University staff members took to the picket lines across Streatham and Penryn today to protest against freefalling working conditions and changes to their pension benefits. The University and Colleges Union (UCU), the largest Higher Education union in the world, have announced eight days of industrial action that will run from 25 November to 4 December. […]
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Local Look: The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum
– With only a few months left at Exeter, I’ve been thinking about the things I’ll miss the most. And amongst the friends and societies, there’s something in the Old Library that’s very personal to me. It’s The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, one of the most valuable resources not just for the University, but for […]
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 […]
Sabb Debates: VP Welfare & Diversity
The candidates for VP Welfare & Diversity took differing approaches when it came to the question of inclusivity, with Katie Heard putting a focus on promotion whilst Amelie Sievers emphasised the importance of dialogue. Katie Heard, when both candidates were quizzed on their manifesto points on improving inclusivity, highlighted promoting diversity events such as Culture […]
University of Exeter makes Global Top 100 for Arts and Humanities
The 2019 Times Higher Education rankings have named Exeter as one of the 100 best institutions for Humanities teaching and research in the world. 13 indicators are used to develop the table in which Exeter was ranked 98. There are almost 100 under- and post-graduate degree programmes across the Streatham and Penryn campuses, both of […]
Check me out
Check-In? I’m out. The new ‘Check-In’ service installed by the university starting at the beginning of the 2018/19 academic service is ultimately, a waste of everyone’s time and phone battery. Not only is it a waste of time, but it opens up a conversation about mental health, our technology-obsessed generation, and even classism. Let’s take […]
Exeter’s Illuminations A Capella Hit Edinburgh Fringe
Illuminations A Capella, one of Exeter’s top student music groups, will be performing at the Edinburgh fringe on 20 August. They have previously appeared on the Sky 1 show Sing: Ultimate A Capella and as a result content with the infamous Semi-Toned for the title of most televised Exeter A Capella group. The mixed-gender group are […]
£12,000 raised for University of Exeter’s entrepreneurs
Student entrepreneurs at the University of Exeter have cause to celebrate, as a university scheme to crowdfund financial support for student start-ups has reached its first target of £12,000 within a week of being launched. The Graduate Entrepreneur Maintenance (GEM) Fund is being raised by Think: Try: Do, the University’s programme to aid students in […]
Ode to Brie
Your heart is as as soft as snow drops, Your soul is a slice of heaven You are so delicious I want to devour you You would be gone in the count of seven But for now I will break through your tough shell Hold you to me, so I can be close to your […]
Teaching Awards 2018: The Results
The ninth annual Teaching Awards were held on the evening of 1st May by the Student’s Guild and FXU. The event is recognised by the Guild as a celebration of both academic and professional staff in the University of Exeter community, and offers 14 awards over a variety of categories. The Teaching Awards 2018 received 1305 […]