University of Exeter receives four nominations for 2025 THE Awards
Inspirational research, teaching and climate communication taking place across the University of Exeter and beyond has been recognised by a...
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Loneliness is bad for health and wealth in the UK
Lonely people incur an extra £850 in annual healthcare costs to the NHS, as well as experiencing worse mental and...
Chance discovery inspires new historical insights into queer domestic life during the Georgian era
An unexplained reference to a mysterious figure known as the ‘cotquean’ has inspired a radical new exploration of the historical...
A third of children don’t play outdoors after school, study finds
New research has found more than a third of children don’t play outdoors after school and one in five don’t...
Study tracks UK’s journey from seafood self-sufficiency to dependence on imports
More than a century of data reveals how the UK has gone from supplying domestic seafood needs from productive home...
Valley conservation to boost nature connectivity
Conservation work on a valley on University of Exeter land will reduce surface water run-off and improve connectivity for freshwater...
Anaemia, ethnicity, and cancer incidence: a retrospective cohort study in primary care
A new study by researchers at the University of Exeter has found that routine blood tests used in primary care...
‘Begging behaviour’ resulted in rare shark attack
Researchers believe the ‘begging behaviour’ of sharks regularly fed food scraps by humans could explain the fatal mauling of a...
Temporary slowdown in melting of Arctic sea ice, study finds
Arctic sea ice has been melting at a slower rate for the past 20 years, despite human-induced global warming. This...