Exeter Astrophysics expert Isabelle Baraffe awarded prestigious international award Professor Isabelle Baraffe will be receiving the Viktor Ambartsumian International Science Prize alongside Prof. Alexander Szalay (John Hopkins University) and Prof. Adam Burrows (Princeton University) for her “fundamental contributions to the field of low mass stars, Brown dwarfs and exoplanets and for innovative ideas in the […]
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USA Women’s Fiction Prize
Amelia Gregory discusses The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, America’s first literary award for women and non-binary writers.
Rising Stars: Timothée Chalamet
Timothée Chalamet is fresh off the back of an incredible 2017 in which he starred in two Oscar nominated films. The 21-year-old’s breakout role in ‘Call Me By Your Name’ made him the youngest nominee for the Best Actor category since 1939 and third youngest ever to be nominated. Now, his professional acting career began […]
Ig Nobel Prizes 2017
The IgNobel prize honours the most baffling questions that science has to offer, giving centre stage to papers which make you laugh at first, but then lead you to a deeper level of thought. Given the recent release of the 2017 prize-winners, it seems only right to give some (dis)honourable mentions to the questions that […]
XTV release sequel to NaSTA award-winning video
Last year XTV, the university’s very own television station, won eight awards at the National Student Television Awards (NaSTA) including ‘Best Light Entertainment’ for ‘Whittle vs Market’. XTV has now released a sequel to that video called ‘Whittle vs Busk’. The judges said the following about the original award-winning Whittle vs Market: “This was a […]
Exeposé shortlisted for Guardian ‘Student Publication of the Year’ Award
Exeposé has been shortlisted for ‘Best Student Publication’ in the 2015 Guardian Student Media Awards, it has been announced. The Award, which will be judged by Katharine Viner, editor-in-chief at Guardian News & Media, as well as the editors of The Independent on Sunday, The Evening Standard, The Financial Times Weekend Magazine and deputy editor of The […]
PM honour for Exeter Academic
A University professor has been honoured with a Point of Light Award by the Prime Minister for her work within the Exeter community. Dr Johanna Harris of the English department founded the ‘Care Homes Reading Project’ after joining the university five years ago. The project involves student volunteers reading to elderly and vulnerable people in nursing […]