Volunteers brave Freshers' Week rain

Photo Credit: Liam Trim

A fresh batch of eager student volunteers braved the intense rain showers covering Streatham campus on Tuesday to find out more about some of Exeter’s charitable societies.

The afternoon-tea event in Queen’s Building, organised by Jodie Dewberry, brought together a range of student groups. Despite terrible weather throughout the day the gathering attracted a steady stream of students, old and new.

Whilst attendees did enjoy free refreshments, from cake to sausage rolls, the interest in supporting good causes amongst the student community was clear. Societies such as STAR (Student Action for Refugees), Oxfam, Mind Your Head, Gender Equality, Amnesty International, Friends of Palestine and Bollocks to Poverty all attracted curious newcomers to Exeter.

Jodie told Exeposé that several of the societies were planning a joint social in a few weeks time to build on the success of the afternoon-tea.

All of Exeter’s student volunteer societies will be at the Freshers’ Fair on Sunday the 22nd if you wish to sign-up, and you can also do so online via the Guild Website.

Liam Trim, Online Editor.

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Investigative journalism competition

Photo credits to Iain Overton

Enter Exeposé’s January competition to win a place on an investigative journalism course at the world-famous Frontline Club in London.

This month, the Exeposé online team are offering you the chance to take part in an investigative journalism workshop run by multi-award winning journalist Iain Overton. Overton has investigated counterfeiting in the pharmaceutical industry, UK deaths in custody, corporate killings in Iraq, and Glasgow gangland murders linked to security contracts. His work has been recognized with a Peabody Award,  two Amnesty International Awards, a OneWorld Award, a Prix Circom, a BAFTA Scotland and 3 RTS nominations, and Overton is former managing editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

The workshop itself takes place on Friday 8th February at the Frontline Club in London. It will include an introduction to investigative journalism, tricks of the trade, how to remain undercover, and how to survive as an investigative journalist.

The competition winner will be awarded a free place on a course that will be of great interest to any students thinking of going into the media, and especially to those interested more specifically in investigative journalism.

How do you enter the competition? Simple. All you need to do is submit an article to Exeposé before 6pm on the 31st January. When sending in your article to the appropriate section, make sure that you also send the email to editors@exepose.com. All articles will be considered, no matter what the content is, and also published online.

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