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Alumni Matters episodes
- Jupiter's Legacy - Q&A with actor Andrew Horton
Drama alumnus Andrew Horton talks about his latest role as Brandon Sampson in the Netflix superhero blockbuster, Jupiter's Legacy.
Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/TY3IAqm-gpE
Out in the UK on 7 May 2021.
8 min - Top of the charts - Q&A with record producer and DJ 220 Kid
Alumnus William Graydon, better known as musician 220 Kid, talks about his career and having the current number one single in the UK charts.
7 min - Blue Carbon - Q&A with Professor Callum Roberts
Professor Callum Roberts from the Centre for Ecology and Conservation talks about the term Blue Carbon, carbon capture, and how different ocean ecosystems help protect against climate change.
9 min - Recording the wild - Q&A with wildlife cameraman Jamie Unwin
Alumnus Jamie Unwin (Zoology, 2017) talks about his love of wildlife and conservation and his career filming the natural world for television and film. One of Jamie's more recent jobs includes the Channel 4 series Secret Safari filmed in Ole Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya.
16 min - Alumni Business Podcast - Nina Van Volkinburg - Launching RETURE, the world's first marketplace for upcycled fashionNina Van Volkinburg, who studied both her undergraduate degree and PhD at Exeter, talks about founding the world’s first upcyclingmarketplace for premium fashion, RETURE, as well as her time at Exeter and why she has volunteered her time to Exeter since graduating.28 min
- The growth of seaweed - Q&A with PhD Researcher Sophie Corrigan
University of Exeter researcher and marine biologist, Sophie Corrigan, talks about the potential for seaweed aquaculture for sustainable growth, marine habitat restoration and the fight against climate change.
13 min - Integrating Public Health - Q&A with Professor G.J. Melendez-Torres
Professor G.J. Melendez-Torres from the University of Exeter Medical School speaks about the importance of public health experts, what we can learn from the COVID crisis globally, and the new Master of Public Health course.
16 min - Alumni Business Podcast - Prof. Enrico Onali - The impact of Brexit and Covid-19 on global marketsProfessor Enrico Onali (Head of Finance and Accounting at the University of Exeter Business School) joins the podcast this week to speak about how global capital markets, how they have been affected by Brexit and covid-19, as well as findings from his recent research on topics such as volatility and diversification.34 min
- Reintroducing beavers to the UK - Q&A with Professor Richard Brazier
Professor Richard Brazier, Professor of Earth Surface Processes at the University of Exeter, talks about a unique research project to re-introduce beavers to the UK 400 years after they were hunted to extinction.
15 min - Making the health system more sustainable - Q&A with Honorary Professor David Pencheon OBE
Professor David Pencheon OBE from the University of Exeter Medical School recently won The BMJ Outstanding Contribution to Health Award for his work to tackle the climate emergency from within healthcare. He speaks about the link between human health and the climate crisis.
15 min
About Alumni Matters
From the publisher's feed
We are excited to welcome you to our new series of video chats with our alumni - Alumni Matters!
In the series we’ll be chatting to several alumni and learning more about their careers, hearing their thoughts on some of the key challenges our world is facing, and discovering how they are helping to shape it into a healthier, fairer, greener place.
A previous series of video interviews with University of Exeter academics and alumni was started during the first coronavirus lockdown in 2020 and you can listen to the audio from some of these within our archive.