Law School Bulletin December 2023

🎄 Welcome to our December bulletin 🎁 

As the term ends, I hope you take a well-deserved break to unwind, relax and recharge. Take a moment to savour the simple pleasures, be it a captivating novel, the company of cherished friends and family, or the exploration of a hobby that brings you joy. The next stage of your academic journey holds exciting challenges, and your well-deserved break is the fuel that will propel you forward.

Whatever you do with your time away from your studies, I hope you enjoy every moment and come back in 2024 ready and raring to tackle your assessments and the new term.

Craig Newbery-Jones, Director of Education and Student Experience 

🏛️Campus information

The University will be closing for Christmas after Friday 22 December, and will re-open for normal business on Tuesday 2 January. Between these times there may be limited opening hours for many facilities and services. If you are staying in Exeter over the festive period this page has lots of useful Christmas information such as the Christmas Day lunch(need to book in advance), the opening times for food outlets, study spaces and sports opportunities available through the break.

📚Study Support 

The Forum Library is open 24/7 over the Christmas break. If you want to take a break did you know that there are games in the library and they have a Christmas reading list. This has links to what's on in Exeter and on campus, as well as festive films, reading and even festive jokes. 

And remember you can also make use of the writing feedback via Studiosity and there is plenty of guidance and advice on Citethemright.

🙌Celebrate!👏

Centenary Photo Winners

7 December 2023 was our Birthday and we asked you to capture your day in a photograph for a Centenary competition. You might remember most of the day was really drizzly, but then at the end of the day the sun popped out for some lovely sunshine. There was a great variety of pictures, from study areas to sunsets. Five winners were chosen by the judges and you can see them in our gallery below. Congratulations to Jasmeet Brar, Lori Moideen, Fang Yiying, Emilia Hanusiak and Anna Burma who each win £50 in vouchers.

🌎Human Rights Day

Students and academics have been very involved in activities marking Human Rights Day. Dr Louise Loder, Lecturer in Law and Director of Skills, Prizes & Alumni Engagement in the Law School, visited the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. She attended a very special event marking Human Rights Day and the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Read more on our news page here.

HRDF, the Human Rights and Democracy Forum and ECIL, the Exeter Centre for International Law organised a poster competition to mark three important anniversaries. The winner was Alex Cumming. You can read the story behind the design and see it in full on our website here.

📆Opportunities and Events 

Term one has certainly been busy with different opportunities which we place on our Law School Opportunities page. You'll find a variety of employability events, schemes and training run by legal firms as well as other items you may find of interest. You can also link to it via our Linktree. 

💚Looking after yourself 🌻

Wellbeing Services will be available from 09:00 to 17:00 weekdays until they close for the Christmas break at 16:30 on Friday 22 December. Their phone lines will be closed on the afternoon of Wednesday 20 December. They re-open as normal at 09:00 on Tuesday 2 January 2024. 

During the break you can access Togetherall, an online support community, offering peer and professional support 24/7, 365 days of the year, and you can also find more helpful resources on our wellbeing pages.

🎧Learning with your Ears: Career Zone Law Podcast  

📣 ✨ In your winter break you might like to catch up on some of the recent episodes of the law mini-series podcast. ✨ 📣 In the latest one Rachel Gaunt, Employability and Careers Consultant for the Law School, speaks to Harry Wright. He is a Corporate Lawyer and Founder of leading sustainability consultancy Bright Tide where he is the CEO.

🤳 Law School Socials 😍​​​​