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All of the latest news from @uniofexeter.bsky.social - updated by the Press Office. Reposts aren't necessarily endorsements
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 👇

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December 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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.
December 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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

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Nick Abbot | Global Player
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December 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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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.
Your Party: if the name sounds terrible, there’s a good reason for it
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.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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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...
Your Party: if the name sounds terrible, there’s a good reason for it
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.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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
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The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust Centenary Award 2025
The Centenary Award is a long-term scheme, run by the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust, and was launched in 2010 to celebrate the 100th birthday of NFU Mutual.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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

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Work and Pensions Committee
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November 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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 🌲🌳

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John Acres - 26/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
Join John for fun, great chat and all you need to start your day in Devon.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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

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Winston Is Back - Episode 1: The Battle Begins
YouTube video by Churchill: The Finest Half Hour
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November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
James Churchfield - 26/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
Play Budget Bingo with me!
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November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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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...

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Marc Palen on Peace Economics and Trade
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November 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Professor Anthony King from the @exeter.ac.uk Strategy and Security Institute spoke to BBC 5 Live about the Russia peace plan

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5 Live Drive - 24/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
A round-up of the day's top news and sport with Chris Warburton and Felicity Hannah.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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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...
Publications & Policy Briefs - Critical Minerals Challenge Centre
Browse our latest publications and policy briefs to explore the evidence, insights, and recommendations shaping the future of critical minerals. These downloadable resources highlight our research imp...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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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

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November 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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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...
Experts hail Cornwall as the ‘Engine Room’ of PM’s new Critical Minerals Strategy
The UK’s new Critical Minerals Strategy must make domestic extraction, refining, and recycling pillars of sovereign capability, experts have urged. The plan should define critical minerals as key to a...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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

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Post Office cases cast doubt on the “golden thread” of British justice, study says
The “golden thread” of British justice – the principle that people are innocent until proven guilty – has been exposed by the Post Office Scandal as more deeply tarnished than previously thought, a ne...
news.exeter.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“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

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France slams US & Russia plan as general warns ‘we'll lose our kids’ in war
FRANCE’S top general has warned the country must be ready to “lose our children” in a future war with Putin as Paris erupted in anger over the secret US-Russia peace plan. General Fabien Mand…
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November 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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.

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Today's Poem - So Let Us Speak · GreenFutures
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November 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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.

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Today's Poem - Tree · GreenFutures
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November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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

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Nicky Campbell - What's a ticket worth? And has your hometown held you back? - BBC Sounds
What's a ticket worth? And has your hometown held you back? Nicky takes your calls.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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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

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AI-induced psychosis: the danger of humans and machines hallucinating together
We’ve always relied on friends and family to confirm our sense of reality. Now we’re increasingly expecting AIs to do it instead.
theconversation.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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.

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New global guide provides lawmakers with the latest climate science - and solutions · GreenFutures
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November 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM