News archive

October 2008

Peninsula NIHR Clinical Research Director appointed

Professor Stuart Logan has been appointed to the position of Director of the Peninsula Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (PenCLAHRC).

Standing ovation for Exeter’s talented young people

Team GB are not the only ones with exceptional talent, young people across Exeter are due to step onto the podium at the annual Excellence in Exeter awards in November.

University of Exeter Business School joins European management elite

The MSc in International Management, provided by the Business School has, for the first time, secured a place in the Financial Times’ highly respected league table.

CoRoT discovery challenges the definition of extra-solar planet

The CoRoT satellite has discovered a planet-sized object so exotic that astronomers are unsure whether to call it a planet.

University of Exeter wins £1.5 million for research into sport, leisure and tourism

It was announced today that academics at the University of Exeter have won the funding to establish an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Capacity Building Cluster in Sport, Leisure and Tourism.

Students scale height of Mount Everest in British Isles climbs

Four University of Exeter undergraduates have successfully climbed all five of the highest mountains in the UK and Ireland.

Top Chef teaches students to cook

Acclaimed chef and University of Exeter honorary graduate Michael Caines MBE recently shared his culinary talents with new students.

1st rate Educational Psychology accreditation

The University of Exeter is in the first set of universities to be accredited by the British Psychological Society to run a three year doctorate instead of a one year Master’s in Educational Psychology.

Exeter briefs Duke of York on marine energy

HRH The Duke of York has heard first-hand how the South West aims to lead the world in the development of green energy from the sea.

New £3.6 million research facility for Exeter

The South West is set to benefit from a new research facility aimed at improving psychological interventions for mood and personality disorders, such as depression and bipolar disorder.

Political links with capital of Bahrain

A delegation of Middle Eastern city councillors from Manama in the Kingdom of Bahrain has visited Exeter to develop links with the city and find out more about public administration and municipal politics.

Exeter climate change professor addresses World Security Forum

On Wednesday (22 October) a leading climate change expert from the University of Exeter addressed the World Security Forum in Abu Dhabi.

Exeter chooses stunning new central campus design

Leading architects Wilkinson Eyre have been chosen to design a stunning new £48 million centrepiece for the University of Exeter’s Streatham Campus.

Startling new insight into the life of one of Britain’s greatest poets

A recently rediscovered and unique recording of the former poet laureate Ted Hughes talking intimately of friendship, poetry and art with his close friend Leonard Baskin is to be heard in public for the first time.

St Luke’s tribute

The cloisters of St Luke’s College were recently filled with life long supporters of the College for the unveiling of a plaque to commemorate the Principals of the College from 1839 to the merger with the University of Exeter in 1978.

Playing a game shows how personalities evolved

Why do some of us always do the right thing while others only seem to be out for themselves?

University of Exeter wins top national award

The University of Exeter’s Careers and Employment Service are celebrating after being named the UK Shell Step Agency of the Year in recognition of their superb performance over the summer.