Exeter residents will ‘stand together’ in a colourful celebration of the European community this afternoon, in the aftermath of the EU Referendum result. Organised by the University’s own Lecturer in Hispanic Studies Dr Juan Garcia-Precedo, the event promises to provide a platform for speakers and debate, welcoming both Leave and Remain voters. He commented: “We all feel […]
“The philosophy of Tindy? Laughter!”
In his own words, Tindyebwa (Tindy) Agaba has seen “the very depths of hell.” As soon as they emerge from his mouth, the words jar. It feels incongruous to hear such scenes of “misery” and “gloom” evoked by this cheery young man who sits wrapped in a cosy fleece, against the backdrop of his tranquil, […]
#FashionWeekSoWhite
“Over the years, I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it,” Yves Saint Laurent, couturier extraordinaire and early diversity champion once said. In the 1970s, the French designer was already pioneering mixed runways and four decades later, it seems we’re only just catching up to the […]
Review: How to be Single
The premise of Christian Ditter’s How to be Single reads like a Taylor Swift lyric: four girls – “happy, free, confused and lonely at the same time” – struggling to overcome or, rather, embrace singledom – “it’s miserable and magical”. Naturally, such a plotline risks becoming a giggly “sisters before misters” cliché – perfect fodder […]
BREAKING: Lord Myners of Truro announced as new Chancellor
Former Government Minister, ex-director of NatWest and former leader of some of the UK’s biggest companies – these are just a few of the credentials held by Lord Myners of Truro, the University of Exeter’s new Chancellor. The announcement comes after almost a year of student speculation, following Baroness Floella Benjamin’s confirmation that she would be stepping […]
Sexual assaults increase in Exeter
There has been a dramatic increase in recorded rapes and other sexual offences in Exeter, data obtained from Devon and Cornwall Police has revealed. An Exeposé Freedom of Information (FOI) request discovered that there had been a 37 per cent rise in rapes since 2013, with those involving females over 16 nearly doubling. Sexual assaults have […]
Anti-Prevent talk under fire for hosting “Islamist” Moazzam Begg
Students and national organisations have condemned the decision to host CAGE Outreach Director and former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg as a guest speaker at a talk this evening due to concerns over his “track record of religious fundamentalism”. A cross-society collaboration between Socialist Students, Friends of Palestine, FemSoc and Islamic Society, Begg is due […]
BREAKING: Sidwell Street closed as seriously injured man spotted hanging out of window
Students and members of the public are advised to avoid the Sidwell Street area, after a man with severe lacerations to his arm was spotted hanging out of a window. Following eyewitness accounts of a man smashing windows in a flat on Sidwell Street, police were alerted to the scene at 4:20pm, later entering the […]
£30k MACE rebrand under fire
Staff, students and SSLC members have hit out at the “unnecessary” new Accelerate module evaluation service, after the University spent £30,000 in a revamp of the MACE feedback system. Described as a “new tool for communication and gathering feedback from students” by the University website and launched in November last year, the new system was […]
Refugee fee waiver under fire
Members of STAR and Amnesty Society and the founder of the From Syria with Love exhibition have criticised the University’s response to the refugee crisis, after it was revealed that fewer than five students are currently in receipt of the Asylum Seekers’ Tuition Fee Waiver. Figures obtained through an Exeposé Freedom of Information request showed […]