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New Study Highlights Surprising Factor Affecting Student Success: Noise

As students across the country begin to consider which university they want to attend, a new study has emerged that offers a surprising new consideration: noise. This study compared average noise environments in leading student cities, allowing students to consider how this crucial element affects them.

With noise itself able to disrupt sleep, concentration, and mood, students must consider noise levels in their chosen area, at least when selecting their accommodation. Here are the key findings:

The Impact of Noise

The study, conducted and released by aparto , a student...

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Medical students joining fight against COVID-19 honoured in first Exeter virtual graduation

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 04/12/2020 - 5:25pm

Medicine students who opted to graduate early to accelerate becoming junior doctors in the COVID-19 crisis fashioned home-made mortarboards to take part in the University of Exeter ’s first virtual graduation.

Ninety five final year students chose to graduate three months early so that they can join NHS colleagues in Exeter and the South West in fighting the disease.

While a physical graduation is impossible in lockdown, the University honoured the students in its first ever virtual ceremony. Many of the students fashioned home-made mortarboards in lieu of traditional...

University of Exeter Degree Apprentices nominated for South West Apprentice of the Year

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 04/07/2020 - 1:51pm

Two University of Exeter Degree Apprentices have been nominated for the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) South West Apprentice of the Year award. Nominees Molly Drinkald and Anna Gates study Civil Engineering at the University of Exeter and work as industry apprentices - Molly at WSP and Anna at EDF.

Molly Drinkald, who works as a civil engineer at WSP , is in the second year of a five-year Degree Apprenticeship Programme. She was nominated for the award by Charlie Statham, Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the University of Exeter, and course leader for the Civil...

Student part-time jobs online

Student years are remembered for an entire life. One of the main memories is a constant lack of money. Although you are already 18 years old, time does not allow you to combine work and study properly. Sitting at the university desk takes the biggest part of the time. However, nowadays, students have new opportunities. You are allowed to work remotely in your free time. This kind of job is a popular option among students.

The money received will allow you to start an independent life, remove the burden from the parental budget, eat, relax and dress better, and partially gain...

5 tips for candidates of  JEE mains 2020 paper

Joint entrance examination or JEE examination is a critical examination for candidates wanting to make a career in engineering. However, all students want to get admission in good colleges and to do this they have to score good marks in the exam. A candidate wanting to come out of the exam hall with flying colours has to keep many things in their mind during the examinations. The following are some of the essential tips for a candidate that wants to score good marks in the examination hall:

Read all questions carefully

It is critical for the candidate to read every...

Exeter Primary School celebrates active travel success

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 03/19/2020 - 11:50am

Children and staff from St Sidwell’s C of E Primary School celebrated their Leg it to Lapland win with a visit from mountain bike trials legend Andrei Burton and his team.

Four times British Champion trials bike rider Owen Gawthorpe entertained and inspired the children with his amazing display of bike skills.

During the two week Leg it to Lapland active travel challenge, which took place in November and December 2019, children, staff and parents, earned ‘leg miles’ for every journey they made to school by foot, bike or scooter and by taking part in extra activities during...

Master your English college paper writing skills with these top 5 tips

Writing is hard. Putting together an English college paper can be dreadfully difficult, particularly if you have no idea what you are doing. Thankfully, we have this selection of writing tips for you. Follow these five tips, and we are sure that the quality of your English college paper will go through the roof. These tips really will put you on the way towards scoring the best grade possible.

Plan your college paper

There are a lot of people out there who will just jump into their college paper writing without having a clue what they are writing about. The result? A...

Two West Exe teams in finals of £25,000 tech prize for young people

An app that simplifies text for students with dyslexia and learning difficulties and a robot friend for those with anxiety and autism are just two of the final ideas in the running to win the £25,000 Longitude Explorer Prize.

The prize calls on the UK’s young people to put their ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit to the test and use technology – such as artificial intelligence (AI) – for social good. They have been challenged to create and develop solutions to some of the world’s biggest issues, including climate change, living healthier lives, and an ageing population.

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How to save your time studying

Do you want to manage your studies efficiently being not only an achiever but having fun with friends as well? Then this article is for you.

Sometimes you want to stretch 24 hours a day up to 36 hours so that you can do all the necessary things, but this is beyond control. Life is short and we are all busy with a number of things. We do one thing perfectly by compromising on a number of other things. We study hard and compromise on our family time, we party hard and lose good grades.

Yet, there are many exemplary individuals who know how to save time from studies. They...

National accreditation for Exeter College counselling qualification

Authored by stephendixon
Posted: Fri, 03/13/2020 - 11:39am

Exeter College’s Advanced Professional Diploma in Counselling Theory and Therapeutic Practice has been accredited by the National Counselling Society (NCS), providing professional backing to the Level 4 qualification being offered by the College for adult learners.

The accreditation means that the NCS, one of the country’s leading professional bodies in this area, has signed off on the teaching and learning on the qualification and believe that the course develops students who are safe, competent and ethical to practice counselling professionally.

As part of the...

Financial stress keeping UK students up at night, as one in five get less than 5 hours of sleep

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 03/11/2020 - 11:01am

New research released today has found that that over half (51%) of UK university students claim stress or anxiety to be the cause of sleep disturbance, with financial stress a leading cause (44%) - and 1 in 5 students getting fewer than 5 hours sleep each night.

The research, released by student accommodation search engine Mystudenthalls.com , has looked into the quality of student sleep for UK university students and found that the mental health epidemic is seriously affecting students' ability to sleep- with worrying consequences.

With the average annual tuition costs...

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