Student Life

Students from the full time BTEC Dance course at Exeter College have been selected by Rambert Dance Company to perform at a national showcase at The Peacock Theatre in London’s West End.

The showcase will be held on Tuesday 28 June and is the final event of Rambert Elements, a nationwide choreography challenge for schools and colleges that has been taking place throughout the 2015/16 academic year.

Over 70 school and college groups from across the UK applied to take part in Rambert Elements. A total of 36 groups were then selected to take part in the project, which has...

Students at the University of Exeter are facing increased rent payments as on-campus accommodation prices soar ahead for the 2016/17 academic year.

The cheapest accommodation, Moberly House, is set to close in the summer for a new self-catered residence. Students fear this could be the end of affordable accommodation halls.

Phil Attwell, Director of Campus Services at the university said: “The building is in need of some investment… we would like to enhance the facilities on offer by providing high quality accommodation.”

Moberly House is located in Lower Argyll...

Tom Charman, a final year student at the University of Exeter, has been given the opportunity to represent the United Kingdom at the World Finals of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards in Bangkok, hosted by the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation (EO) on 10th May 2016, with his business KOMPAS.

The Annual Competition is open to students who have created and run their own business for at least six months alongside their studies, with the finals hosting 50 finalists from 50 countries around the world.Tom decided to enter the competition after co-founding KOMPAS, an innovative tech-travel...

Students from Exeter College honed their debating skills and awareness of legal issues with a debate on divorce and the role of women in modern society organised by young lawyers from a leading local firm. Organised by Exeter-based Stephens Scown LLP’s young marketing group, the debate, which took place on 20 April, centred on divorce and separation and the challenges facing working women who are increasingly important breadwinners in the family as well as mothers. Students debated the topic from both the home maker and breadwinner point of view. Young lawyers from Stephens Scown devised...