Student Life

Named The Sunday Times University of the Year in 2012, the University of Exeter has risen two places in this year's combined The Times and The Sunday Times League Table to 8th in the UK and second in the South West (after the University of Bath). Applications have jumped 19% in the last year at Exeter University, intensifying competition for places. One of four institutions to join the Russell Group of leading research universities last year, it is becoming established in the top ten in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide league table, thanks particularly to consistently...

Specialist luxury accommodation provider, Vita Student, has selected Exeter as the location for a new £17m project. The city was chosen due to the reputation of the university, rising student numbers and the undersupply of high quality property.

Vita Student at Portland House is located just off the main high street in Exeter and is a short walk to the main university campus. It is being refurbished from a multi-use development and once completed it will comprise of 161 luxury studios and two-bedroom apartments.

The first wave of students is due to move in during September...

Student rents in Exeter are the 4th highest in the UK behind only London, Oxford and Cambridge, a new report states. Students in Exeter pay an average rent of £385pcm despite most students only willing to pay up to £300 in rental costs. The rise has been attributed to a national rise in applications to Universities in turn seeing a rise in demand for student rental properties in the city. Exeter University has seen a 34% rise in applications for university places this year well above the national average of 2.5% seeing a particular demand on rental costs. The report by easyroommate.co.uk...

Exeter School pupils, parents and staff are celebrating another set of very good A Level results with an overall pass rate of 100% for the tenth year in a row. 18% of all grades were A* and 56% of grades were either A* or A. 84% of all grades were A* - B. There were many high achievers with over one third of pupils achieving three or more A* or A grades. Among those successful are: Joe Allen (Engineering at Magdalene College, Cambridge University), Natasha ffrench-Constant (Medicine at Bristol University), Helena Marshall (English at York University), Alex Porter (Geography at Leeds...