The University of Exeter is a

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in the West Country of

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, with its main campus in

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. Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of Mines were established in 1838, 1855, 1863, and 1888 respectively. These institutions later formed the University of Exeter after receiving its

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in 1955. In

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, the University of Exeter is abbreviated as ''Exon.'' (from the Latin '' Exoniensis''), and is the suffix given to honorary and

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degrees from the university. The

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has four campuses: Streatham and St Luke's (both of which are in Exeter); and Truro and Penryn (both of which are in

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). The university is primarily located in the city of Exeter, where it is the principal higher education institution. Streatham is the largest campus containing many of the university's administrative buildings. The Penryn campus is maintained in conjunction with Falmouth University under the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) initiative. The Exeter Streatham Campus Library holds more than 1.2 million physical library resources, including historical journals and special collections. The annual income of the institution for 2023–24 was £666.6 million of which £129.2 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £480.5 million. It was one of the pre-World War II local university colleges granted university status in the 1950s, as part of the second wave of civic universities. In 2012, Exeter joined the

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of research-intensive UK universities. It is also a member of Universities UK, the European University Association, and the

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History

The university's origins can be traced back to three separate educational institutions that existed in the city of

and in

in the middle of the 19th century.

University College of the South West of England

To celebrate the educational and scientific work of Prince Albert, and inspired by the

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, Exeter School of Art in 1855 and the Exeter School of Science in 1863 were founded. In 1868, the Schools of Art and Science relocated to

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in Queen Street, Exeter, and, with support from the

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, became the Exeter Technical and University Extension College in 1893. In 1900 its official title was changed to the Royal Albert Memorial College and the college moved to Bradninch Place in Gandy Street. The college was again renamed to the University College of the South West of England in 1922 after the college was incorporated under the

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and included on the list of institutions eligible to receive funds from the then University Grants Committee. As was customary for new university institutions in England in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the college prepared students for external degrees of the

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. Alderman W. H. Reed, a former mayor of Exeter, donated Streatham Hall on the Streatham Estate to the new University College in 1922. Streatham Hall was renamed to Reed Hall after its benefactor. At the same time, the first principal of the University College, later Sir Hector Hetherington (1920–24), persuaded the Council of the college to buy a major portion of the Streatham Estate. A slow move to the Streatham Estate from the centre of the city occurred over time. The first new building erected on the Streatham Estate was the Washington Singer building; the foundation stone was laid by the Prince of Wales (later King

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), then President of the University College of the South West of England. The building was opened in 1931. The first of the purpose-built halls of residence, Mardon Hall, opened in 1933. The second academic building on the estate was the Roborough Library named in recognition of the interest taken in the development of the college by the first Lord Roborough, one of its early benefactors. Roborough Library was completed around 1939. The University College of the South West of England became the University of Exeter and received its

in 1955, exactly one hundred years after the formation of the original Exeter School of Art.

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presented the charter to the university on a visit to Streatham the following year. The university underwent a period of considerable expansion in the 1960s. Between 1963 and 1968, a period when the number of students at Exeter almost doubled, no fewer than ten major buildings were completed on the Streatham estate as well as halls of residence for around 1,000 students. These included homes for the Chemistry and Physics departments, the Newman, Laver and Engineering Buildings and Streatham Court. Queen's Building had been opened for the Arts Faculty in 1959 and the Amory Building, housing Law and Social Sciences, followed in 1974. In the following two decades, considerable investment was made in developing new self-catering accommodation for students. University of Exeter Business School

Gifts from the Gulf States made it possible to build a new university library in 1983 and more recently have allowed for the creation of a new Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies; as of 2017, Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad al-Qasimi, the ruler of

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in the

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– had given more than £8 million to Exeter University, and was described by the university as its "single most important supporter" in its 2007 annual report. A further major donation enabled the completion of the Xfi Centre for Finance and Investment. Since 2009, significant further investment has been made into new student accommodation, new buildings in The Exeter Business School, and the Forum: a new development for the centre of Streatham Campus.

St Luke's College Exeter

In 1838, the Exeter Diocesan Board of Education resolved to found an institution for the education and training of schoolmasters, the first such initiative in England. As a result, a year later, the Exeter Diocesan Training College was created in Cathedral Close, Exeter at the former house of the Archdeacon of Totnes, adjacent to Exeter Cathedral. The first principal was appointed and the college opened in 1840. Expansion followed, and in 1853, John Hayward (who was later responsible for the design of the

) was commissioned to design a purpose-built premises for the college on Heavitree Road. The building, largely built in grey limestone from Torbay with Bath Stone dressings, was completed by the autumn of the following year. On 18 October 1854, after a service in Exeter Cathedral, an opening ceremony for the new buildings was held. From this date in 1854 (St Luke's Day), the college was unofficially known as St Luke's. The college's intake in 1854 was 40 students. In parallel, at the Royal Albert Memorial College, an initiative within the Arts and Sciences department in 1912 eventually led to the formation of an Institute of Education (of which St Luke's College was a constituent member) and a separate department of Extra Mural Studies for the purposes of teacher training. Exeter Diocesan Training College was formally renamed to St Luke's College Exeter in 1930 and became co-educational in 1966. In 1978, St Luke's College Exeter was incorporated into the University of Exeter. A faculty was created incorporating the university's Institute of Education and St Luke's College Exeter into a new School of Education. The Peninsula Medical School was established in 2000 in conjunction with the University of Plymouth and the

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, based at St Luke's and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. The School of Dentistry opened in 2007 and, together with the Peninsula Medical School, created the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry. St Luke's campus is the main site for the University of Exeter Medical School, which accepted its first students in 2013.

Camborne School of Mines

During the 18th and 19th centuries, Cornwall was among the most significant metalliferous mining regions in the world. Camborne School of Mines was founded in 1888 to meet the needs of this local industry. Camborne School of Mines was located in the centre of Camborne for almost a century but, following major investment by the international mining industry and others, relocated in 1975 to purpose-built facilities midway between Camborne and

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. Significant expansion and diversification of teaching and research provision occurred during the 1980s and early 1990s, including the development of undergraduate and taught postgraduate degree programmes in geology, environmental science and surveying. In 1993, Camborne School of Mines was incorporated into the University of Exeter. Initiatives by the university and others to expand the provision of higher education in Cornwall resulted in the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) initiative in 1999. As part of this initiative, Penryn, just outside Falmouth, became the site of the Penryn Campus, a facility shared with Falmouth University. Camborne School of Mines relocated to Penryn during 2004 when the university's new Cornwall Campus opened.

Campuses

Streatham Campus

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'' has described the campus environment as "sublime". The campus has several galleries, including the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum. A Sculpture Walk includes pieces by

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and Barbara Hepworth. There is a bar called the "Ram" and a bar (previously called the "Ewe") within a nightclub called the Lemon Grove (or "Lemmy"), both run by the University of Exeter, formerly run by the Students Guild. The campus hosts a medical centre, a counselling service, a children's day-care centre and numerous catering outlets. Many halls of residence and some self-catering accommodation are located on this campus or in the near vicinity. The Northcott Theatre resides on the campus. In the early 2000s, the university benefited from an investment program worth more than £235 million. New student accommodation was constructed, including Holland Hall, named after the former vice-chancellor of the same name. Sports facilities, including a professional-standard tennis centre, have been completed in addition to an upgrade of the Students' Guild building.After a donation from the ruler of the Sharjah emirate, Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, an

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of the university, an extension was added to the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies building. He has donated more than £5m since 2001. In 2006, the Department of Drama completed a major renovation with the construction of the state of the art Alexander Building, named after the university's former Chancellor Lord Alexander. The Department of Biosciences is based in three buildings on the Streatham Campus: Geoffrey Pope, the Henry Wellcome building for Biocatalysis and the Hatherly Laboratories. The department has recently received significant investment to further develop its facilities, particularly with improvements to the Geoffrey Pope building. On the Streatham Campus, the

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is spread over three buildings, located in close proximity to each other: Building:One, Xfi Building and Streatham Court. Building:One houses the Business School's MBA suite, La Touche café and several modern lecture theatres and seminar rooms. The Xfi Building is home to the school's Bloomberg Suite, a specialist IT room for detailed financial market data, and next to this is the Student IT Suite, also equipped with specialist software. Streatham Court is where you will find the Business School's Career Zone and Study Abroad Team, as well as the specialist Finance and Economics Experimental Laboratory at Exeter (FEELE), and high capacity, recently refurbished teaching rooms. The Exeter Innovation Centre, based at the Streatham Campus, has been completed in two phases. Phase I of the Innovation Centre was finished in 2000 with Phase II opening in 2008, creating a building for use by new and growing businesses within the development and research sectors. A base for 55 firms in the city, the centre houses high-tech businesses from the software and biomedical sectors to advanced manufacturing and internet firms. The Innovation Centre is host to some of the most upwardly mobile small firms in the country, according to Experian in a report commissioned by the

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. As a result of a £48 million investment, The Forum building includes new facilities including a 400-seat auditorium, a student services centre, learning spaces and retail facilities. The Forum is located at the centre of the Streatham Campus and features the refurbished main library, the Great Hall and the area between it. Designed as a glass structure of modernist design, The Forum also acts as the university reception area. The Forum was officially opened by

on 2 May 2012. The Forum's structural engineers, Buro Happold, won the 2013

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for Education or Healthcare structures for the project. In 2017, the £52 million Living Systems Institute was opened to pioneer research into living systems and the diagnosis and treatment of disease.

St Luke's Campus

St Luke's Campus is just over a mile from the larger Streatham campus and ten minutes' walk from the centre of Exeter. The campus is home to the largest academic school of the university, the Graduate School of Education. It shares the campus with the Department of Sport and Health Sciences. The future of St. Luke's Campus was the subject of a

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in 2007, and a proposal was considered by the university to relocate one of the departments to the Streatham Campus to facilitate future expansion at St. Luke's. A final decision was taken by the university management team in July 2007, with the Graduate School of Education, the Department of Sport and Health Sciences, and the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry remaining in residence at St. Luke's. The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry has now split into the University of Exeter Medical School (UEMS) and the University of Plymouth Medical School. UEMS is still situated on St. Luke's Campus. UEMS was re-branded as the College of Medicine & Health in 2019.

Penryn Campus

The Penryn Campus is a campus of the university in Penryn, Cornwall. The campus is part of the Combined Universities in Cornwall project, and is shared with Falmouth University. University of Exeter departments on the site include the internationally renowned Camborne School of Mines, whose graduates are highly sought after by mining and civil engineering industries as well as the

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sector. Other departments at Penryn include the rapidly growing Centre for Ecology and Conservation (CEC), the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI), and the Institute of Cornish Studies. Built in 2015, the

is based in the SERSF Building on our Penryn Campus. The building features a specially designed area for business engagement called 'The Collaboratory', and hosts the new BSc Business and Environment course. The campus is set in of countryside, but close to the towns of Penryn and Falmouth. The campus has a population of around 4,000 students. All the Cornwall departments are constitutionally parts of departments also represented at the university's Exeter campuses, including the Camborne School of Mines, which is part of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. A driving force behind Cornish concentrated research is that of the Institute of Cornish Studies, directed by Dr Garry Tregidga. It seeks to promote a greater knowledge of historical and contemporary Cornwall with a particular emphasis on the use of oral history through the Cornish Audio Visual Archive (CAVA) which is based at the institute.

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built the Tremough Innovation Centre (TIC) on land adjacent to the campus, with the aim of enabling existing and start-up companies to grow and thrive.

Organisation and administration

Governance

The governance framework of the university is in its

which was granted in 1955. The council is the university's governing body, with responsibility for institutional policies and financial, estates and legal matters. Academic governance is provided by the Senate which is responsible for teaching and learning, examinations and research. The chancellor is the chief ceremonial officer of the university and presides over occasions such as degree ceremonies. The vice-chancellor is the chief academic and executive officer and is supported by four deputy vice-chancellors. The current chancellor is Sir Michael Barber, who succeeded Paul Myners at the start of 2022. The vice-chancellor and president is Professor Lisa Roberts who joined the university as vice-chancellor in September 2020, following Sir Steve Smith's retirement. The university's visitor is

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. The university organises its academic and administrative departments into three academic faculties and eight professional service divisions. Each faculty contains a number of subject disciplines, institutes and research centres. The faculties are led by a Pro-vice-chancellor who reports to a University Executive Board and the Provost. The university annually measures its performance relative to another ten peer universities which includes Durham,

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, UCL and Warwick. The universities are chosen because, like Exeter, they are research-intensive, offer a broad range of disciplines, perform strongly in league tables, and function with similar quantities of financial resources.

Faculties and departments

Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy *Department of Computer Science *Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences *Department of Ecology and Conservation *Department of Engineering *Department of Geography *Department of Mathematics and Statistics *Department of Physics and Astronomy *Department of Economics *Department of Finance and Accounting *Department of Management Faculty of Health and Life Sciences *Department of Biosciences *Department of Health and Care Professions *Department of Psychology *Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences *Department of Health and Community Sciences *Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences *Department of Arab and Islamic Studies *Department of Archaeology and History *Department of Classics, Ancient History, Religion and Theology *Department of Communications, Drama and Film *Department of English and Creative Writing *Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Cornwall *Department of Languages, Cultures and Visual Studies *Law School *School of Education *Department of Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy and Anthropology

Centre for Maritime Historical Studies

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Finances

In the financial year ending 31 July 2024, Exeter had a total income of £666.6 million (2022/23 – £633.5 million) and total expenditure of £480.5 million (2022/23 – £604 million). Key sources of income included £350.6 million from tuition fees and education contracts (2022/23 – £339.5 million), £72.8 million from funding body grants (2022/23 – £75.6 million), £129.2 million from research grants and contracts (2022/23 – £118.7 million), £13.5 million from investment income (2022/23 – £8 million) and £6.8 million from donations and endowments (2022/23 – £7.4 million). At year end, Exeter had endowments of £51.6 million (2022/23 – £48.6 million) and total net assets of £616.6 million (2022/23 – £432.4 million).

Coat of arms

The university

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symbolises the university's historical associations with the locality. The triangular gold castle with three towers comes from Exeter's coat of arms and represents Rougemont Castle, as alluded to by the red background. The 15 gold

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s (Byzantine gold coins) that appear around the edge of the shield are from the arms of the Duchy of Cornwall and represent

, while the green cross on the white background is from the city of

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's coat of arms. The theme of learning is symbolised by the book with gold edges and a Latin motto, ''Lucem sequimur'' ("We follow the light").

Academic profile

Admissions

Exeter had the 21st highest average entry qualification for undergraduates of any UK university in 2022, with new students averaging 163 UCAS points. The university gives offers of admission to 90.8% of its applicants, the 2nd highest amongst the

. In the 2018/19 admission cycle, the university gave out offers to only 4.7% of international applicants to the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of surgery (BMBS) programme making it one of the most competitive medical school for international applicants in the UK; in comparison 24.7% of UK/EU applicants received offers in the same admission cycle. In the 2016–17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 75:6:19 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 55:45. Exeter was in the first group of UK universities to require an A*grade in A-level examinations as part of its standard offer for entry into some undergraduate courses. The Undergraduate Prospectus 2013 lists ten-degree programmes that require at least one A*grade as part of the conditional standard offer, including Economics, English, History, and Mathematics.

Rankings and reputation

In the main rankings of universities in the United Kingdom the university is currently placed between 11th and 18th. In ''

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'' 10-year (1998–2007) average ranking of British universities based on consistent league table performance, Exeter was ranked joint 26th overall in the UK. For 2016, it climbed to 7th place in the UK by ''

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'', 9th place by ''

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'' and 10th place by The Complete University Guide. Entering the ''

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'' Top 200 world universities for the first time in 2010/2011 (in 184th place), Exeter increased its global standing in 2011/2012, by ranking in 156th place. In the 2015/16 ''

'', Exeter placed 93rd. Exeter was ranked 34th on the annual list of the top 500 major universities worldwide in the Leiden Rankings (2015). In the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020 Subject Rankings, Exeter University ranked 11th in the world for public administration. In the QS World University Subject Rankings 2020, Exeter ranked 10th in the world for sport and health sciences and 14th for engineering in minerals and Mining. The university was named the Sunday Times University of the Year 2013. It was named ''Times Higher Education'' University of the Year 2007.

Research

There are approximately 70 research centres and institutes within the university, including the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, the Institute of Cornish Studies, the Environment and Sustainability Institute and the Marchmont Observatory. The Centre for Leadership Studies, now part of the University of Exeter Business School, was established in 1997 as an institute for research and advanced study into leadership theory. Exeter had a total research income of £70.2 million in 2016/17. In addition to the traditional MPhil and PhD route, professional doctorates and split-site PhDs for International students are also offered. Research at Exeter focuses on a number of interdisciplinary themes. Research strengths and key themes include: *

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and sustainable futures * Extrasolar planets * Functional materials *

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Conservation Biology Conservation biology is the study of the conservation of nature and of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction and the erosion of biotic interactions. It is an i ...

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*Middle Eastern and

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and identity * Systems Biology * Translational medicine, personalised healthcare and

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Research into extrasolar planets – planets located outside our solar system – is strong at Exeter. A team of international scientists led by the university are exploring the atmospheric conditions of

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using the

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. Other international astronomical facilities available to facilitate the detection of exoplanets include the VLT Survey Telescope, the

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and the Spitzer Space Telescope. The university has developed links with the Met Office, also based in Exeter, to build sophisticated climate prediction models. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF), which assesses the quality of research in UK higher education institutions, Exeter is ranked joint 23rd by GPA (along with the

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) and 18th for research power (the grade point average score of a university, multiplied by the full-time equivalent number of researchers submitted). Exeter was ranked 30th in the UK for the quality (GPA) of its research and 21st for its Research Power in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework. In the 2008 UK

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, nearly 90% of Exeter's research was rated as being at internationally recognised levels; 17% of the submitted research was rated 4*("world-leading"). 16 of the 31 subjects evaluated were ranked in the top 10, with 27 in the top 20. It is important to note that apart from the traditional MPhil and PhD route, university also offers professional doctorates and split-site PhDs for International students.

Exeter Law Review

The university is also home to the student-led publication, the ''Exeter Law Review''. ''The Review'' publishes once annually, covering a wide area of legal topics from academics at all levels of university education. It also has a distinguished history stemming from its original inception as the ''Bracton Law Journal'' in 1965, making it the oldest student-led

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in the United Kingdom. Since 2017, they have also been operating ExeterLaw.org, which acts as a spotlight publication for shorter and more contemporary legal publications all year round.

Student life

Students' Guild

Students at Exeter are represented by a Students' Guild, which has an active role in campaigning at local and national levels. It is run by five elected sabbatical officers who act as executive directors and trustees: Guild President, Education Officer, Societies and Employability Officer, Communities and Equality Officer and Student Living Officer, Additionally to this, there are ten non-executive directors, five of which are elected student trustees and the remaining five external trustees. There are also other non-sabbatical officers representing areas of the student population and student activities areas. These are elected by students in a series of elections throughout the academic year. There are more than 250 affiliated student societies, including a large variety of hobbies, communities, and political interests. The Debating Society, which predates establishment of the university, started life in 1893 as the Exeter Debating Society at the Royal Albert Memorial College, and has played host to many notable speakers including

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, H. H. Asquith, Ludovic Kennedy, Michael Foot and

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. From 2012, a debating scholarship supported by alumni of the Debating Society has been made available. Bracton Law Society (or "BLS") was established in 1965 and became the largest student society at the University of Exeter in October 2016, with more than 1,040 members. The society has received national recognition as one of the largest and most successful student law societies in the United Kingdom. In 2018, BLS was disbanded after 5 of its members, including committee members, were found to be engaged in a racist and misogynist group chat. Exeter Student Volunteers is a volunteering agency within the students' guild which runs its own projects with members of the local community that are run by volunteers and provides further volunteering opportunities through links with external partner organisations. There is a RAG (Raising and Giving) group which exists to raise money for five nominated charities, and collects in town centres around Britain every weekend. RAG events are run by students, under the co-ordination of a full-time member of staff. The main aim of these societies and activities groups is to provide opportunities for student development.

Sport

The Exeter University Athletic Union (AU) is the organisation responsible for administering all aspects of sporting activity at the university. Activities range from recreational sport to competitive fixtures at local, regional, national, and international level. The AU is a separate body from the Students' Guild and is run by four members of staff based in the Athletic Union Office. The AU runs 52 Sports Clubs which have a combined membership of more than 5,000 students. An additional 3,000 students take part in intramural sport and sports volunteering in the local community. The university facilitates

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, hockey,

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, and many more. Many clubs compete in the inter-university fixtures in the

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(BUCS) competition in a range of sports including cricket, golf, hockey, netball, rowing, rugby union, sailing, squash, surfing, and tennis. The university placed 4th in both the 22-23 and 23–24 seasons.

Theatre

The university has seven registered theatre societies which produce shows throughout the year, including Exeter University Theatre Company (EUTCo), Exeter Footlights, Exeter University Shakespeare Company, Shotgun Theatre, UoE Opera Society, Exeter Comedy Society, and Theatre with Teeth. The campus is home to the Northcott Theatre, where student societies such as EUTCo or the Exeter Footlights annually perform. In addition, the university regularly has a large presence at the

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, and has produced alumni including comedian Rhod Gilbert, actor Timothy Renouf, BAFTA winning actress Vanessa Kirby, and Felix Barrett, founder of Punchdrunk.

Music

Whilst Exeter itself no longer runs a music course, it has multiple orchestral, vocal, classical and popular groups contained within the university under the umbrella society Extunes. The

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group Semi-Toned, one of eight a cappella groups within the university are the current Voice Festival UK champions, toured the East Coast of America in 2015 and often sing at alumni events. Separate from Student Guild affiliated groups, the university chaplaincy also maintains a 24-person mixed choir with paid scholarships. The chapel choir performs multiple services per week and has close ties to Exeter Cathedral, performing a mix of secular and liturgical music in the Anglican tradition.

Journalism

'' Exeposé'' is the official student newspaper of the Guild, it has been in print since 1987 and is published every two weeks. '' The Falmouth Anchor'' is the official student newspaper of the university's Cornwall campuses. The television station XTV and radio station Xpression FM are guild-affiliated news sources that aim to cover a variety of life at Exeter. Xpression FM traces its routes back to 1976 and continues the tradition of hosting student written and run shows throughout term time. It is one of three student stations in the country to have a year-round FM licence.

EUOTC

Exeter University Officers Training Corps (EUOTC) is one of 19 university OTCs in the United Kingdom. It mainly serves the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, but also serves other Higher Education establishments in the South West of England.

BUAS

Exeter University also affiliates with Bristol University Air Squadron (BUAS), which serves the Universities of Bristol, Bath, Exeter, UWE, Bath Spa and Plymouth.

Halls of residence

Notable alumni

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and

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A number of Exeter's alumni have made significant contributions in many fields, including science, academia, government and law, arts, journalism and sport.

Government and Law

Notable alumni in the fields of government and law include Abdullah Gül, the 11th

, Ameenah Gurib, 6th President of Mauritius,

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, former Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Zewde Gebre-Sellassie former Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Prem Nababsing, former Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius, Sigrid Kaag, Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (Netherlands) since October 2017, Lau Kong Wah, former Secretary for Home Affairs of Hong Kong, Tengku Zafrul Aziz, Minister of Finance (Malaysia), Gabriel Makhlouf, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland since September 2019, and Secretary to the New Zealand Treasury between 2011 and 2019, Ambiga Sreenevasan, Malaysian lawyer and human rights advocate (LLB Law, 1970s), Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan human rights advocate, legislator, and an

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prisoner of conscience, Tito Karnavian, retired police general and Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (Police Studies, 1993), Patrick Kwateng Acheampong, former Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service (MA Police Studies and Criminal Justice, 1990), Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Sultan of Pahang, constitutional monarch, and head of state of Malaysia (1979–1984), George L. Savvides, Attorney-General of the Republic of Cyprus and former Minister of Justice and Public Order, Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, ruler of the Sharjah emirate, and Libyan permanent ambassador to the

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, Lamia Abusedra.

Politics

In UK domestic politics and government, alumni include Sajid Javid, former

and

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(Economics and politics), James Brokenshire, former Minister for Security and former Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Jeremy Wright QC, former Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Mark Lancaster, former Minister of State for the Armed Forces since June 2017, John Pullinger, the National Statistician, Andrew Lansley, former Secretary of State for Health, and

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(BA Politics),

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, MP and former leader of the Green Party of England and Wales (BA English, 1983, PhD, 1990), Fiona Shackleton, Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia, family law solicitors and personal solicitor to Prince William and Prince Harry (Law, 1970s), Luke Pollard, Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Lynne Owens, Director-General of the National Crime Agency.

Arts and Entertainment

Alumni in arts, journalism and entertainment include J. K. Rowling, author of the

books (French and Classics, 1986), Robert Bolt,

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-winning playwright and two-time

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award-winning screenwriter, Vanessa Kirby,

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award-winning actress in

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's ''

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'' (English, 2008),

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, BAFTA and Tony Award-winning actor best known for his work in ''

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'' (History and political science), Mark Labbett, professional quizzer and TV personality on The Chase (PGCE), Thom Yorke, lead singer of

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(English and Fine Arts), Nina Allan, author of

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and winner of the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel in 2014 (Russian literature),

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award-winning television presenter, Samantha Baines, actress and comedian (BA(Hons) Drama), Steve Bell, political cartoonist, Tom Deacon, comedian and Radio 1 DJ (Drama, 2007), Frank Gardner, the BBC's Security Correspondent (Arabic, 1980s), Tim Montgomerie, British political activist and blogger, Clemmie Moodie, associate features editor at the ''

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'' (English, 2003), James Pearce, journalist and presenter for

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(Politics), Rob Walker, British sports commentator and television presenter, Ben Collins, racing driver known for being The Stig on the BBC motoring television show '' Top Gear'' (Law, 1997), Matthew Wright, broadcaster and journalist (English and Drama), and Will Young, singer (Politics).

Academia

In academia, graduates include Andrew D. Hamilton, president of

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and former vice-chancellor of

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(Chemistry), Sir Michael Berry FRS and is known for the Berry Phase in quantum mechanics and receiving an Ig Nobel Prize for magnetically levitating a frog (BSc Physics, 1962), Imogen Coe, biochemist and Dean of Ryerson University, James Mourilyan Tanner, British paediatric endocrinologist known for the Tanner scale.

Business

In business, graduates include Neil Woodford, British fund manager and the founding partner of Woodford Investment Management, Belabbes Benkredda, Algerian-German social innovator, founder of The Munathara Initiative (MA in Middle East Politics), Dennis Gillings, British-born American billionaire statistician and entrepreneur, and the founder of the

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company Quintiles (BA, 1966 and PhD, 1972), and Henry Staunton, chairman of WHSmith.

Military

Graduates within the military include General Sir Patrick Sanders, Chief of the General Staff, Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, former

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of the United Kingdom (Economics, 1970s), Lieutenant Colonel Lucy Giles, first female College Commander at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst commanding New College and Otto Kretschmer (Silent Otto), the most successful German

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commander in the Second World War.

Royalty

The Princess Royal's two children attended the university: * Peter Phillips (

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, 2000) * Zara Tindall, silver medallist at the London 2012 Olympic Games with the

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Eventing Team, (Equine Science, Physiotherapy, 2002). Other royal alumni include: * Infanta Elena of Spain, eldest daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía (Sociology and Education, 1990) * Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, ruler of the Sharjah emirate in the

(PhD, 1985) * Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Sultan of Pahang, constitutional monarch, and head of state of Malaysia (1979–1984)

Sports

Graduates within sport include: Giselle Mather (née Prangnell), English rugby union international and coach, part of the 1994 Women's World Cup winning side;Alex Mead, "Giselle Mather profile", Issue 12, The Rugby Journal, 2020
ISBN 9772516473005 Henry Slade, two time rugby Six Nations champion and World Cup runner up with

(Sport and Exercise Science); Sam Skinner, two time Premiership Rugby champion, Champions cup winner and Scotland rugby international (Business and Economics) and Wales international Christ Tshiunza (Sport Science, 2023).

References

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