Writer and broadcaster, Emma Gannon, is probably best known for her book and podcast of the same title, Ctrl Alt Delete: an exploration of growing up online and the way in which our online projects are revolutionising our lives. After graduating from Southampton University with a degree in English Language and Literature, Emma has written […]
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Exploring Europe by Train
11 cities. 9 students. 1 ½ days in each city. At first glimpse, this sounds like an amazing, if not intimidating journey; and whilst this is true, the trip was also not without its downsides. Leaving my hometown on the 1st July 2017 for the first leg of my journey to Brussels was one […]
Let the countdown to Christmas begin
You wake up on a cold wintry morning and trudge to your kitchen, only to discover your housemates opening little cardboard doors with Santa-shaped chocolates behind them. Then it dawns on you, it’s December 1st and you have no advent calendar (this actually happened to me last year and it was devastating). Now in order […]
Five (Not-So-Groundbreaking) Tips to Get You Through Exams
Forewarning: none of this is groundbreaking; most of this you will have heard before, but in these “times of trouble”, let me be your “Mother Mary”, and speak some “words of wisdom”. 1. Start revising early: Both within the time leading up to exams and, more specifically, within each day you have to revise. This […]
Dealing with homesickness
Flying the nest can bring up all sorts of nostalgic feelings about leaving home. Most students can’t wait to leave home and move on to their next adventure. But, as perfectly explained by How I Met Your Mother, the second your parents leave you in that empty room in a flat full of strangers, you […]
5 ways to beat the winter blues
After the joys of stuffing our stomachs over the holidays, many of us may be feeling a little down with the prospect of deadlines ahead. However, winter doesn’t have to be as gloomy in mind as it is in weather! Here are a few ways you can kick those winter blues: 1. Go for a winter hike […]
Housing Fair 2016 – in pictures
Pictures from the students’ Guild housing fair on the 12th of January 2015. Check out our advice for finding houses and housemates here. All photos taken by Exeposé photographer Natasa Christofidou.
Delving into… The Apple craze!
Comment columnist, Olivia Horncastle, offers her 3rd article on the domination of MacBook’s on Exeter campus. Looking around in your lectures you see a sea of apple MacBook’s. Apple gadgets are filling every spare corner of the lecture theatre. The odd other laptop may occasionally be perched sad and lonely in comparison on the rows […]
How to survive the Freshers’ Fair
You think you’ve done it. You’ve come to the end of Freshers’ week and you’ve survived. You can start to see the light at the end of the tunnel, or perhaps the bottom of a shot glass is more apt. But alas, there is one final hurdle. The Freshers’ Fair. Here is your guide to […]
An interview with Oni Bhattacharya
Kate Jones catches up with job-hunting expert Oni Bhattacharya to give you the best tips on how to bag your dream job… Caught in a whirlwind of lectures, socialising and generally living the student life, it’s often hard for us students to take stock of the fact that the end of our degrees (and often […]