Students would be willing to pay up to £23,000 in annual tuition fees, a new survey has revealed. When asked the maximum they would be prepared to pay for a year of university education, the 223 respondents from the University of Birmingham gave a mean average of £22,770 – nearly two and a half times […]
Exeter alumni to appear on University Challenge Christmas special
Distinguished alumni from the University of Exeter are set to appear in a festive edition of University Challenge. Airing on Christmas Eve at 7:30pm, the show will see the team compete against Magdalen College, Oxford, to answer Christmas-themed questions from host Jeremy Paxman. On the Exeter team are wildlife presenter Nick Baker, who graduated from Exeter in […]
Luck for Exeter student on Channel 4 dating show
While many struggle to find a mistletoe match each Christmas, one Exeter student has found a rather novel way to find a yuletide sweetheart – through a reality TV show. Third-year Theology student Louisa Griffith-Jones was chosen from a pool of 16,000 applicants to appear on Channel 4’s First Dates, a show that matches strangers […]
Sir Steve responds to HE Green Paper: “Do we want fees to increase? Yes, we do.”
The University of Exeter’s Vice-Chancellor Sir Steve Smith confirmed that the University would want tuition fees to rise in line with inflation if the Higher Education Green Paper plans are to be implemented. In an all-student talk on Thursday 26 November, senior members of University staff answered questions from the student body. When asked whether the […]
Uni u-turn on exam timetables
The University has reversed its decision to hold exams at 8:30am in January, following significant pressure from students and the Guild. An initial examinations timetable, issued on Friday 27 November, claimed that the move away from the usual 9:00am slot was “necessary”, attributing the decision to “the increase in student numbers and modules being examined […]
Be an MP and live longer, says Uni research
Long hours and high pressure decisions don’t seem to have done MPs too much bad – in fact, they’re living 28 per cent longer than their constituents, according to new research involving a University of Exeter PhD student. Conducted by John Dennis from the University Medical School and Dr Tim Crayford, chief medical advisor to […]
Nearly 900 students keen for an Exeter pillow fight
Exeter could host a large-scale pillow fight in 2016, following significant interest from students. Over 880 students have registered their interest in the Facebook event ‘Exeter Students Pillow Fight’ since its creation just one week ago. Whilst not an officially organised event, it is hoped that the flash mob-style event will take place on Monday […]
Library fines fall by nearly £30,000
R evenue generated by library fines fell by nearly £30,000 last year, an Exeposé Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed. In the 2013-2014 academic year, the Library took £76,067 in fines, but only collected £46,785 in 2014-15 – a drop of nearly 40 per cent. Over the past five years, the University Library has collected over […]
Community comes together for Vigil for Humanity on campus
Nearly 2,000 students, staff and members of the public attended a candlelit vigil at the University to remember victims of the Paris and Beirut terror attacks on Sunday 15 November. The event, firstly entitled ‘Vigil for Paris’ and later changed to ‘Vigil for Humanity’ to also recognise victims of the 12 November Beirut bombings, took […]
Channel 4 documentary protagonist to give mental health talk
Protagonist of acclaimed Channel 4 documentary ‘Stranger on a Bridge’, Jonny Benjamin, will give a talk tomorrow evening on male mental health. Benjamin will join students and members of the public in the Alumni Auditorium at 6.30pm to share the inspirational story of his global search to find the stranger who talked him out of […]