If you’re a third year, you’re bound to be wondering whether or not you’ll walk away from uni as an employable human being.
Exeposé, as always, is here to help.
We’ve put together the definitive quiz to tell you if you’ve screwed up your degree.
Have a go below…
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Olivia Luder, Site Manager
Last week we decided to do a survey of Exeter students to find out what they considered the best and the worst things about our University…in exchange for cake.
We had a wide range of responses, from the sensible (“Best: the academic staff is really good”) to the plain ridiculous (“Best: the variety of nightlife”). Some suggestions were never classified as either best or worst, so we thought we’d share some of these delights with you.
Before you continue, we hasten to add that this survey was undertaken lightheartedly and the results should not be taken as fact or as Exeposé’s own opinion.
Some things were felt unanimously however. The rain and the hills came off worst in the survey- no surprises there. The Forum and Exeter’s proximity to the beach were the most popular.
We have compiled your responses and demonstrated them beautifully with visual data! See below for pie charts, and share your views on this by commenting.
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Some of the more curious suggestions…
| Best: | Worst: |
| Banter | Rahs |
| Squirrels everywhere | People socialising in the library |
| Callum Baker (x 4) | Washing machine prices |
| Darts | Ellitism (sic) |
| Ultimate Frisbee | Not enough people play Ultimate FrisbeeWordpress problems |
The University has accumulated a total of £283,188.55 through library fines since 2008, Exeposé can reveal.
Last academic year the library made £63,574 through fines alone, and this academic year they had obtained £25,832 by the beginning of January 2013.
The library has also regularly obtained over £60,000 from library fines annually since 2008. This information was obtained after Exeposé submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOI) to the library.
The library’s Customer Services Manager, Stephen Mossop, stated: “Library resources, no matter how extensive, are finite, and the library is under an obligation to ensure that they are held in common for the benefit of all members of the University.”
He also explained: “We often waive fines where there are extenuating circumstances or where we are convinced that there has been a genuine misunderstanding. Last year we waived fines totaling almost £22,000 for such reasons.”
Mossop outlined that the money accumulated through fines is used to help “facilitate purchases identified from direct student requests under the ‘I Want One Of These’ scheme.”
Some of the money collected on particular days is also given to charity, and approximately £700 was raised for Children in Need and other RAG charities last November.
Mossop explained that the money is “used across the range of library services that are in place to support students, such as book and journal spending, study space provision, equipment and facilities.”
The library cannot, however, provide an exact breakdown of where and how this money is spent.
Some students have expressed dissatisfaction with this lack of transparency. A second year English student commented on the fines: “It’s ridiculous that we aren’t able to see exactly where this large amount of money is going. How can we know if it is benefitting us at all? Those who have accumulated £50 library fines for forgetting about a ready text for a short amount of time deserve to know what their money is going towards.”
Imogen Sanders, VP Academic Affairs, commented: “Having sat on the Library Budget Governance Group, I have seen how the library is making considerable investments to ensure that students are at the forefront of its expenditures.”
One great scheme in particular is Library Champions, which allows students to tell the library which books they want them to buy if they don’t already have them.”
By Clara Plackett, Arts editor
How often have you found yourself saying that you’ve done absolutely no work over the holidays, that you have three essays that were due last week- but it’s fine because you’re so chilled out about it? How many times have you heard others boasting about how few lectures they’ve attended, or that they’re not actually sure which degree they’re signed up to?
That may sound a little exaggerated, but it’s not unusual to hear such bold statements wafting around The Forum. I myself am guilty of playing down my keenness on my homework- why would I admit that I actually really enjoyed that last translation we did?
In any case, it’s reassuring to hear your classmate saying that they haven’t revised, when you haven’t either. It’s nice to know that you won’t be alone in that resit!
Having said that, I do think it’s refreshing to hear someone saying something positive about their work. Whether that’s expressing a little interest in their subject to a friend instead of playing it cool, or reading a quirky science blog…for fun! And that’s exactly what I’ve been inspired to do this week. Watching David Attenborough’s Africa on the BBC, I suddenly found myself in raptures about nature and couldn’t tear myself away from my books.
While it doesn’t necessarily keep me focussed on my completely unscientific language degree, I found a blog that keeps me interested in the world around me. It’s Okay to be Smart is a scientific but creative blog that can get you lost in wonder or keep your brain ticking over when that essay just doesn’t.
The website, set up by Joe Hanson (a PhD student in the States), will give you food for thought on a vast range of topics. He will leave you thinking about how dance and science can possibly be related, what Mt. Vesuvius looks like from space, and what a map of America would look like if there was a dot on it for every single person living there.
What did you think of the website? Leave a comment below!
Kate Townend
It’s the Facebook page everyone is talking about.
But senior University management are demanding those behind ‘Spotted: Exeter Uni Library’ remove the page, claiming that observations made about students on the page amounts to “harassment of people who go there to study”.
‘Spotted: Exeter Uni Library’ claims it allows students to “anonymously message us about that cheeky someone you’ve seen in the library, or use us to let them know that you’ve noticed them noticing you noticing them”.
The Spotted groups have gained viral popularity since anonymous students set up the page in December 2012. In less than a month, ‘Spotted: Exeter Uni Library’ has achieved over 3,000 Facebook likes.
Students make observations about students in the library which are then re-posted on the ‘Spotted’ page. Recent posts have included: “To the blonde in leggings trying to find a place to sit on level 0, as long as I have a face, you have a seat”.
‘Spotted: Exeter Uni Library’ has recently started posting images to its Facebook page, including an explicit image of one student exposing himself at a computer desk. The accompanying text read: “New game. See how long you can have your balls out before someone notices…”
In an e-mail seen by this paper, the University claimed they would be “writing to the organisers of this site to ask them to remove it”, stating that “most people would find the idea of having their appearance, dress sense or sexual availability commented upon and shared amongst thousands of other people deeply unwelcome.”
They added: “it is also very unwise for students to leave comments since many employers now scan social networking sites and will take a view on people’s professionalism based on what they read there.”
‘Spotted: Exeter Uni Library’ continues to post student’s observations to its Facebook page.
By Tom Payne, Editor
What are your thoughts on this story? E-mail editors@exepose.com, or comment below
The Library and the Alumni Auditorium have flooded this evening, as heavy rainfall continues to sweep across Exeter.
An area of Level -1 has been cordoned off after rain started to seep through the ceiling. Campus services have used tarpaulins to protect books from damage, as pools of water deepen. Campus services assured Exeposé that the situation is being “managed”.
They added : “The sheer amount of water seeping in through the ceilings is because of the torrential rain. Normal service to these buildings will resume in a few days.”
The Alumni Auditorium has also flooded, causing a lecture to be abandoned.
Heavy rain has hampered travel services across Devon, and many train services to and from Exeter have been cancelled. The Express & Echo are reporting that a number of roads have been closed due to excessive flooding.
The deluge has also forced the organisers of tonight’s Christmas lights switch-on to reschedule the highly anticipated event.
Are you in the library? Tweet us your pictures and thoughts: @Exepose
Tom Payne, Editor
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