A man caught on video racially abusing two Exeter students has been sentenced to 100 hours of unpaid work. After Kalsoom Naqvi and Tayiba Hussain captured Stephen Scatcherd, 59, using threatening and abusive language towards them, Exeter Magistrates’ Court sentenced him to community work. Having likened Muslims to cockroaches, Scatcherd pleaded guilty to a racially […]
Neon Night Run returning to Exeter
The Exeter Neon Night Run will be returning on May 28, starting and finishing at the University of Exeter. Last year’s 5k sponsored run raised an impressive £42,000 in aid of Hospiscare, and the local charity is once again asking locals and students to help light up Exeter. It is expected that the event, sponsored […]
Exeter Uni ecologist launches crowdfunding to aid Dartmoor’s declining birds
A University of Exeter PhD researcher has begun a crowd-funding initiative to help expand bird conservation research. Sara Zonnevald, an ecologist at the University, has collaborated with the Dartmoor Upland Bird Nest Group to create a crowd-funding website that will help cover fieldwork expenses such as equipment and running costs. This fieldwork will be essential for […]
Exeter University leading project to combat aquaculture diseases
A new project led by the University of Exeter will combat aquaculture diseases across India, Bangladesh and Malawi. The BBSRC-Newton Fund Project, led by the University of Exeter and the Centre for the Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences has been granted £1.97 million to reduce the impact of major diseases in aquaculture. Disease remains to […]