Exeter University - Student Life

Housing: Plentiful on campus; university accommodation list for housing off-campus.

Eats: £1.70 for all-day breakfast in Guild coffee bar. Wide selection of restaurants and bars serving good food across the city.

Drink: Guild bar cheapest and best - £1+ for a pint.

Nightlife: Ents programme includes regular big name bands and twice-weekly campus nightclub. Cheap arts events and good student theatre. Timepiece and Arena good student clubs.

Locals: Not unfriendly but treat them with respect. The Quay can be dodgy at weekends.

Sports: 2 pools (indoor and outdoor); cheap equipment hire; excellent campus gym, weights and dance studio; all-weather pitches, sailing etc.

Travel: Good road and rail links. Guild travel shop on campus. Improving public transport system; buses linking many areas of town and coastal railway; developing network of cycle paths.

Hardship fund: Access fund (apply early). £50 loans available from Guild as last resort. Guild student advice centre can help find what money is where.

Jobs: Guild job webpage helps students find work on and off campus (mainly bar, waiting, telesales and retail).

Best features: Social atmosphere.

And worst: The hills.

Good news: New medical school jointly with Plymouth University.

More info: Contact Guild President, Tel: 01392 263540, email: president(at)guild.ex.ac.uk, website: www.xnet.ex.ac.uk

Past students: Richard Hill, Mike Slemen (England rugby players), Paul Jackson (BBC comedy producer), Tony Speller and Bowen Wells (Tory MPs), Paul Downton, Richard Ellison (England cricketers), Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Emma B (Radio 1 DJ), Peter Phillips, J K Rowling, Will Young.