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Reflections on my first term at the University of Exeter
December 19, 2024May 2, 2025

Reflections on my first term at the University of Exeter

There’s a unique sense of pride when you look back at your first term and see how much you’ve grown and accomplished. Hello everyone, I’m […]

Budgeting and Finance, Freshers Week, Health and wellbeing, Higher Education, International, Lectures and Seminars, Life in the South West, Life on Campus, Preparing for University, The city of Exeter by as2172
March 15, 2023June 15, 2023

5 Mood Boosting Tips

5 Tip to improve your mental health (especially this month) March can feel like a funny old month, especially after the post winter holiday exam […]

Health and wellbeing, Life on Campus, Lifestyle, Preparing for University, Studying, Undergraduate by bfa205
March 1, 2023September 8, 2023

Safe Night Out

Top 5 tips for Staying Safe On a Night Out: The first years guide 1. Failure to plan is planning to fail I love spontaneity […]

Health and wellbeing, Lifestyle, The city of Exeter by bfa205
July 17, 2020June 15, 2023

A Beginner’s Guide to Societies at the University of Exeter

This blog was written based on experiences prior to Covid-19. Hi Everyone, my name is Isla and I am headed into my final year at […]

Freshers Week, Health and wellbeing, International, Preparing for University, Studying, Undergraduate by Isla Zena Lamparelli
July 1, 2020

Tips to Enjoy the First Week of University

Arriving in a completely new city and starting a new life can be pretty scary, especially if you arrive alone. As an international postgraduate student […]

Freshers Week, International, Life on Campus, Postgraduate, Preparing for University, The city of Exeter by Lauren
January 12, 2016

Double decades

Seeing in the New Year in a living room jam-packed with my friends from home, I took a moment to contemplate how much I have […]

Life on Campus, Preparing for University, Undergraduate by Elizabeth
November 25, 2015June 15, 2023

Fighting First Year Homesickness

Homesickness is by far the largest difficulty I have had to face during first term. After ten weeks here things have become noticeably easier, though […]

Miscellaneous, Preparing for University, Undergraduate by Elizabeth
November 13, 2015

The Second-Time Fresher

ā€œIt will be the best years of your lifeā€ was something I heard a lot before starting university. The process of moving away to study […]

Life on Campus, Undergraduate by Elizabeth
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