & Society research group in Egenis.
Susan Kelly - presentation
Dr Kelly - audio
Professor Brahm Norwich 
Lesson study: a way to enhance the culture and quality of schooling?
Brahm Norwich - presentation
Prof Norwich - audio
Dr Eduarda Santos
Mechanisms of chemical toxicity in fish.
Eduarda Santos - presentation
Dr Santos - audio
Dr Giovanni Colombetti
Emoting the embodied mind.
Giovanna Columbetti - presentation
Dr Columbetti - audio
Dr Edward Skidelsky
The language of the virtues.
 Dr Skidelsky - audio

Previous sessions can be found on the Research and Knowledge Transfer website.