Incumbent VP Postgraduate Sunday Blake was announced as Guild President last night, winning the position over Jack Watts, Javier Monroy-Yepez, Oliver Bradbear and Yanyao Deng. In her speech, Blake dedicated her victory to “anyone in the student population struggling with homelessness, addiction, domestic violence… You can become Guild President. Because I did.” Students’ Guild elections […]
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Evangelical Christian Union accused of homophobia
The University’s Evangelical Christian Union (ECU) has been criticised for several homophobic acts on campus. A visiting speaker’s comments on LGBTQ+ celibacy, as well as allegations of ECU members engaging in “dismissive” conversations with LGBTQ+ staff and students on a Forum stall, have provoked concern. On Thursday 6 February, Christian speaker Dr Andrew Sach delivered […]
Racist vandalism found in Law School: Guild “not informed”
Racist vandalism was reported at the Law School in December, prompting students to criticise the University of Exeter’s “clueless” response to racism on campus. Guild Officers have stated they were “disappointed” at being “not informed.”
Vandalised Sabb photograph incident not racially motivated, says Students’ Guild
The Students’ Guild has denied that vandalism of a photo of AU President Cameron Taylor was racially motivated. Students spotted the ripped photo, pictured above, on Monday morning. The image has been ripped, with Taylor’s head and half of his body removed. The Students’ Guild has confirmed that the incident happened on the evening of […]
Sabb Debates: VP Education
The third day of sabb election week concluded with a debate between the three prospective candidates for VP Activities: Penny Dinh, Enes Baylar and Jack Hindson. Hosted by Xpression FM’s Sophia Hartwell Graña, the debate kicked off with a whiteboard round. All candidates performed strongly when quizzed on the names of the academic colleges […]
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 […]
Should Refreshers be revived?
T he Students’ Guild revealed towards the end of last term, that Refreshers week – the week in which societies put on more taster sessions for people to try during ‘exam week’ in term two – was to be cancelled for January 2018. This wasn’t quite the traumatic/thankful/all-of-the-above news of the Saturday Lemmy coming to […]
Exeter Sabbatical Elections 2017: The Results
Exeter’s new Guild President will be Shades, it was announced tonight – following a record-breaking elections week which saw 44% of students turn out to vote. Taking over from current President Toby Gladwin, Shraddha Chaudhary – known throughout the week as Shades – will head up the second all-female Sabbatical team in three years. She […]
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 […]
NUS vote breaks record for student turnout
Exeter’s NUS membership has officially become the most voted-on topic in Guild history, with over 2,400 students registering their opinion on the Student Ideas forum. Exeter Change and Represent announced the record turnout on Twitter on Sunday evening. The motion “The Guild should disaffiliate from the National Union of Students” launched as a student vote […]