Over 610 students have accommodation cancelled after “grossly irresponsible” construction delays Hundreds of new students have been forced to find new accommodation after being told that ‘The Depot’ will not be finished in time for September. In a statement given to Exeposé, The Depot confirmed “Due to construction delays at The Depot which our contractor […]
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The price of moving away
BEING away from home and being at university is at first a strange feeling, one that definitely takes getting used to. I felt this especially in the first year, as all of us probably did. You’re in a new place, you don’t really know what’s going on or where anything is. Now being in my […]
The night is young
It’s easy to sympathise with the freshers’ plight. Your first hours in Exeter might proceed with a certain lingering itch – having bid goodbye to your family, with all the requisite hugs and assurances of moral character, your neck-hairs bristle as one of your slack-jawed, doe-eyed new friends suggests a night out. You leap, but […]
Summer Blues
Throughout my academic life, I always thought of the last week of August to be the big Sunday. The last hoorah. The existential dread starts to kick in, it feels a little colder at night, the light late nights seem to become a distant memory. Nostalgia is a cruel thing that seems to hit us […]
Freshers Feelings
First year won’t be the best year of your life. There, I said it. It will be filled with its fair share of loneliness, tears, homesickness and general heartache. The excitement of being a fresher won’t make you immune to the natural sadness and confusion of moving away from home and growing up. And that […]
Best and worst of Freshers
Aaron Loose When I moved down to Exeter as an underweight bookworm last year, armed with little but a Wilko’s crockery kit and the dream of becoming a dashing student of the Humanities, nobody ever warned me about homebrew vodka. Let me be the first to tell you: if your new flatmate offers you a […]
OOD – Freshers Suitcase Compilation
With the dreaded last minute suitcase shoving upon us, you’d be forgiven if you condensed your uni life down to one travel sized suitcase. Not having to sit with a box on your lap for a three hour drive sound good? Not spending four hours unpacking your belongings at the other end seem appealing? The Exeposé […]
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? (for)
As we roll into the exam season, the inevitable debate arises over whether first years really need access to the library as other, older panicked students dash past the barriers from 8am on peak days to nab a hotly contested seat or box in the silent study area. It might come as a shock to […]
Doritos to Deadlines: a story of survival
Whether you’re learning that it’s not possible to sit through eight hours worth of lectures after an hours’ sleep, adapting your GI tract to cope with only eating pasta, or somehow getting used to living with a flatmate who combines Doritos with vodka, every student’s first year is full of weird and wonderful experiences that […]