1,695 University of Exeter reviews

Very useful workplace learning course, has taught me how to write a good CV, cover letter, do well in an interview, etc

Helpful feedback on coursework, tutors very helpful & available, but exams are all open book and online which feels sorta pointless.

Very good gym, good library but cld be bigger

Good, but I personally haven’t had much need for this type of support. But they have things like student nightline, etc, and send emails with info in about getting help

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Being in the business school, Exeter have provided several career building workshops. If i wished to, I could attend a new one nearly every week or two weeks given the frequency of them. I will be using these resources a lot more in my second and third year, but i was really impressed by their guest speakers and informative workshops about internships and job prospects.

Online tutorials had little to no interaction and it was primarily recapping everything in pre-recorded lectures. Very little effort to keep students engaged and enthusiastic. Teaching hours were less than I expected, but average for a typical UK university.

Wasn’t able to take full advantage of all the services and facilities due to COVID-19; however, the facilities i did get a chance to use were really helpful. For example, the university’s online service which enables you to upload your essays beforehand for a chance to receive feedback on grammar, structure, coherence. It also had a vast library (both online and physical- with 3 floors).

Compared to what they promised, I was extremely underwhelmed. I did approach them once and they replied saying they were able to find me someone to talk to but the earliest slot was two weeks later. By that time, my problem had already resolved itself. However, they were extremely helpful with deadline extensions due to reasons relating to mental wellbeing, COVID-19, or other difficult circumstances.

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The online classes were alright, as was the contact with tutors available, but more hours could have been spent being in contact, it sometimes felt like you weren’t a part of the uni with how little contact hours there were

4

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So many resources for career services.

I blame the extent of the poor lectures on covid. I don’t think professors were prepared enough to change their teaching styles for online learning and for that reason teaching was not very effective.

Very well prepared for covid precautions. Otherwise amazing campus.

Student Information Desk takes 2-3 weeks to respond to communications. They really could have done with hiring more employees especially due to the higher volume because of covid. Otherwise professors are pretty efficient.

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I have had a module dedicated to prospective career opportunities, during which we had an entire activity day on this, with tasks tailored to our personal goals etc.

This year my course has been online. I had six modules in total (three per term). For each module, I have an hours worth of lectures per week and an hour’s worth of seminars (on Zoom) per week. In term two, the duration of one of these seminars moved up to 1.3 hours. I then had at least two 30 minutes private tutorials with each of my tutors per terms. These are all ordinarily in-person, but I only had four seminars in-person in term one, as the virus disallowed the continuation of in-person teaching. So, the university tried its utmost to have blended education as balanced as possible, but when it became fully online, teaching certainly made up for it.

4

The library is excellent, extensive and the staff are very efficient and jump at the opportunity to help you. When I accessed the library online and had a question, I used the texting feature to communicate with a staff member, and I got an instant response. The only issue I have with the online resources is that some texts have in-person copies but do not online versions; this proved problematic when home during the lockdown. The study spaces are endless, and there are always facilities available. I still have uncovered all of them! During the lockdown, they were fully staffed and very well organised. The restaurants and university pubs are also brilliant, with highly efficient staff. The food is excellent too, and you can get a cheap good quality pint! In terms of equipment hire, I can only think of books for English. The library has a system that informs you whether the text you want is available or currently taken out for hire. However, there are usually several copies available at the library, and, if not, there will most likely be an online copy.

I lost a family member over the Christmas break to coronavirus, and all my seminar leaders, as well as my tutor, offered many mental health support groups, people to talk to, as well as exceptional circumstances for my January essays and exams. Having dyslexia, I was always given extra time in exams and the university were efficient in helping sort this.

Yes

3

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All online this year, although promised a blend of online and in-person teaching.

6

Unsure as was only there for a month as started studying at home.

No

career services and employability are really enhanced in this university, plenty of resources to gather up information

Online, 2 lectures per module on average per week, contact with tutors is satisfactory.

facilities are brilliant and very clean

wellbeing services could be improved but it has been a tough year...

Yes

Been to lots of career events regarding drama. Stuff regarding becoming an actor is a bit limited, but hearing about other options was really helpful.

With this Covid year it's been online. Drama was online, it was strange but easily adaptable (but not the same). English was an online and was very different, it felt less personal. Whilst it was the same contact hours (as they told us) - it was not the same, and arguably not the same level of teaching/support.

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I assumed the facilities were good, but haven't been able to use them, everything's online. The online library was helpful.

It's there if I need it. I haven't needed to use it, that's why I'd give it 3 stars because I don't know if its necessarily good or not.

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