Exeplore

National Apprenticeship Week Ep 1: Get inspired and take your healthcare career to the next level

As part of National Apprenticeship Week, we join the Healthcare Leadership and Management community! 🏥👩‍⚕️ Discover the Level 7 Senior Leader in Healthcare Leadership and Management Apprenticeship at the University of Exeter. 🎓🔝

Learn about the incredible benefits of completing this apprenticeship, gain insights into the two-year program, and unlock endless career opportunities within the Healthcare Industry. 🚀💼

Further information: Senior Leader in Healthcare Leadership and Management | Degree Partnerships | University of Exeter or email health.apprenticeships@exeter.ac.uk

The power to change the uni experience - Students as Change Agents

In this episode we discuss Students as Change Agents, a scheme that empowers our students to lead projects that will improve the Uni experience for themselves and their peers. We’re joined by Ella Taviner and Andrea Namirembe who, in their final year as History students, co-led a project to develop guidance on the use of content warnings in academia. We also hear from Rachel Griffiths, our Senior Education Developer who supported their project.

Their project findings were subsequently published as a case study on the Times Higher Education website and in their Navigating Content Warnings blog and has since been developed into a toolkit for our teaching colleagues at the Uni.

You can find out more about our Students as Change Agents Scheme at www.exeter.ac.uk/changeagents.

Protecting Our Oceans: A Research with Impact Podcast

Covering 70% of the earth’s surface, our oceans absorb 90% of the world’s heat and one third of all human-produced carbon dioxide. They are the beating heart of our planet, which is why preserving them is a challenge we must rise to.

Callum Roberts, Professor of Marine Conservation in the Centre for Ecology and Conservation at the University of Exeter's Cornwall campus gives an insight into how we can protect our oceans and some of the specific research taking place at the University.

If you're interested in hearing more from Professor Roberts, join him on World Ocean Day with a panel of marine experts to discuss the recent High Seas Treaty and how we can protect our marine environment. 

A University of Exeter Research with Impact Podcast.

Letting sleep happen - How to avoid worrying about a good night’s sleep.

Is worrying about sleep keeping you awake?

In this episode, sleep behaviour specialist Dr Dimitri Gavriloff discusses our bodies’ natural sleep responses, the impact of stresses of our modern day lives, and how not trying too hard could be the most healthy approach to a good night’s sleep.

Dimitri is a Clinical Psychologist specialising in behavioural sleep medicine, working in the NHS and teaching sleep medicine at Oxford University. He is also the Clinical Engagement Lead on the digital insomnia therapy tool ‘Sleepio’.

Managing your Money - with the Students’ Guild Advice Service

In this episode, we catch up with The Students’ Guild Advice Service who provide their top tips for managing your finances at University.

Useful resources:

For students on our Exeter campuses Students Guild Advice service

 

For students on our Cornwall campuses The Students' Union Advice Service

 

Also see

Advice on the University of Exeter website

Save the Student - for advice and student deals

Money Helper - government money advice service

 

Behind the uniform - catching up with Estate Patrol

In this episode of Exeplore, we chat with the University’s head of security, Dan Nicoll, about the work of the Estate Patrol team across our Exeter campuses.

Get an insight into the role of our campus security team as Dan discusses how they work with students, staff and the wider community to help keep everyone at the University safe. From responding to alerts on the SafeZone app to their reaction to the WW2 bomb on campus in February 2021, no two days are ever the same for Estate Patrol.

You can learn more about the work of our campus security team and how to contact them here: www.exeter.ac.uk/departments/campusservices/campussecurity/

Success for all – supporting students into higher education

At the University of Exeter we’re working to create a fair, socially just and inclusive society, and believe that fair access for all to higher education is fundamental to achieving that.  Nicola Sinclair, Head of Widening Participation discusses the work we’re doing to overcome barriers that prevent students from going on to university, and to enable more people from diverse backgrounds to learn, succeed and progress through higher education.  While first year MSc Nursing student, Harry Hayes, shares his experience of the University’s Exeter Scholars scheme, and how it helped him find his path to university.

We believe that fair access to higher education improves life opportunities and outcomes for individual students, while benefiting the economy and society as a whole. We’re committed to supporting students from all backgrounds to access, progress and succeed through higher education to ensure they reach their potential at University and as graduates.

You can find out more and see our access and participation strategy at https://www.exeter.ac.uk/about/vision/wp/

Exeter scholars is a free programme for students from Year 10 to Year 13, providing an opportunity to find out more about the University, develop a passion for a chosen subject and gain first-hand experience of student life at the University of Exeter.

Find out more at https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/exeterscholars/

Help your health with a haircut

Trigger warning: suicide and suicide prevention

As part of Mental Health Awareness Week we find out about the different ways hairdressers and barbers can support our wellbeing whilst we’re sitting in the cutting chair. We also hear from the Mind Your Head Society run by the Students’ Guild and the support they offer to students throughout the year.  

Please be aware that this edition of Exeplore contains references to suicide and suicide prevention. There are links below to organisations which can support anyone who needs it and you will hear some of these mentioned in the podcast.

In an emergency situation dial 999. Support is available from the Devon Partnership NHS Trust’s First Response Service. This is a 24/7 Urgent Mental Health Helpline and can be accessed by calling 0808 196 8708.

Samaritans is always available for your call. You can call them for free on 116 123, email them at  email jo@samaritans.org or visit samaritans.org

Students can access support from the University’s wellbeing pages:

https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/wellbeing/support/urgentsupport/ https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/wellbeing/

University staff can access support on these pages: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/staff/wellbeing/

The podcast mentions two sites: https://hubofhope.co.uk/ and https://mypickle.org/

And discover more about Mind Your Head Society on the Students’ Guild pages and the Lions Barber Collective on their webpages.

From Penzance to Paignton – Exploring Devon and Cornwall

In this episode of Exeplore, we take a whistle-stop tour around Devon and Cornwall. We discuss the benefits of travelling around the counties whilst studying on our campuses with two local experts Malcolm Bell, Chief Executive of Visit Cornwall and Robert Steemson, Community and Landscape Management Ranger at Dartmoor National Park. Whether it's a day on the beach in Exmouth or a ramble to St Ives, there are many things to discover across the region.

You can find out more about the top destinations and how to reach them at Visit Cornwall and Visit Devon.

 

Paralympian Issy Bailey

As a keen hockey player Issy Bailey was drawn to study at Exeter and spent her first year playing for the University’s first team. During her first summer break she had a car accident which paralysed her from the waist down. But whilst rehabilitating she took up a new sport, pistol shooting; a sport which would see her compete at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

As part of our Mind Over Natter series Issy joined us to explain how this sport gave her a fresh perspective on life and helped shape the person she is today. In the podcast she gives us an insight to competing at the highest level whilst looking after her wellbeing. Listen now to hear her talk which is filled with useful motivational tips.