Your EXtra

When you become a full time student with us your learning experience reaches far beyond your course. As well as your course and your tutorial time, you will also have the opportunity to get involved in a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities that will help you to enhance your interests and talents, make new friends, develop new skills and have fun along the way. We call this element of your College programme Your Extra - read on for more!

Clubs and societies

We have a huge range of clubs and societies from kickboxing to yoga, CPR training and British Sign Language, the Ten Tors or Duke of Edinburgh challenges, Lego and robotics, languages to cooking, debating to the environment, musical ensembles of various genres...and the list goes on! These clubs offer the chance to discover new passions and test your skills and, if you want to introduce something new, then we can support you in establishing your own society.

In the community - fundraising and volunteering

As a full time Exeter College student you will be encouraged to be an active and responsible citizen and to develop a wider understanding of society. You will have the chance to run fundraising and awareness-raising events to support issues that are important to you and your peers. We also have a Future Steps Team who support learners with all aspects of progression, including helping students to prepare for volunteering opportunities

Learner Voice

At the College there are lots of different ways for students to have their voice heard. You might want to be a Tutor Rep for your tutor group, collecting students views on a range of topics across the year. You could also join the Learner Leadership Team working with students from across the College to propose positive changes to the College Senior Leadership Team.

Ten Tors training weekend

Exeter College has provided me with so many fantastic opportunities.

Eleanor, studying International Baccalaureate.

Academies

We are proud to offer a wide range of aspirational Academies for students who wish to excel and develop in specific areas. In the last year we launched three new Academies for Esports, Dance and Digital Media, opening yet more opportunities to learners to follow their passion alongside their studies. To discover more, see pages 37-40.

Industry competitions

You will have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of competitions at Exeter College. This could be at events such as the British Physics Olympiad, debating at a Model United Nations (MUN) conference or competing in the British Esports Association tournament. This year our students have seen great success regionally and nationally including helping the South West bring home the trophy in the Association of Colleges (AoC) sport national championships and students in Hospitality were crowned runners up in the National Seafood Chef of the Year Competition (pictured above).

Tutorial

To ensure you are supported throughout your studies with us, you will be allocated a personal tutor and a tutorial group. Your personal tutor will provide regular one-to-ones and individual support for your studies. In addition to this, you will receive regular group tutorials during which you will cover a range of topics designed to enhance your wider personal development. Examples of some of the topics you might cover include preparing you for your next steps, health and wellbeing, global citizenship and understanding equality and diversity.