Casual debating society launches

headlines for his Just Stop Oil-affiliated protest at the World Snooker Championship in April, kicked off proceedings by speaking in favour of the activist group.

The debate was chaired by Speakeasy’s president, Jack Barwell, who narrowly lost out on the Debate Society presidency last term. Speakers were able to volunteer, and members of the audience could ask questions. Polls were taken before and after each debate. The votes split 19-12 against the motion “The actions of Just Stop Oil are justified” and 24-13 against the motion “The monarchy should be abolished.”

Speakeasy Society said their society “was created with the purpose of bringing people across the political spectrum together for ambitious and exciting debates on relevant political and social issues. Speakeasy Society has dedicated weekly events focusing on another student explained how "financial instability is something I already struggle with" and that if the security "is taken away with unfixed termination of a contract I wouldn’t know when or how much money I can spend." Similar concerns were stressed by other students who felt the University should provide more support for students, whether this is via emails, through communication with landlords or even guides on how to budget. casual debating featuring lively conversation on topics real students want to hear but don’t have a platform to take part in. We were incredibly proud of our first event with varying opinions in the room, yet it remained upbeat and exciting for our members with a big turn out and great debate.”

Chris Tidman, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the trust, stated: “We are of course disappointed by the results in our medical and surgical services, however we feel it is a fair reflection of the challenges the trust and our teams were under at the time of the inspection.

“We are a learning organisation and we welcome feedback from the CQC and their response to our never events, which will help us to continuously improve our services for our patients and communities.”

“We are reassured that the majority of the areas for improvement were already known to us, and work is underway to raise standards and performance.”

However, he said the inspections findings has some “really positive reflections” and that “patients being treated with compassion and kindness, examples of positive teamworking, staff feeling empowered to raise concerns and treating patients according to their individual needs.”

Rosie Batsford News Editor

AFTER Exeter’s annual Pride parade was cancelled due to a lack of volunteers, the Students’ Guild launched their own Pride week with a series of events, which were supported by societies across campus.

Many students were disappointed by the news that Exeter Pride had been cancelled this year; however, the Guild decided to put together a range of their own events to celebrate LGBTQ+ lives in the University throughout Pride Month.

A spokesperson for the Students’ Guild told Exeposé : “When we heard the news that Exeter Pride had been cancelled this year, we wanted to create