"A big set of losses will be interpreted as a sign Starmer’s government is failing, even though the elections are likely to be low-turnout contests that actually represent the public’s continued diversity of opinions" - @hannahbunting.bsky.social on #Labour theconversation.com/rumours-abou...

This new report features analysis by Dr Ekaterina Kolpinskaya from @hass-cornwall.bsky.social @cornwall.exeter.ac.uk @exeterspspa.bsky.social committees.parliament.uk/committee/73...

One of these new BRIAD projects promises to be a fascinating look at the relationship between Wikipedia and generative AI, led by academics in the Department of Communications, Drama and Film @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social. More details on the project, Curating the Commons 👇 tinyurl.com/nhdkbrtr

What do Christopher Marlowe and Charles Dickens have to say about clean air? Join actor Rosie Race and academics @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social and @ecehh.org for a literary heritage tour in Exeter to raise awareness of air quality and pollution.

Professor Will Shield spoke to @lbc.co.uk about how ADHD is diagnosed and the Government review into the rising demand for mental health services in the UK www.globalplayer.com/catchup/lbc/...

Parties of the British left have been notorious for the arguments about what names mean. No wonder this new endeavour chose a name that effectively says nothing.

I dug up my old masters thesis on the names of far-left parties in the UK for @theconversation.com to explain why 'Your Party' had such an issue picking a name, and why they eventually chose the one they did. @uniofexeternews.bsky.social theconversation.com/your-party-i...

Listen to @rebeccakhelm.bsky.social from @uniexeterlawschool.bsky.social discuss the impact of reforms to jury trials news.sky.com/story/the-ju...

Congratulations to @crpr-exeter.bsky.social student Maeve Leith, who has been awarded a national ‘Centenary Award’ bursary from the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust to support her work to explore how land use decisions are made www.nfumutual.co.uk/news-and-sto...

Professor Neil Harrision from the @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social Graduate School of Education gave evidence to MPs on the Work and Pensions Select Committee about the experiences of young people not in education, training or employment parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

Alex Adams, @exeter.ac.uk Arboricultural Manager, spoke to BBC Radio Devon during National Tree Week about the amazing trees on the university's campuses and how he cares for them 🌲🌳 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Listen to the new podcast about the amazing wartime life of Winston Churchill by @richardtoye.bsky.social from @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social @uoearchhist.bsky.social and Dr Warren Dockter. "Churchill: The Finest Half Hour" begins with the momentous events of 1939 www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4-j...

Professor @fhpitts.bsky.social from @hass-cornwall.bsky.social @exeterspspa.bsky.social spoke to BBC Radio Cornwall ahead of the #budget today www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I joined the IMF podcast to discuss trade’s complex historical relationship to globalization, economic crisis, imperialism, and war. www.imf.org/en/news/podc... @princetonupress.bsky.social @uniofexeternews.bsky.social @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @uoearchhist.bsky.social @shgape.bsky.social

Dr @drkevorko.bsky.social from @exeterspspa.bsky.social has been commenting on the Russia peace talks inews.co.uk/news/world/u...

Professor Anthony King from the @exeter.ac.uk Strategy and Security Institute spoke to BBC 5 Live about the Russia peace plan www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I recently published a policy briefing looking towards the new Critical Minerals Strategy as the government's 'securonomics' agenda in action - a testbed of reindustrialisation in pursuit of both national security & environmental sustainability: criticalmineralschallengecentre.co.uk/publications...

Great to see our @ukri.org Critical Minerals Challenge Centre at @exeter.ac.uk mentioned in Vision 2035, the government's new Critical Minerals Strategy. As test case for securonomics in action, it has a clear focus on Cornwall's tin, tungsten & lithium. 🔗in thread below www.gov.uk/government/p...

You can read more about how the new Critical Minerals Strategy chimes with the research & policy work of our Critical Minerals Challenge Centre, bringing together Camborne School of Mines with @hass-cornwall.bsky.social & more, via @uniofexeternews.bsky.social here: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

Research by Karen Nokes @laws.ucl.ac.uk @richardmoorhead.bsky.social Rebecca Helm and Sally Day from @uniexeterlawschool.bsky.social shows "innocent until proven guilty" was rarely taken seriously enough when subpostmasters came into contact with the legal system news.exeter.ac.uk/uncategorize...

“The reported peace plan was negotiated without Ukrainian or European involvement, and it shows" - @drkevorko.bsky.social from @exeterspspa.bsky.social has been analysing what is known so far about the Russia peace plan www.thesun.co.uk/news/3738732...

On the 12th Day of COP30, the project, We Are The Possible @exeter.ac.uk, releases the final poem of its anthology 'Planet Forest'. 'So Let Us Speak' is a call-to-action that the future of the planet lies in human hands. greenfutures.exeter.ac.uk/our-impact/w...

Featuring analysis by @richardmoorhead.bsky.social from @uniexeterlawschool.bsky.social committees.parliament.uk/work/8998/ru...

On Day 10 of COP30, producer and actor Nic Jeune reads 'Tree', the tenth poem from the anthology 'Planet Forest', created by We Are The Possible @exeter.ac.uk. greenfutures.exeter.ac.uk/our-impact/w...

Professor Lee Elliot Major spoke to BBC 5 Live about why social mobility is now less likely, and why change is needed so younger people get a fairer deal www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Our sense of reality is intimately entwined with our interactions with other people. What happens when those interactions are instead with social AI? See my piece on (so-called) ‘AI-induced psychosis’ in The Conversation theconversation.com/ai-induced-p...

Our latest #COP30 blog looks at the the Parliamentarians' Global Guide to Climate Change and Climate Solutions, launched last Friday. With mis- and dis-information rife, the guide provides lawmakers with the latest science to better inform their decisions. greenfutures.exeter.ac.uk/article/exet...

As we enter the second week at #COP30, our Deputy Vice-Chancellor @stuartbrocklehurst.bsky.social, who's in Belem, observes that the Amazon surroundings are not yet having the desired effect of driving progress. greenfutures.exeter.ac.uk/article/exet...

On day eight of COP30, We Are The Possible @exeter.ac.uk offers a Monday poem called 'Making'. Read by actress Lisa Coleman, 'Making' is about working sustainably, with and alongside the rhythms of nature. greenfutures.exeter.ac.uk/our-impact/w...

As we near the halfway point of COP30, We Are The Possible @exeter.ac.uk invites readers to consider the capuchin monkey when its tree is cut down. 'Last One Standing' is poem six in the 12 Days of COP30, and it's read by actor and writer Caroline Pegg. greenfutures.exeter.ac.uk/our-impact/w...

When did dogs begin to diverge from wolves? That's one of the questions that's been answered by archaeologists @exeter.ac.uk in an extensive study published in the journal, Science. By analysing more than 600 specimens, spanning tens of thousands of years, researchers have traced...

On Day Five of COP30 comes a poem about how we navigate nature, time and our surroundings - courtesy of We Are The Possible @exeter.ac.uk. Read by Nic Jeune, 'Canoe' questions how we can restore the health of our planet. greenfutures.exeter.ac.uk/our-impact/w...

Beautiful monastic music has been performed again in St Nicholas Priory in Exeter, closed by Henry VIII. ITV Westcountry came along to see the @exeter.ac.uk Chapel Choir and discover why their performance is thanks to the discovery of a rare collection of medieval chants. www.itv.com/watch/news/c...

Featuring analysis by @katiecrosson.bsky.social from @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social 📺🎭#playfortoday www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...

Our story on how shouting at seagulls could save your chips has been widely covered by the media (see 🧵). The study finds seagulls can detect differences in the acoustics of human voices - something not seen before in wild species. @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...

Congratulations to Dr Marc Palen @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social, following the award of the Elise M. Boulding Prize in Peace History to his book, Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World (Princeton University Press, 2024). peacehistorysociety.org/phs2025/awards.php

Get your fill of Global Carbon Budget 2025 figures and associated data here, released today: robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/

1/2 We just published the Global Carbon Budget 2025, with a mix of bad news (CO2 emissions continue to grow) and encouraging news (35 countries saw emissions decline over the past decade while growing their economies). Read the highlights in a short article: theconversation.com/the-worlds-c...

📢Global Carbon Budget 2025📢 Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength. The key findings are covered in two reports this year: * ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es... * Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/

For more details, see my @carbonbrief.org article with Global Carbon Budget lead @pfriedling.bsky.social: www.carbonbrief.org/... And the new Global Carbon Budget paper: essd.copernicus.org/...

The 20th annual Global Carbon Budget is published today. It shows that global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to rise by 1.1% in 2025 – reaching a record high. Read our press release and the full report here 👉 globalcarbonbudget.org

On Day Four of COP30, We Are The Possible @exeter.ac.uk offers the fourth poem in its anthology, Planet Forest. 'Seed', read by actor Caroline Pegg, is a story about noticing or ignoring how climate change is impacting our land, water and agriculture. greenfutures.exeter.ac.uk/our-impact/w...

Haitham Numan from the @exeter.ac.uk Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies has been commenting on the #Iraq elections mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/dJxyt2...

Anyone for Risk? Exeter's @stuartbrocklehurst.bsky.social Brocklehurst is in Brazil at #COP30 and in his first blog post for #greenfutures explores how different geopolitical motivations look set to inform the negotiations. greenfutures.exeter.ac.uk/article/why-...

The theme of LGBT+ History Month 2026 will be 'Science and Innovation' - for which our experts have produced educational resources championing LGBT+ individuals working in maths and science for UK secondary schools and museums. @rsc.org @schoolsoutuk.bsky.social news.exeter.ac.uk/university/e...

On Day Three of COP30, We Are The Possible brings you its third poem for the 12 Days of COP. 'Ocean Forest' explores whether, in the deepest part of the ocean where humans can’t survive, species exist that are unaffected by pollution.

National positions on int’l law in cyberspace vary-from speeches to standalone documents. The Handbook on Developing a National Position explores how form, style & language shape impact. Watch the explainer by CCDCOE & Kubo Macak @uniexeterlawschool.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8cV...

With COP30 under way and the 2025 Global Carbon Budget published later this week, it's great timing for Professor Pierre Friedlingstein @pfriedling.bsky.social to appear on The Life Scientific on BBC Radio 4 🧪🎧👇

On Day Two of COP30, We Are The Possible @exeter.ac.uk brings you the second poem from its anthology, Planet Forest. 'Cloud Forest' investigates history and humanity’s destruction of land without consideration for planetary health.

Professor Matt Lobley from the @crpr-exeter.bsky.social spoke to Radio 4 Farming Today about the importance of small family farms and the severe challenges they are now facing www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...