Online Lifestyle Editor Amy Butterworth reflects upon the anxieties students face over results.
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Aspiring Adult: The Summer Job
Hannah Wendland reflects on the hardships of a summer retail job
What we should all be asking: To intern or not to intern?
Hontestly, the main reason I’m at Exeter isn’t because my career plans relate directly to my degree; I’ve no burning desire to become the next Plato, or enter into politics. If I didn’t participate in societies and intern, I’m pretty sure there’s no way I’d get a job after university – and to be honest, […]
Money matters
I ‘ll be honest, my bank account isn’t looking great right now. And it’s only in Week 3, that I’ve been floating the idea of getting a job, not least because my parents visited last weekend, and we had the inevitable “Have you found yourself a job yet?”, “Ehhhh, nope.” My current excuse is that […]
Seminars and suspenders: the secret life of a student sex worker
(Contains discussion of sexual violence, prostitution, mental health.) The taboo surrounding sex-work is such that very few at university who partake in it would tell even their close friends about their work – as a result, it’s extremely difficult to investigate exactly how many of our students are working in the sex trade, and how […]
Job automation: humans need not apply
If the prospect of finding a graduate job wasn’t daunting enough already, the media has caught onto a new threat for the global workforce. An Oxford University study published in 2013-fuelled public interest when it found that 47% of jobs in America were vulnerable to automation. This is job automation on a larger scale than ever before. It’s a reality, […]
One Third Stories: an interview with Alex Somervell
With the term beginning to come an end, there’s a growing sense of panic among final year students, at least judging by recent top Yaks on Yik Yak and from talking to friends and coursemates. With summer term likely to pass in a flurry of exam stress, which for most is over by late May, their time […]
Over 500 staff seek redundancy
A total of 525 staff applied for the University’s Voluntary Severance Scheme (VSS) in the last academic year, an Exeposé investigation has revealed. An FOI request found that the one-off redundancy scheme attracted 13 per cent of all University staff from September 2014 to July 2015. 146 applicants came from Campus Services, the department largely […]
University cuts jobs to reduce costs
The university has increased the numbers of jobs cut in a bid to reduce costs. 312 staff members have been offered voluntary severance packages, with most of the cuts coming to support role jobs. These include administration, maintenance and catering support. With debts of more than £200 million, it was originally thought around 200-250 jobs […]