Student Life

The strong working partnership that exists between the Students’ Guild and the University of Exeter has been recognised by the Higher Education Academy (HEA).

In 2013 the HEA launched its first round of Partnership Awards to celebrate successful partnership working in UK higher education. The strong links between the Guild and University have been highly commended by HEA in the category jointly awarded by the National Union of Students: Joint Students’ Union and Institution Partnership.

A nomination was submitted to the awards scheme by VP Academic Affairs Alex Louch and...

Recent research done by The Sutton Trust reveals that 28% of students at Exeter University are privately educated.

While investigating the education gap between poor and privileged students at English universities, the Trust found that, unsurprisingly, Oxford and Cambridge had the highest percentage of privately educated students, with 46.6% and 42.7% respectively.

This contrasts with London's South Bank University, which came last in the listing. Nearly a quarter of the students there received free school meals at school, compared with a tiny 1% at Exeter. This suggests...

Exeter singing star Adam Isaac helped the people of Barnstaple begin their festive celebrations by performing at their Christmas lights switch on.

Adam, who was mentored by Sir Tom Jones in the 2012 series of The Voice, performed material from his own album Train Tracks and also covered tracks by artists such as Lenny Kravitz and Eurythmics. Girl band Stooshe and Britain’s Got Talent stars The Luminites also performed.

Adam will next be performing at Timepiece on Saturday 30th November. Please visit Timepiece at Little Castle Street for more information.

On 28 November the Cavern Cub will see two exciting new bands playing in one night. Both 'Nine Black Alps', a grunge-rocker group, and their supporting act, 'Then Thickens', have new singles coming out on 2 December produced by Leeds-based label 'Hatch Records'.

'Nine Black Alps' will coincide their new single with a short run of live dates in November, heading to Exeter, Manchester and London, among other venues. The song marks the first release for new Leeds-based record label, 'Hatch Records', which has emerged from the demise earlier this year of the influential and underground...