Exeter partners with National Grid to accelerate clean energy innovation
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) has announced innovation partnerships with ten UK universities – including the University of Exeter –...
Year: 2026
‘Outstanding’ Exeter Climate Forum concludes
The Exeter Climate Forum has been hailed as an “outstanding” success. About 400 climate researchers, business leaders and policy makers...
Electric car analysis reveals moral case for accelerating green transition
New analysis on the costs and benefits of electric vehicles (EVs) reveals a strong moral case for accelerating the green transition. Recently, it has been argued that a rapid transition is unjust – particularly due...
Giant trees have no trouble pumping water to top branches
The world’s tallest tropical trees have no trouble pumping water to their topmost branches, new research reveals. Conventional scientific theory...
Two centuries on, experts unlock secrets of Red Sea and Gulf of Aden sailing chart
Experts have unlocked secrets hidden for two hundred years in a beautiful navigational chart made for 18th century seafarers negotiating the...
Calls for regulation of toxic period product chemicals at largest ever menstrual health conference
Academics are calling on the government to introduce regulation to ban toxic chemicals from period projects as they launch the...
Exeter students shortlisted for national social mobility award
Four University of Exeter students have been shortlisted for the 2026 Student Social Mobility Awards, a national celebration of undergraduates...
Teachers and experts celebrate South West’s teenage maths stars
Impressive young mathematicians from the South West have been honoured for their brilliant work investigating the universe’s most pressing problems...
Stark regional divides in numbers of care-experienced young people going to university
There are stark regional divides in the numbers of young people who have grown up in care going on to...