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15 November 2022You are all invited to this year’s HaSS Department Festive Quiz which is 5 -7 on 12th December 2022. This year the Quiz takes its theme of light and cheer from the traditional Montol Festival which is held in Penzance in the days around the winter solstice. Montol is the Cornish word for Winter solstice and like all mid-winter festivals is about bringing light into darkness. Form a team for the ‘Reasons to be Cheerful’ Festive Quiz, try cakes in our Bake-off, be a lucky winner in our ‘Joy – HaSS – 2022’ raffle and find out if you are a winner of the HaSS Education Community Awards 2022 . More details to follow. If you would like to be part of the organising committee do email the team at HaSS Cornwall Education HaSSCornwall-Education@exeter.ac.uk.
Writing Cafe Wednesday 16th November 1-2pm Exchange Green: Don’t forget that the HaSS peer mentors are helping on the theme of assessments this Term. This week is our first Writing Cafe this year come along to be introduced to and practice the amazing Pomodoro Technique for getting things done https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/pomodoro-technique.
The Pomodoro Technique — Why It Works & How To Do It
The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method for students, perfectionists, and procrastinators of all kinds. Work in focused, 25-minute intervals. Take a short break. Repeat.
We welcome your comments questions and concerns: please do get in touch with us contact the Education team (Education Leads all subjects and Director of Education and Student Experience) HaSSCornwall-Education@exeter.ac.uk Senior Tutor HaSS-Cornwall-SeniorTutor@exeter.ac.uk
Do you hate the blank page?
Book an appointment with Anna Wilson, our resident fellow from the Royal Literary Fund for this academic year. Anna has opened 50-minute slots to talk about any aspect of your academic writing face-to-face. These sessions will be held on Thursdays and Fridays. You are welcome to talk through the basics of how to approach writing an essay and can even bring some samples of your writing to discuss. The main objective is to notice an upturn in the quality of your work and improve your confidence in academic writing.
Come to Peter Lanyon 168B – first floor, turn left as you exit the stairs, office is on the right at the end of the corridor.
To book, Email: anna.wilson@rlfeducation.org.uk
Exe-change the Norm is a bystander intervention programme written by an Exeter academic, Dr Rachel Fenton, and is delivered by two specialist facilitators from within the EDI team. We are offering an exciting new training this year on the Penryn Campus where you can learn to become and active bystander and skilfully intervene in any potentially harmful situations that you witness on or off campus. The ‘Exe-change the Norm’ programme increases awareness of gender-based violence, misogyny and racism in all its forms. The training then provides further sessions that equip you with different strategies to intervene.
All it takes is you to make a positive difference and to prevent harmful situations occurring in our community. Sign up now through Handshake and search Bystander to begin this sector leading programme.
Bystander intervention programme is now being run every Thursday on Penryn Campus, with 2 sessions a day currently in place.
The training aims to encompass:
Training sessions are available on:
Thursday 24th November – 10:00am to 12:00pm – DM Seminar J
Thursday 24th November – 2:00pm to 4:00pm – DM Seminar J
Friday 25th November – 10:00am to 12:00pm – The Exchange, Courtyard Room 9
Friday 25th November – 1:00pm to 3:00pm – The Exchange, Courtyard Room 5
Students can sign up for the training programme through Handshake and type in ‘Bystander’ to find a session to sign up for.
Academic Writing Skills
The Languages Team are putting on a series of 4 workshops focusing on the subject-specific advanced language and writing skills needed for your assignments. With deadlines fast approaching, they are a chance to polish your writing skills and receive formative feedback from an Academic Language Skills Tutor. Open to all students but strongly recommended if you’re new to the UK academic context.
To register for this, click here.
We’re always looking out to support your ideas for other events. Do get in touch with your SSLC chairs with any ideas
Carys Hylton (ceh236@exeter.ac.uk) and Emmy Hartnup (mch229@exeter.ac.uk0
Anastasia Uzor (accu201@exeter.ac.uk) and Caius Datt (cd684@exeter.ac.uk)
Leah Dryer (ld580@exeter.ac.uk) and Astrid Baker (ab1358@exeter.ac.uk)