University of Exeter Alumni

A programme that encourages hospital patients to get out and about in nature 🌳is helping their wellbeing 💚and could save the NHS in treatment costs, health experts believe. This BBC news article features Professor Ruth Garside, from our University of Exeter Medical School, who has been evaluating the mental health impact of nature-based social prescribing. 📰Read the BBC news article: https://brnw.ch/21wOc8P 📖Hear from more from Ruth in our 2021 Alumni Magazine: https://brnw.ch/21wOc8Q

Powered by donations from Exeter alumni, the Alumni Annual Fund enables students to enrich their university experience whilst making lifelong memories and developing valuable real-world skills. We recently chatted to the President of the Exeter University Symphony Orchestra, Hannah Bradley, who spoke about the orchestra's 2024 trip to Cologne, which was supported by the Alumni Annual Fund. Thank you for all your support which makes trips like this possible! 🎥Hear from Hannah: https://brnw.ch/21wOa2a 💚Discover more about the Fund: https://brnw.ch/21wOa29

💚Calling all our Vietnam based alumni! 💚 Are you interested in learning about fostering a biodiverse economy? On Monday 7 November you are invited to attend a conference and learn how finance and public policy can be harnessed to mitigate biodiversity loss and foster Vietnam’s green economy of future. During the day you'll hear from Professor Ben Groom – Lead Researcher, Dragon Capital Biodiversity Economics at the University of Exeter, INSPONRE, the British Embassy Hanoi and Dragon Capital. The event will then be followed by a cocktail reception hosted by our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Lisa Roberts. We'd love to see you there! 🎫 RSVP today: https://brnw.ch/21wO5QQ

Take a moment during #BlackHistoryMonth to listen to one of 16 lecture recordings available on a number of topics, all produced by University of Exeter academics and PhD students. 💚Discover more: https://brnw.ch/21wO3Bz

📅 We have two fantastic Vice-Chancellor hosted Alumni Receptions in South East Asia coming up in November, and we'd love to see our Exeter alumni there! There's still a few tickets left so don't miss out on these exciting opportunities to network with fellow alumni and friends of Exeter. Details of each event are found below: Monday 4 November in Singapore 🎫 RSVP online: https://brnw.ch/21wO1lK Tuesday 5 November in Kuala Lumpur 🎫 RSVP online: https://brnw.ch/21wO1lJ We can't wait for you to hear the latest University developments from Professor Lisa Roberts, and to catch up on all your news! #ExeterForever

Our Success for All Fund exists to help students who face financial difficulties, such as high rents, who may also be forced to work long hours each week just to make ends meet. This then creates additional strain as they attempt to balance this with studying, attending lectures and the other positive opportunities afforded by university life. Did you know that with the generous support of our alumni community alongside direct contributions from the University, we’ve provided hardship grants to 1,706 students over the last 12 months? One recipient of the Fund commented, “I cannot express how grateful I am for this support, and it will really aid me in my final months of university. I can’t imagine how I would have got by otherwise.” 📖Read more about the programme, and, if you're able to, make a contribution to help a student who is struggling via our website: https://brnw.ch/21wNZkq Thank you. 🙏

Alumnus Pete Laverick (Business & Managerial Economics in 2017) has recently published his first podcast with Hong Kong’s Olympic swimming hero, Siobhán Haughey, who won four medals (two silver🥈 and two bronze🥉) at the recent Paris Olympics this summer and the previous Olympics in Tokyo. Pete is an ex-professional athlete living a pretty normal life in Hong Kong and he started his 'Abnormal' podcast to talk to those many of us view as 'abnormal' or having achieved abnormal things and find out what made them take that first step outside of their comfort zone. 💻Take a look: https://brnw.ch/21wNXiP 🎧Listen to the podcast: https://brnw.ch/21wNXiO

💚 Have you heard of Alumni UK? 💚 It's a global network from the British Council for alumni from around the world who have studied in the UK as an overseas student. The University of Exeter was one of the founding members of the network, and joining Alumni UK will help you to grow your worldwide professional network through events, offer continued professional development opportunities and learning resources. 🖥️Take a look at their upcoming events via their website: https://brnw.ch/21wNSZB

Alumni are welcome to attend a public lecture from the Exeter Food Research Network with Michael Caines MBE that takes place next month. Michael will speak about how rediversifying and rebalancing what we eat can lead to a more sustainable, more secure food system. Beforehand there will be a Food Market 🍽️ featuring a dozen Devon food makers in the “Forum Street” area inside the Forum Building from 12pm until just before the start of the lecture. All the details can be found below: 🗓️Tuesday 26 November 🕖7pm - 8.30pm 📍Alumni Auditorium, Streatham Campus, and online via Zoom. 🎟️RSVP today: https://brnw.ch/21wNQRs

Exciting news as this partnership 🤝 will help strengthen the relationship between Exeter’s world leading the Centre for Ecology and Conservation and the College of Marine Science and Aquatic Biology (CMSAB) at Khorfakkan!