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Mia reflects on her internship experience

Mia is an aspiring barrister, researcher, and advocate, who is entering her final year studying Law with Business at the University of Exeter. With much experience in mooting, legal research,...

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Posted by Mark on 24 June 2026


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Dylanki reflects on her internship experience

I am a first-year Environmental Science with Legal Proficiency BSc student at the University of Exeter. I am studying on the Penryn campus, where the Exeter Centre for Environmental Law(ExCEL)...

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Posted by Mark on 18 June 2026


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Joseph reflects on his internship experience

Joseph is a second-year LLB Law with Business student at the University of Exeter. He recently completed a research internship with the Exeter Centre for Environmental Law (ExCEL) under the...

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Posted by Mark on 16 June 2026


Legal flexibility helps UNESCO Biospheres boost nature conservation and human wellbeing, study shows

The legal flexibility associated with UNESCO Biosphere Reserves has helped communities to become more involved in conservation, new analysis shows. The focus on less prescriptive regulations allows these Biospheres to...

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Posted by ExCEL on 5 November 2025


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Caroline Keenan and Tom Baycock awarded grant for ā€˜Revaluing nature’ project

The members of ExCEL Caroline Keenan and Tom Baycock have been awarded a grant from the Association of Law Teachers for a project named ā€˜Revaluing Nature’: Using bi-cultural law and craftivism in transformative environmental law learning. For...

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Posted by ExCEL on 11 April 2025


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Environmental Regulation Open Lecture

Environmental Regulation Open Lecture Next week we have an Environmental Regulation Open Lecture at our Cornwall Campus, with Kate Tandy, Head of Litigation & Casework in the Office of Environmental...

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Posted by ExCEL on 17 October 2024


Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly ā€œideal candidateā€ for becoming a UNESCO Biosphere, ExCEL experts say

Cornwall has been experiencing significant biodiversity decline Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly would be an ā€œideal candidateā€ to become a UNESCO Biosphere, experts have found. Researchers found widespread support...

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Posted by ExCEL on 10 October 2024


Welcome to ExCEL!

Welcome to the Exeter Centre for Environmental Law Blog! Here you will find updates on all the work our teaching staff, researchers, and students do in the field of Law...

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Posted by Jane Tanner on 12 June 2024