Online Editor, Maddie Baker, interviews two international students staying in Exeter over the Christmas break. They both explain how they usually spend the festive period and give advice to other international students away from home at Christmas.
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The secret power of art galleries
In Arts and Lit’s collaboration with Science, Print Science Editor, Elinor Jones, discusses the use of art galleries in psychiatric support.
Mental Health Myth Busting: Eating Disorders
Scarlett Reid, Print Science Editor thoughtfully discusses the myths that surround eating disorders and how to combat those stereotypes.
Degrees and disabilities
Only when coming to university did I discover I had a learning disability – no thanks to any seminar leaders or professors, but thanks to one of my best friends who has the same learning disability as I do, who recognised himself in me and urged me to seek a diagnosis. It affects a whole […]
One year on from Grenfell Tower
The fire that destroyed Grenfell Tower happened just over a year ago. With many lives lost, a community survived. I would say it’s a community that is stronger than ever, but that would be to understate the lack of choice in that strength. And that, inevitably, it would have been a lot stronger without the […]
Exeposé wins coveted Mind award
Exeposé has been awarded the coveted Student Journalist of the Year award at the 2016 Virgin Money Giving Mind Media Awards. The award was presented to the paper by Jeremy Paxman and Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff on the 14th November at the Troxy Theatre. Mind commended Exeposé for “encouraging students at their university to seek help for […]
Is the hilly campus really as bad as you think?
If there is one thing that I hear on a regular basis since being at Exeter, it is the constant groans and moans about working those leg muscles up cardiac hill or the distance from one lecture to another. Now, for someone who can’t walk long distances due to my disability and so has to […]
Exeter provides the worst financial support out of all the Russell Group universities
In the 2017 Exeter University Prospectus, students are greeted by the promise: “We are committed to attracting the best and brightest students and providing you with all the support and facilities you need to realise your potential”. This sentiment appears to offer hope and security to those wishing to fulfil further education, regardless of their […]
Why students of colour and allies stood against racism and fascism
O n Monday October 24th, The Undergraduate Live Journal hosted a lecture by Dr. Yaron Brook titled ‘Free Speech and the battle for Western Culture’. Dr. Brook has been invited to Exeter University multiple times, including to speak about his book ‘Equal is Unfair’. Dr. Brook is an objectivist whose beliefs about the superiority of […]
Hundreds expected to turn out in Exeter in support of refugees this weekend
Hundreds are expected to gather outside Exeter Cathedral on Saturday 12th September in support of refugees. Two hundred people have signed up to the event within 48 hours of it being created, with the rally supporting local charity ‘Refugee Support Devon’. This show of compassion comes in the midst of the escalating European refugee crisis, […]