You’ve been lucky enough to nab yourself tickets to one of the South-West’s most coveted music events of the summer, Radio One’s Big Weekend. You successfully manage to navigate your way to Powderham castle, avoiding being trampled by gaggles of screaming teenage girls and/or physically violated by stern-looking security guards. Now what? With three different […]
Exeter criticised for gender pay gap
The University of Exeter has been ranked 30th in the UK in a league table of the top UK universities for gender pay inequality amongst academic staff, it has been revealed. The data, released in a report by the University and College Union (UCU) to coincide with International Women’s Day on 8 March, disclosed that on […]
Exeposé shortlisted for ‘Best Publication’ at Student Publication Association Awards
Exeposé has been shortlisted for ‘Best Publication’ at the 2016 Student Publication Association (SPA) awards, it has been announced. The SPA awards, which seek to recognise and reward the very best of student media across the UK and Ireland, will take place at Loughborough University on Saturday 9 April. The award for ‘Best Publication’ will […]
Has the ink run dry on print publications?
After a proud 30 year history, it was announced on 12 February 2016 that the liberal tabloid publication The Independent and its sister paper The Independent on Sunday would cease to operate as print publications from the end of March 2016, becoming the first major UK national publication to move to a digital only format. […]
Live Review: Frank Turner @ Exeter Cavern, 10/2/16
“I FUCKING love this place,” laughs Frank Turner, as he returns to the fabled Exeter Cavern stage for the eighth time in his long and meandering career, “Can I have a bit more guitar please? You guys are really fucking loud.” The Cavern crowd responds with a deafening roar, and it’s clear this is going […]
Live Review: BBC 6 Music Festival (14/02/16)
BBC 6 Music Festival 2016 (Various Artists) Motion, Bristol 14 February 2016 Now in its third year, BBC 6 Music Festival is arguably on its way to becoming a mainstay of the British festival circuit, despite being held at a time of year more associated with coats and scarves than Raybans and flower-necklaces. After […]
60 per cent of Exeter Students admit to unsafe sex
Over 60 per cent of students at Exeter have had unprotected sex, according to an Exeposé survey into our sexual habits at university. The survey, filled out by almost 400 Exeter students, revealed that 229 people had had sex without protection. Worryingly, of these, nearly 30 per cent stated that alcohol was their primary reason for […]
Uni spend nearly £6k on biscuits
The University of Exeter spent almost £6,000 on biscuits in 2015, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. The information revealed exclusively to Exeposé, shows that a grand total of £5,780 worth of funds were spent on providing biscuits for customers at, or attending events at the University last year. The biscuits are not, however, for University […]
Uni reaps £350k from parking
An Exeposé investigation has revealed that the University received almost £200,000 more in parking charges in 2014/15 than they invest on average per year in alternative sustainable transport schemes. Data released to Exeposé after a Freedom of Information (FOI) request shows that in 2014/15, the University received a grand total of £349,440.59 in parking charges. […]
Album Review: King Charles – Gamble For A Rose
King Charles Gamble For A Rose 22 January 2016; Buffalo Gang Charles Costa, better known as singer-songwriter King Charles, has rarely done things by the book. The picture of non-conformity; with a tousled mane of hair and a fashion sense that lurches between elegantly chique and downright absurd, Costa is a difficult man to read. His […]