Getting There EasyJet, the cheapest option, flies from Stansted where flights can cost as little as £30pp. Book at least a month in advance, as prices can increase to well over £150pp each way and try to book for mid-week. Although EasyJet’s hand luggage allowance is stricter than that of other airlines, this is by […]
Reading week blues: is it better to go home or to get your parents to visit?
As we reach the middle of the lengthy, first term of the year, home sickness often starts to kick in and many people choose to return home, or else invite their parents down to Exeter for a visit. It can be refreshing to have a change of scenery and comforting to return to your hometown, […]
The perils of sorting out housing too early!
As December loomed last year, I, like many other students panicked at the thought of locating a house for my friends and I, for the coming year. Fortunately for us, we quickly found, signed and paid the deposit for our house. Furthermore, the house didn’t reflect any of the concerns that my relatives had about […]
Subject Injustice: The inequality of reading week
Having finally reached week five of Term One tired, full of cold and in need of a gigantic nap, I could not be more content with the arrival of Reading Week. Going home was just what I needed, even if it meant lugging a heavy suitcase full of books all the way from Exeter to […]