Tag: University
The end is nigh – about to gradu-ache
I MUST admit, I have been guilty of watching the weeks left of term decrease this side of Christmas. It’s a strange one as...
The university mortality crisis: “the problem is still deeply prevalent…”
CN: discussion of suicide and mental illness
UNIVERSITIES are in a mortality crisis. Only last year, the Office of National Statistics recorded 95 university suicides:...
The perks of being an intern
I WRITE this after sending, most likely, one of my last emails to my employer. A one-month paid internship, secured through the University, meant...
Guild or Union?
NO matter your opinions on the Students’ Guild, it’s an organisation you have to really go out of your way to avoid on campus....
The student perfectionist
I HAVE a tendency, when anyone asks, “Don’t you think you’ve taken on a bit much this year?”, to wave a hand and laugh,...
The price of moving away
BEING away from home and being at university is at first a strange feeling, one that definitely takes getting used to. I felt this...
Deadline nightmares
REWIND to my first year - I'm in the Ram. I have 2,000 words to produce in the next few hours, but here I am, pretending otherwise. "First year...
Exeter Chiefs vs Bath – Premiership Match Report
Exeter Chiefs kept their Premiership Rugby Cup hopes alive with an enthralling 25-18 victory over south west rivals Bath in testing conditions at Sandy...
The night is young
It’s easy to sympathise with the freshers’ plight. Your first hours in Exeter might proceed with a certain lingering itch - having bid goodbye...
Best and worst of Freshers
Aaron Loose
When I moved down to Exeter as an underweight bookworm last year, armed with little but a Wilko’s crockery kit and the dream...
