UK has been a “leading enabler” of corrupt elites in Central Asia, new report warns
The UK’s failure to stem flows of illicit money through financial systems means the country has been a leading enabler...
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Desert birds lay larger eggs when they have more helpers
Desert birds lay larger eggs when they have more helpers to feed their chicks, new research shows. White-browed sparrow weavers...
UK-Colombia partnership inspires inaugural cohort of cultural heritage tourist guides for Amazon archaeological sites
Indigenous communities in Colombia’s world-renowned Amazonia region are celebrating the graduation of a first cohort of students who will help...
Global learning programme Future17 unleashes students on a new year of sustainability challenges
Students from around the world – including more than 50 from the University of Exeter – have begun to tackle...
Major new exhibition shows impact of Gertrude Bell on the Middle East and international political history
A major new exhibition examines the pioneering explorations of Gertrude Bell in the Middle East, and the political legacy of her...
Database of Russian economic crime in Ukraine needed to bring about justice, new study says
A new public database of Russian economic crime in Ukraine would help to bring about justice, and support the eventual...
New landmark study will shed light on the lived experience of ‘addiction’ in the world’s most volatile places
New landmark research will aid understanding of the lived experience of drug consumption and addiction recovery in conditions of war,...
Refugee legal reforms will have a disproportionate impact on sexually diverse asylum claimants, study warns
Refugee legal reforms will have a disproportionate impact on sexually diverse claimants, academics have warned. Researchers have said the Nationality...
Inspiring climate narratives project shortlisted for international communications prize
An interdisciplinary project that has taken science, health, and the arts to the UN’s COP Climate Change Conferences and reached...