News and ongoing updates

FoSS 2023: Skateboarding film wins plaudits for focus on mental health

Festival of Social Science Success: Screening of Land's End, a film about Barney Page who rode almost 1,000 miles from John o’Groats to Land’s End after his friend took his own life. Read More>>

Multimillion pound investment to develop hydrogen supercluster

Academic, civic and industry partners will work together to unlock the huge potential of our region’s hydrogen ecosystem providing solutions for storage and distribution, transport, and the energy sector. Read more >>

IAA Funding: £1.8 million for 2022-2025

The University of Exeter has been awarded more than £1.8 million to accelerate University of Exeter bright ideas into global opportunities! Read more >>  See what's available>>

ESRC IAA: Penryn Creativity Collaboratives Project

The Penryn Creativity Collaboratives project, which tests a range of innovative approaches to teaching for creativity, has produced their year one report, 'Inspiring Teaching and Learning'. Read more >>

ESRC IAA: Education at a Time of Emergency

Led by Professor Stewart Barr the 'Environmental Education at a Time of Emergency' project, works with educational practitioners to encourage engaged citizenship and pro-environmental behaviours. Read more >>   Watch here >>

EPSRC IAA: New Footwear Designs for Active Older Adults

Dr Sharon Dixon teamed up with shoemaker Cosyfeet for an EPSRC IAA funded project, where they created a new shoe collection, Acitve Sport, designed to help older women stay active and keep playing sport. Read more >>

ESRC IAA: The UK’s Kleptocracy Problem

Prof John Heathershaw's report, The UK’s Kleptocracy Problem, shows how the UK is exposed to money laundering. It's featured in the press, been the subject of a Guardian editorial, and has been cited in parliament. Read more >>

ESRC IAA: Re-Storying Landscapes Guidance

Dr Sarah Bell's project 'Re-Storying Landscape for Social Inclusion' has launched new guidance that brings together a series of resources to support disability-inclusive, multisensory nature experiences. Read more >>

ESRC IAA: Sensing History Soundscape

This immersive outdoor art installation explores multisensory histories, ecologies and places of Westonbirt Arboretum. It stemmed from Dr Sarah Bell's work with Forestry England. Read more >>

MRC CiC: The Citizen Phage Library project

Dr Ben Temperton's Citizen Phage Library project, funded by the MRC CiC, was featured in a Daily Mail article around discovering life-saving phages (viruses that kill bacteria). Read more >>

BBC News: Showcasing ancient rock art

Prof José Iriarte has been working with Lastjourney, a Colombian-English research collaboration, to showcase ancient rock art from the western Amazon area. Read more >>

PSF: Evaluating Violence Reduction Units

Professor Mark Kelson has been involved in the PSF funded Violence Reduction Unit End of Year Evaluation for the Home Office, which was commented on by the Home Secretary Priti Patel. Read more >>

ESRC IAA: Sensing Nature Guided Walks

Dr Sarah Bell has been working with Forestry England for 'Sensing Nature' walks, led by visually impaired guides. Walks take place between April and September 2022 from Westonbirt. Sign up >> Meet the guides >>

ESRC IAA: The Post Office Scandal

Professor Richard Moorhead and Dr Rebecca Helm wrote a piece for The Times, 'The Post Office Scandal: Plea Deals, Lawyers’ Ethics, and Corporate Failure', where they examine issues and deepen evidence around cases from the scandal. Read more >>

ESRC IAA: Re-Storying Landscape for Social Inclusion

A kayaking sensory story has been created as a result of Dr Sarah Bell's project 'Re-Storying Landscape for Social Inclusion', an ESRC IAA project which interprets how lanscapes are used and valued by people. Read more >>