In his book Shane O’Sullivan, more commonly known as Jack the Hat, explores true stories of locals and university students alike persuading the reader to enter the what he calls “the Exeter bubble”. Jack’s taxi cab metamorphoses into a different, safer space from a counselling office to a football team meeting, to a café catch […]
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Uni growth leaves Exeter divided
Rising student numbers are making parts of Exeter “unbalanced” and “unsustainable,” a local residents’ association has warned – yet according to a recent Exeposé survey, many local businesses actually want student numbers to grow. Over 19,000 students are currently enrolled at the University’s Exeter campuses. The figure has grown by 19% over the past five […]
Students vs locals: whose fault is it anyway?
Here’s a fun little study break game: head over to the Exeter Express and Echo website, find any ‘bad news’ story about the state of the city, press Ctrl+F, type in “students” then scroll down to the comments. Now, I’m not saying every story will be followed by raging locals blaming the city’s woes on […]
“If you have skin there, I’ll tattoo it.”
It’s 10:30am on a Friday, at the top of a winding staircase in the heart of the Guildhall and the steady, low buzz of the tattoo gun was ringing around the room. A middle age woman was getting her fourth inking – a dragonfly on the top of her back whilst the other artists were […]