This article exists thanks to the tireless efforts of Exeposé’s research team, who, through various investigative reports and lab experiments, have identified the most stereotypically Exeter person enrolled at the university. His name is Gideon Brentwick-Chatsworth and we have managed to get a hold of his Summer diary, which we can exclusively publish here. […]
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Five (Not-So-Groundbreaking) Tips to Get You Through Exams
Forewarning: none of this is groundbreaking; most of this you will have heard before, but in these “times of trouble”, let me be your “Mother Mary”, and speak some “words of wisdom”. 1. Start revising early: Both within the time leading up to exams and, more specifically, within each day you have to revise. This […]
Interviewing Exeter’s secret sex blogger
W hat made you decide to start your blog, ‘Sex and the Exeter Girl’? I used to be the biggest prude about sex. I remember seeing a diagram of an uncircumcised penis in Sixth Form – it made me scream and fall off my chair. For me, sex has always been a scary topic. I’m […]
The Pen from Penryn: why January could always be worse
J January is always a month that is stressful for students. You soon realise that you did absolutely no work over Christmas and that you have numerous imminent essays and exams that make up an unnervingly large proportion of your degree. As well as that, there are housing arrangements to sort out for the next […]
An Interview with Abi Tamara Harvey: Becoming a Student Entrepreneur
Third year English student Abi Tamara Harvey talks about her luxury handbag collection, Tamara Harvey, and gives her advice for budding student entrepreneurs. How did you get started as an entrepreneur? I don’t like being bored and I’ve always had little ventures on the sidelines, so when I was 13 I set up my first […]
New #NeverOK Video Uses Curly Fries to Explain Sexual Consent
The University of Exeter Students’ Guild has released a new video for their #NeverOK sexual harassment campaign featuring one of Exeter’s favourite dishes: curly fries. The new video helpfully uses curly fries as an analogy for sexual consent with the opening line: “If you’re struggling with consent just imagine that instead of initiating sex, you […]
‘Proper Tasty’ and the fall of civilisation
I‘m under siege by food porn. Much as I’m loathe to use those words, there’s no other way to describe the videos of oozing cheese and dripping nutella invading my Facebook newsfeed. I love a hunk of garlic bread as much as the next student but this, my friends, is a dollop too much of […]
Ultimate Brain Food for Revision
Gone are the days where your mum is waking you up with a ‘brain boosting’ smoothie and cooking you a three-course balanced meal each day to help you beat those revision blues. No, the time has come where we university students must act as functioning adults, which means that we need to know the culinary delights we should […]
Student Saviour vs. Student Sabotage: Miscellaneous
Student Saviour: Backpacks This week’s student saviour is the humble backpack. This is the perfect practical alternative for all those who are tired of the bland leather designer; or, if you are like me, mock designer handbags that force girls with a bag full of uni work to contort their bodies sideways just so they […]
How to tackle deadline stress
The end of term has suddenly crept up on us (wasn’t it Christmas just yesterday?!), and that can only mean one thing: Deadlines. Yes, the bane of every student’s existence is fast approaching once more. Just yesterday you were living it up in Top Top, and now suddenly your Friday nights are looking bleaker than […]