The Guild has announced substantial reforms to ExTunes, which has raised concerns amongst committee members of the ExTunes Council. Last Wednesday (15 May), committee members of the ExTunes Student Council were told that the student group will go through a significant restructuring in August. The Guild has concluded that ExTunes in its current format does […]
Exeter Students' Guild
Exeter votes to stay in the NUS, again
The Exeter Students’ Guild has voted to stay in the National Union of Students. 1,291 students voted, surpassing the 1,187 total the referendum needed for a legitimate result. Out of the 23,615 students eligible to vote, only 5.5 per cent voted. 681 students (52.75%) voted “For” continued affiliation The online vote opened at 9am, […]
Incoming Guild Chief Executive appointed
The Students’ Guild have announced the appointment of Joff Cooke as their incoming CEO. Cooke, who will start in August, has been appointed after a two-day recruitment process chaired by Guild President Grace Frain and supported by trustees and senior management from both the University and Students’ Guild. Cooke, who has had a long history […]
Students’ Guild announces referendum on NUS membership
The Students’ Guild announced last night that a referendum will be held to decide whether they should remain affiliated with the National Union of Students. Student campaigner registration will be open from Monday 13 May to Thursday 16 May, with voting open from Tuesday 28 May to Thursday 30 May. The announcement comes only three […]
Guild responds to NUS Exeter delegate’s Israel comments
Exeter Students’ Guild has responded after an Exeter delegate to the NUS National Conference in Glasgow congratulated the re-election of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, 10 April. Mathematics undergraduate Jack Morewood was subsequently suspended from the election pending a code of conduct investigation, which today resulted in his candidacy being allowed to continue. [Morewood’s] […]
Students’ Guild launches Go Green Week
On Monday 18 March, the Exeter Students’ Guild launched Go Green Week, a weeklong event aiming to raise the student body’s awareness of sustainability issues. The Forum hosted several events throughout week. An ‘Ideas Tree’ was available in the campus centre for students to contribute ‘sustainability pledges’ to improve the university’s policies towards managing climate […]
‘No meaningful communication’ on sanitary products student idea
Students have sent an open letter to the Students’ Guild which states that there has been ‘no meaningful communication’ on a student idea calling for free sanitary products to be available on campus, despite the idea having been passed in December. The letter asks the Guild to contact the person who originally submitted the idea […]
BioSoc and PhySoc social renamed due to ‘derogatory’ language
A Biology Society and Physics Society joint social has been renamed after intervention from Exeter Students’ Guild due to the derogatory language used on the Facebook event page. The event name, originally ‘BioSoc and PhySoc present: Golf H*oes & Cricket Bros’, was called into question after complaints regarding the language. One complaint sent to the […]
Guild or Union?
NO matter your opinions on the Students’ Guild, it’s an organisation you have to really go out of your way to avoid on campus. That is unless you forego societies, DH1, or (God forbid) the Lemmy and the Ram. It acts as the hub for many essential campus services, and as we have seen in […]
Refreshers Week 2019: What’s On?
Exeter Students’ Guild Refreshers Week is to be held from 13 to 18 January, and will include an official launch party at the Lemon Grove on Sunday 13 January. Refreshers Week is a fixture of the university calendar and is intended to welcome returning students while providing students an opportunity to sign up to a campus […]