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Eight ways research gets into Parliament
Sarah Foxen is doing a PhD in French Linguistics at the University of Exeter. On her personal blog NEWBROGUESANDBLISTERS she writes about researcher skills, academia and impact from the perspective of...
View ArticleFabulous facial hair history
At the end of last month Alun Withey, Associate research Fellow at the University of Exeter and, Jennifer Evans from the University of Hertfordshire hosted Framing the Face: New Perspectives of the...
View ArticleMen, mental health and suicide in the UK: The importance of the long view
Dr Ali Haggett is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Medical History, University of Exeter. She works primarily on the history of gender and mental illness and has just published a Wellcome...
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Healthy Beards? A ‘Decembeard’ Special!
As the end of Decembeard approaches we decide to share this blog post from Dr Alun Withey, Associate research Fellow in History, which was first published on December 1, 2015 on his blog. Today marks...
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Being at the spearhead of the fintech revolution
Tico Altahona is a One Planet MBA student who has been doing an internship with Droplet. ‘Too big to fail’, is how the importance of banks has traditionally been defined, as they are so large and...
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Solving the mystery of missing exoplanet water
Professor David Sing is the lead author on a new research paper that has detailed the atmospheres of a number of planets outside our solar system for that first time. Here he tells us more about this...
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Which women win? Party differences in gender bias in the 2015 English local...
This blog was written by James Winterbotham; James is an undergraduate student of social sciences and data analysis at the University of Exeter. As part of a team of students working with the...
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Fantasy Figures: A New Art Exhibition in Toulouse
Professor Melissa Percival, Associate Professor (French, Art History and Visual Culture), talks about an exhibition she has curated that is currently showing at the Musée des Augustins until 6 March...
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January blues? Act now to beat depression
Professor Ed Watkins is a clinical psychologist at the University of Exeter, who specialises in the treatment of depression. Here he looks at ways to better tackle depression. In the dark clutches of...
View ArticleThe earth wants to be green
Rewilding the United Kingdom – from restored forests to the return of predators such as the lynx – were in the spotlight at a topical lecture featuring acclaimed writer George Monbiot and leading...
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Balancing academia and music
The life of an academic is full of deadlines and conflicting priorities; however, how do you balance these priorities, if you add an emerging band and a record contract? This is the situation which...
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How can we solve the problem of work-life balance?
Michelle Ryan is Professor of Social and Organisational Psychology at the University of Exeter, whose research specialisms include a number of projects on women in the workplace. One recent talk made...
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The long and short of 1.5°C
Last year, global temperatures were 1°C higher than pre-industrial, and with climate simulations predicting that this could increase to a 1.5°C rise, within a decade we ask what will happen when we...
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Why excitement about the pope’s ‘gossip bomb’ slang is more of a damp squib
Find out why the role of the translator can make, or break, the way that someone’s speech is received. This blog was written by Dr Richard Mansell, a Senior Lecturer in Translation, and it originally...
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Turkey’s academics pay heavy price for resisting Erdoğan’s militarised politics
Celal Cahit Agar, University of Exeter and Steffen Böhm, University of Exeter While the EU and the US have turned a blind eye to the Turkish government’s brutal clampdown in Kurdish regions, Turkish...
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Why Norway may open up spectacular Lofoten archipelago to oil and gas firms
Joseph Dutton, University of Exeter At the start of each year, Norway hands out new licences for offshore oil and gas development. Typically, these “Awards in Predefined Areas” (APA) receive little...
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When eagles scare: there are other ways to stop a rogue drone
Anna H. Jackman, University of Exeter Reckless or criminal uses of drones are on the rise and police forces have reported “a spike” in the number of drone-related incidents in the UK, mirroring the...
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Another Intervention in Libya? What’s at Stake
Should a US-led coalition intervene in Libya, with force, for the second time in five years? This week, I was lucky enough to appear before the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee,...
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Trump’s anti-trade tirades recall GOP’s protectionist past
Marc-William Palen, University of Exeter As Donald Trump continues his quest for the Republican nomination, free trade agreements remain in his crosshairs. The billionaire has been making waves by...
View ArticleWhen should doctors gain full registration with the General Medical Council?
Karen Mattick is a Professor of Medical Education, Co-Lead for the Centre for Research in Professional Learning at the University of Exeter, and Director of the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic...
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