Has staring at the same library walls for hours upon end left you feeling unmotivated, disillusioned and frankly, a little bit dead inside? It may be time to say goodbye to Forum Marketplace and venture out into the great unknown, as one of these lesser known study spaces may be able to evoke the inspiration […]
Exams
Deadline nightmares
REWIND to my first year – I’m in the Ram. I have 2,000 words to produce in the next few hours, but here I am, pretending otherwise. “First year doesn’t count,” I chant to myself, repeating the mantra in a pathetic attempt to validate my poor judgement. “Start your essay,” my only friend with half a brain recommends. So I do. Pint in […]
Exam fears: a first-year perspective
I may have decided to write this article in the midst of an exam related breakdown, which perhaps gives a good idea of how I’m feeling about my first-year exams. This is the first year since GCSEs, that my exams don’t ‘count’ for anything and finding the motivation to revise through that is excruciating. It’s […]
Should freshers revise in the library? (against)
We all know campus gets busy, particularly during exams. Well, those of us who’ve been through exams at least once know. First years don’t. Perhaps this explains why they, yearly, descend upon campus for their oh-so-vital exams like fire ants. The library is hot, it’s crowded, and someone might die. Some freshers show up purely […]
Ramboree announced by Guild
The Student Guild has announced a post-exams summer party, to be held in the Ram Bar on Streatham Campus. The celebration, dubbed ‘Ramboree’, will take place from 5pm on Thursday 31 May, and from 12pm on Friday 1st June, and is free of charge for all students. The event is set to feature live music […]
Term two blues
Over half way into term two and it’s feeling…long. We’ve come down from the high of the New Year and settled in to new timetables and work being flung at us from all angles. And for those with dissertations still to write? Don’t even start. Excited to see your housemates again after the holiday? Think […]
Donkeys Visit Streatham Campus
On Monday 15th of January, Raise and Give society (RAG) and Mind Your Head society hosted a charity event to support Sidmouth Donkey Sanctuary. The event? Donkeys on campus. The outside of the University of Exeter forum became host to Wonky and Willow, two donkeys whose presence was aimed at collecting money for therapy work […]
Should Refreshers be revived?
T he Students’ Guild revealed towards the end of last term, that Refreshers week – the week in which societies put on more taster sessions for people to try during ‘exam week’ in term two – was to be cancelled for January 2018. This wasn’t quite the traumatic/thankful/all-of-the-above news of the Saturday Lemmy coming to […]
January Blues
Fireworks go off, drinks go down, and New Year’s Resolutions kick in. Three days later they promptly kick out, replaced by the dawning realisation that no, it’s not a new chapter of your life filled with self-betterment, gyms, new languages, instruments, and exciting change, but rather just another day like any, except this one happens […]
Heroes of the hall
Not all heroes wear capes – some wear tabards. I trust I am not alone in singing the praises of the invigilators that accompany us in the exam halls, the watchful knights of our exam halls that truly shine twice a year when students all around the world emit rays of extreme stress. The glory […]