Edd Church makes a case for why live-action may not be ideal for video-game adaptations.
Climate change walkouts: international movement reaches Exeter
An international walkout demanding action against climate change reached Exeter on Friday 15 March. Students of all ages in Exeter gathered outside the Northcote House reception to protest climate change inaction on the part of governments across the world. “It’s a global strike and it’s about mobilising our generation as a force for good rather […]
BioSoc and PhySoc social renamed due to ‘derogatory’ language
A Biology Society and Physics Society joint social has been renamed after intervention from Exeter Students’ Guild due to the derogatory language used on the Facebook event page. The event name, originally ‘BioSoc and PhySoc present: Golf H*oes & Cricket Bros’, was called into question after complaints regarding the language. One complaint sent to the […]
Life’s nice for the Vice
Life’s nice for the Vice EXETER’S Vice-Chancellor, Sir Steve Smith, is to be paid a massive £830,000 total as part of a special end of career remuneration package. This has been determined by a remuneration committee who have decided that this amount is justified. The package is around double his regular £424,000 salary, which is […]
Venezuela: How the Media Got It Wrong
Venezuela is a topic on which our media has failed us. A dramatic claim, yes, but something which has become abundantly clear in recent weeks. The country is currently in financial and social crisis after an oil price crash, five years of Nicolás Maduro’s administration, US sanctions and a contested election last year. From the […]
Guild or Union?
NO matter your opinions on the Students’ Guild, it’s an organisation you have to really go out of your way to avoid on campus. That is unless you forego societies, DH1, or (God forbid) the Lemmy and the Ram. It acts as the hub for many essential campus services, and as we have seen in […]
Former Exeter Student Matthew Hedges Pardoned
Durham PHD candidate and former University of Exeter student Matthew Hedges has been pardoned by the United Arab Emirates government. Hedges had been initially charged with a life sentence for espionage while he was in the UAE doing research into their security for his PHD. The young academic-in-training, aged 31, was detained at Dubai airport […]
Students vote to get rid of iExeter Digital Check-in
A Student Idea calling for the end to the recently-implemented iExeter Digital Check-in system passed with 89.6% of the 487 voters selecting a ‘yes’ option. This idea, ‘Stop iExeter Digital Checkin’, was ratified on Tuesday 30 October by Democracy and Governance Council and has been passed up to the Guild executive for action. The Student […]
Propaganda and Damn Good: A Bitter End?
Lemon Grove club nights Propaganda and Damn Good Tuesdays have been stopped for the foreseeable future, Exeposé understands. Student club nights at the Lemon Grove are currently facing changes due to low turnout since the beginning of the 2018-19 academic year. Propaganda, a club night which other University Student Unions like Lincoln and Bristol host, […]
Ketamine Used in Alcoholism Treatment Trial
A University of Exeter psychology trial for the treatment of alcoholism has attracted attention for its unconventional methods. The Ketamine for Reduction of Alcoholic Relapse (KARE) trial employs the use of Ketamine, a sedative and part-time recreational drug, alongside psychological therapy in order to assist with people suffering from alcoholism. KARE aims to find out […]