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University of Exeter experts have produced free educational resources championing the achievements of LGBT+ individuals working in maths and science for secondary schools and museums across the UK. The educational resources, which include posters, postcards, videos and class activities, have been produced in collaboration with the LGBT+ education charity Schools OUT for UK LGBT+ History Month in February 2026.  Schools OUT has been working for more than 50 years to combat prejudice and ‘usualise’ LGBT+ people, aiming through education…

Research by the University of Exeter into the prostate cancer drug abiraterone has played a key role in the drug getting official recommendation, which could help thousands of people in the UK and save the NHS millions of pounds. The Peninsula Technology Assessment Group (PenTAG) is a university-based research group at Exeter contracted to produce high-quality systematic reviews and economic analyses of health technologies for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), among others. NICE commissioned…

Researchers at the Living Systems Institute (LSI), University of Exeter, have been awarded a £3.5 million Wellcome Discovery Award to investigate how cells exchange information to coordinate the formation of tissues and organs. The seven-year project, led by Professor Steffen Scholpp, Cell and Developmental Biology, together with Professor Kyle Wedgwood, Computational Biology, will explore the role of cytonemes – long, thin cellular protrusions – in mediating signalling during development. Using a combination of advanced imaging, computational modelling, and cross-species approaches, the team will reveal…

Researchers at the Living Systems Institute (LSI), University of Exeter, in collaboration with scientists of the University of Manchester, have been awarded a £3.5 million Wellcome Discovery Award to investigate how cells exchange information to coordinate the formation of tissues and organs. The seven-year project, led by Professor Steffen Scholpp working together with the co-applicants Professor Kyle Wedgwood, Professor Hilary Ashe and Dr Cerys Manning, will explore the role of cytonemes – long, thin cellular protrusions – in mediating signalling during development. Using a combination…

Climate change in Earth’s polar regions is emerging as an under-recognised driver of global health risks, with consequences reaching far beyond the Arctic and Antarctic, researchers argue. A study by an international team of scientists led by Professor Gail Whiteman from the University of Exeter Business School presents a comprehensive framework mapping the complex connections between physical changes in the Arctic and Antarctic which could amplify climate impacts to human health worldwide. The researchers reviewed a wide range…