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University Updates
Welcome to your March newsletter, full of information, events and reminders
Mumps cases - have you had your MMR vaccination?
We’ve had some recent cases of mumps this term. While most people recover without the need for treatment, in some cases it can cause complications and it’s also contagious. It’s most recognisable by painful swellings at the side of the face under the ears, a bad headache and/or fever but you can read more about symptoms here. If you think you may have it, please go and see your doctor and if you have swollen glands please stay away from lectures and social gatherings for five days. If you’re not sure if you’ve had the MMR vaccine it’s recommended that you speak to the Student Health Centre (or your own doctor, if different) and arrange to receive it.
Meningitis - get protected
Infections such as meningitis can spread easily within university communities. Make sure you do what you can to protect yourself. All students under 25 years should make sure they have received the free Meningitis ACWY vaccination - contact your doctor's surgery to arrange an appointment if you have not yet had this vaccination. Find out about the symptoms of meningitis here.
National Student Survey
Don't forget the National Student Survey (NSS) is open for final year undergraduate students and we encourage you to complete it. This anonymous survey, run by independent agency Ipsos MORI, is your opportunity to feedback about your University experience and help shape future plans. The survey is open until 30 April. You can complete the survey here.
Brain Awareness Week - are you neurocurious?
This week is Brain Awareness Week and events will take place at the University including a “Neuroscience: Ask me anything?” event, which will allow participants to interact and ask questions to neuroscientists at various stages of their career. The events are open to all who are neurocurious. See our Brain Awareness Week web page for more information. #BAWExeter
Institute of Coding Summer School - 24 June to 12 July
Learn to Code this summer with beginner’s classes in Python, R, and Artificial Intelligence. Open to UG and PGT students across all disciplines. No coding or maths experience needed, just a desire to challenge yourself and learn to code.
The programme will take place over three 1-week learning blocks on the Streatham Campus. Participants can chose to join the school for just 1 week or a combination of all 3. All successful candidates will receive a tuition fee waiver, and accommodation bursaries are available! Apply now at www.iocsummerschoolexeter.org, or email ioc@exeter.ac.uk for more information.
Exeter - share the love
You study here day in day out, but have you taken the time to truly explore Exeter or to share it with family and friends? Now's your chance. During University holidays, we have guest accommodation available on campus and we're giving you a discount to share with family and friends, making a city break that bit more affordable. As you know, Exeter really is the small city with a big vibe. There’s so much to explore in the city and beyond - endless entertainment opportunities. When booking direct with us using a special code, you can access rates starting from just £49.50.
Cross Keys - now fully open
We’ve spent the last few months refurbishing the Cross Keys space (above), upgrading it to provide high-quality multipurpose space. We hope it will create a social heart for the St Luke’s Campus, which meets the needs of our growing and diverse community. Thank you for your patience while the work took place. The new space offers a ground floor kitchen featuring a range of hot and cold foods along with world favourites. The first floor space is available for quiet coffee meeting and study space, increasing the overall capacity of Cross Keys to around 250. Please note that the first floor is fully accessible, either via the stairs or the lift. If you haven’t had a chance to have a look, please come and see it!
St. Luke’s library now accessible 24/7
In response to student feedback, the Library at St. Luke’s campus is now fully accessible 24/7. You can now access the book collections and study rooms whenever you choose to study. Access will be provided via your Unicard, so please carry this with you at all times. We’ve extended staffed hours and have expanded the ways you can contact us with questions, including a new online chat system. If you need support using library resources for your subject, or need advice on using research materials for your assignments, you can book an appointment with an Academic Liaison Librarian.
Application deadline extended for Career Mentor Scheme
Not had the chance to complete your Career Mentor Scheme Application? Don’t worry! We are extending the deadline until Friday 29 March 2019. There are still plenty of mentors left in a wide range of professional sectors, such as
• Accounting and Auditing
• Advertising, Marketing and PR,
• Education, Teaching, Research,
• Information Technology,
• Management and Consultancy
• Politics and Government
It’s open to all students and graduates for up to 3 years post-graduation. Find out more information here. Find a list of available mentors by searching in Mentoring Opportunities on My Career Zone.
Revision strategy workshops for mature students
Have you recently returned to study? Need a hand with your revision strategies? The Study Zone are running Revision Strategies Workshops for mature students. To find out more or book your place, contact us at studyzone@exeter.ac.uk. This will be running as part of the Hidden Talent in Devon project (funded by the European Social Fund).
Online Module Fair
Interested in enrolling in modules from other disciplines? Running from now until 29 March with online selection open from 18-29 March, the online module fair offers you the chance to view all the modules available to you across the University. Whether you want to learn a language, gain workplace experience, or expand your subject knowledge and skills, the online module fair is here to help connect you to the modules that will diversify and enhance your University experience. For more information, email studyzone@exeter.ac.uk.
STEM Internships 2019
These teaching internships are a fantastic opportunity for four-week, well paid, supported internships in Devon schools from 17 June until 12 July 2019. Open to penultimate year STEM undergraduates only from Exeter or Penryn. Find out more and complete the application form by Sunday 31 March. If you are a first year STEM undergraduate, there’s a small chance that the scheme will open to you at a later date. If you wish to be notified should this happen, please register your interest by emailing Helen Hicks.
Welcome Team volunteer applications now open
Remember what it was like to be new to the University? Applications are now open to be a part of our fantastic Welcome Team this autumn. We're looking for 200 current students to help our new 2019/20 students settle into their new home. This work really makes a huge difference and you can find out more here.
Scholarship for MSc Policy Analytics
There's still time to apply for a scholarship for the MSc Policy Analytics, for those students joining the course for the 2019/20 academic year. Full tuition fee and living costs will be awarded and you'll need to apply for the scholarship by Friday 12 April 2019. You can find out more here.
Our new Vice-Chancellor: the search begins
Professor Sir Steve Smith will be retiring in August 2020, and the recruitment process to find our new Vice-Chancellor is about to begin. We want the job description and person specification to be influenced by feedback from across our University community; including the Students’ Guild, FXU and student groups. We’re looking for your feedback via our webpage, which we hope will help us to understand what sort of leader you feel we need. Go online to find out more about our process to find the right leader for our University, who is involved and timings.
Nominate an outstanding member of staff
Do you know a member of support staff who has gone above and beyond to support you or who you think makes an outstanding contribution to the University? Nominate them for a Professional Services Recognition Award. All University students can put forward a nomination, and all professional services colleagues are eligible to be nominated, so get thinking - who will you nominate? Nominations open now, read more details and nominate on the website.
Traffic on Streatham Campus
From this Thursday 14 March there will be more lorries using Rennes Drive to access the East Park site. Initially, we're expecting around 100 lorry movements a day throughout March and into early April. As the project progresses the number of lorry movements will reduce, but are expected to be more than 50 a day. The vehicles will enter the campus from Prince of Wales Road and travel along Rennes Drive (between Amory and Streatham Court) before going on to the site. As a result, pedestrians and vehicles travelling along Rennes Drive may be asked to stop for a short period while lorries go into and leave the site. This will be carefully managed to ensure safety, however please take extra care when in the area, making sure you look carefully before travelling across the road. If you have any queries email eastpark@exeter.ac.uk
Graduation Yearbooks - Class of 2019
The Class of 2019 Yearbook Deadline is Midnight SUNDAY 24th MARCH! If you haven’t finished your Yearbook entry online, please do so ASAP via the GradFinale website. If you have any problems uploading your pictures online or you have forgotten your login details, please feel free to email: admin@gradfinale.co.uk. Class of 2019 graduation Yearbooks are £27 and are available to order online now via the GradFinale website.
Appointment of Lazenby Chaplain
The Reverend Hannah Alderson has been appointed as the University’s Lazenby Chaplain. Hannah is already known to many of you as St. Luke’s Chaplain. In her new role she will head up a reconfigured Anglican Chaplaincy Team which will work across both the Streatham and St Luke’s campuses and will also be a member of the Multifaith Chaplaincy Team. Hannah has an MTh in Theology from Oxford and a BA from Exeter. Before becoming the St. Luke’s Chaplain, Hannah was a curate in Bridgwater in the Diocese of Bath and Wells. She takes up her post on 1 June 2019.
Wellbeing talks throughout March on the Streatham and St Luke's Campuses as detailed below. No need to book, just come along.
- Thursday 14 March, 12:00 – 12:30, Alumni Auditorium, Streatham Campus - Losing someone you love: Moving forward after bereavement
- Wednesday 20 March, 12:30 – 13:30, Baring Room 112, St Luke's Campus - The Power of kindness
- Thursday 21 March, 12:00 – 12:30, Alumni Auditorium, Streatham Campus - The Power of Kindness
- Wednesday 27 March, 12:30 – 13:30, Baring Room 112, St Luke's Campus - Positive Ways to Cope With Stress: Dealing with Deadlines
- Wednesday 28 March, 12:00 – 12:30, Alumni Auditorium, Streatham Campus – Positive Ways to Cope With Stress: Dealing with Deadlines
From fish to family planning, Thursday 14 March, 18:45, Henderson Lecture Theatre, XFI, Streatham Campus
This is the final lecture in the Exeter MBA Speaker Series. Dr Vik Mohan will be sharing his experiences of integrating health services with community based conservation in Madagascar and supporting the scale up of this approach across the coastal tropics. Book your place.
Neuroscience: Ask me anything, Friday 15 March, 18:00 - 20:00, The Forum, Streatham Campus
This event is part of Brain Awareness Week and is a speed networking event to meet neuroscientists at all stages of their careers. Open to all interested. More information and to book a place.
Creativity is... Monday 25 March 11:30 - 14.30, By the M&D Room, Devonshire House, Streatham Campus
‘Creativity is…’ is a drop-in workshop hosted by the Arts & Culture team which will be asking students how they activate their creativity. Creativity embodies anything from the traditional arts, to ways to conduct research or play a sport. Through this workshop, our goal is to broaden our concept of creativity, and hear what creativity means to you. We value your opinions, and for them, we will repay you in tasty treats from Italiano pizza!
Creative Dialogues: Investigative journalist Nick Davies, Friday 29 March 18:00-20:30, Alumni Auditorium, the Forum, Streatham
Campus
Nick Davies, investigative journalist, writer and documentary maker, will be in conversation with Don Boyd Hon DLitt, film director, producer, screenwriter and novelist, and Honorary Professor in Film Practice at the University. The event will be hosted by the Provost, Professor Janice Kay CBE. Creative Dialogues is a series of ‘in-conversation’ events, which brings a range of high-profile speakers who are leaders in their respective fields, from across the creative arts, journalism and the creative industries to Exeter. Find out more and book your free ticket here.
The University of Exeter and
the University of Queensland (QUEX) HealthTech Hackathon, Friday 29 to Sunday 31 March
Open to students from all disciplines, this event will see you tackling a real-world health-related problem in society. The event is over 60-hours - Exeter students will develop the project during the day and University of Queensland will continue throughout the night. The aim is to produce a tangible solution that will be pitched to our sponsors (IBM and Géant) and representatives from the NHS. Find out more information on Facebook, register your interest or email Louise Baker with any questions.
Research Students' Conference in Probability and Statistics (RSC 2019), 18 to 21 June, Streatham Campus (Early Bird tickets available until March 22)
This annual conference is being hosted by the University for the first time. This is an opportunity for PhD students from different institutions to convene, connect and share ideas and is open to all postgraduate researchers (masters, research masters and PhD students) working in fields related to probability or statistics. Some grants towards childcare and travel are available and you can find out more about them here. Early bird tickets available until 22 March. Register and submit your abstract by 21 April. Full details on the event web page.
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