How chimp DNA techniques turned us into jungle detectives
Wild chimpanzees are hard to find, but their DNA – left-behind genetic traces – is opening up a new way of studying them, write experts Alexander Piel and Fiona Stewart
Wild chimpanzees are hard to find, but their DNA – left-behind genetic traces – is opening up a new way of studying them, write experts Alexander Piel and Fiona Stewart
The School of Sport and Exercise Sciences has chosen to celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities by highlighting the successes of some of our past students.
Amy Cunningham graduated in 2023 with a degree in Marketing and now runs her own marketing business called The Social Muze.
Robyn White graduated in 2025 with a degree in International Business Studies and now works as a Sales and Marketing Executive for We Are Social Nation.
Rory Kane graduated in 2025 with a degree in Business with International Business Management. He has secured a role as a Business Development Coordinator for Generative Minds after initially completing a Discovery Internship with the company.
Ruby Petrovic graduated in 2024 with a degree in Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Science and works as a Junior Development Scientist for Arxada.
Charlie Gregory, who graduated with a degree in Media, Culture, Communication, talks about the Discovery Internship he completed during his final year in 2023.
Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives, and observing them in the wild helps us reconstruct how our ancestors adapted to a changing environment millions of years ago, write Drs Alexander Piel and Fiona Stewart
We talk to Professor Andy Newsam, Director of the National Schools’ Observatory, about the Apollo 11 Moon landing and learn some interesting facts about the Moon along the way.
MRes English student, Lindsay Wilkinson shares her insights into the orangutan volunteer project in Indonesian Borneo.