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Respect on Campus Festival

Festival Thu 30 – Fri 31 May 2019, 11:00 – 16:00

The Forum
University of Exeter, Streatham Campus
Exeter EX4 4PY

  • Free

Join a celebration of diversity, equality, and inclusivity on campus at the University of Exeter, as part of the annual Exeter Respect Festival on Campus.

Working with the Students’ Guild, on Thursday 30 May a series of workshops, seminars and talks will be on offer to staff and students at the Streatham campus to explore and share the work the University are doing to make the campuses welcoming and diverse. All sessions will be held in the Forum, Streatham Campus in Seminar Rooms 7 -12.

For more information and to book your tickets for 30 May, please click here.

Join the festivities on Friday 31 May at the St Luke’s campus to celebrate diversity with music and performances from students, from mid-afternoon into the evening (minibus provided between campuses). 

More details for 31 May can be found here.


Thursday 30 May itinerary

11:00-12:00

  • Unconscious Bias, Russell Thomas, Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Manager 

  • We Are All Exeter, Grace Frain, Students' Guild President and Rose Ahier, Vice-President Welfare and Diversity 

  • The Provost Commission – What’s Been Happening and What’s Next?, Prof. Janice Kay, Provost and Senior Deputy Vice- Chancellor Linda Peka, Chief College Operations Officer. 

  • Taster Session Bystander Intervention Training, Dr. Rachel Fenton, Senior Lecturer in Law and Intervention Initiative Lead

  • Exhibition Tour: The Painters of the City: Art in North Africa 1880-1920, Professor William Gallois, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean History

12:00-13:00

  • Keynote Speech – #MeToo - What Actions can Universities Take?, Prof. Janice Kay, Provost and Senior Deputy- Vice- Chancellor. 

13:00-14:00

  • Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Vision Presentation, Russell Thomas, Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Manager

  • How to engage students in shaping a diverse curriculum?, Warren Bingham-Roberts and Penny Dinh, Students' Guild Vice-President Education 2018-19 and Vice-President Education (Elect 2019-20) 

  • Are We Decolonised Yet? Problems and Practices of Decolonisation in the Academy, Dr. Chris Campbell, Dr. Lara Choksey and Dr. Abe Foley, English, College of Humanities.

14:00-15:00

  • Racism and Sexism in the Classroom, Nick Givens and Dr. Sandy Allen, Senior Lecturers in Graduate School of Education – A session for academics on E&R and E&S contracts, and Graduate Teaching Assistants only, please.

  • Accessible in-class teaching; a training resource for teaching staff, Claire Lavers, Senior Lecturer in Finance

  • Representing Students Who Aren’t Like Me, Scott Temple-Farmer, Deputy CEO Students' Guild

15:00 -16:00

  • Raising Concerns – Student Matters, Chrysten Cole, Head of Legal /Sarah Donaldson, Student Cases Team

  • How should we respond to the government’s ‘Online Harms’ White Paper?, Garth Davies, Head of Press and Public Affairs 

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    The message from Adib Fattel from Damascus – conveyed to you through his paintings - is a message of love, peace, tolerance and the connections that bring us together. See the exhibition in the Street Gallery, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter until 20 December 2019.

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  • Exhibition

    2 Nov 2019 – 26 Jan 2020 Unbounded: Contemporary Art Practices in Cornwall

    Arts and Culture Creative Fellow Bram Thomas Arnold exhibits work as part of Unbounded at the Eden Project, Cornwall. 

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  • Exhibition

    8 Nov 2019 – 10 Jan 2020 A Stitched Survey of the Dyer’s Garden

    Artist Christiane Berghoff mainly works with sustainable textiles, having studied Art and Environment at Falmouth University. For her Creative Exchange project she has been working in an area of the walled garden on the Penryn Campus, planting and nurturing a variety of plants selected for the purpose of botanically dying textiles and for their value to insect pollinators.

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  • Show

    Fri 20 Dec 2019, 19:30 – 23:00 Last Night of the Christmas Proms

    Kick off Christmas with a fun-packed concert for all the family, featuring classics old and new, all wrapped up with a sprinkling of magic and sparkle. A rollercoaster of seasonal favourites includes Jingle Bells, White Christmas, Sleigh Ride, Walking in a Winter Wonderland, Let it Snow Let it Snow, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year and much, much more!

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  • Performance

    21 Dec 2019 – 5 Jan 2020 Hansel and Gretel

    From University of Exeter Drama graduates PaddleBoat Theatre comes an interactive Christmas treat for families – and anyone who would enjoy a relaxed, inclusive theatre experience. Following a sell-out run at the Exeter Northcott Theatre last year the show is back, this time at the Barnfield Theatre.

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  • Show

    Thu 2 Jan 2020, 19:30 – 23:00 New Year Johann Strauss Gala

    Celebrate the New Year with an uplifting selection of waltzes, marches, polkas and arias by the King of Waltz and his contemporaries. The full symphonic forces of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra will be joined by an outstanding soprano to bring you an evening of swirling melodies and carry you away into the glamour and sparkle of Viennese Dance Halls.

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  • Performance

    Wed 15 – Sat 18 Jan 2020, 19:30 – 21:30 The Great Gatsby

    Join Exeter University Theatre Co in a dazzling performance of "The Great Gatsby" Wed 15 - Sat 18 Jan 2020. Taking you back to the roaring twenties, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby throws you into the glamour and scandal of American high-society – subverting the “American Dream” with disastrous consequences.

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  • Performance

    Wed 22 – Sat 25 Jan 2020, 19:30 – 19:30 Ghost the Musical

    Join Exeter University Footlights as they perform a powerful and magical story on Wed 22 - Sat 25 Jan 2020. 

    This production promises to be a thrilling, emotional roller coaster following Long-time couple Sam and Molly who are living happily in New York until a series of spooky and mysterious events come their way. 

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  • Talk

    Thu 27 Feb 2020, 18:00 – 19:00 Killing Eve: Making a Psychopath

    Find out what makes a psychopath, from the leading expert who helped to create Killing Eve’s Villanelle. Dr Mark Freestone has worked on some of the most interesting and infamous psychopath cases of recent times. Using real case studies, Mark will be looking into their minds, while sharing secrets from behind the scenes of Killing Eve.

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    February

  • Exhibition

    Sun 9 Feb 2020, 14:00 – 17:30 Reframing Vivien Leigh

    A free exhibition tracing Vivien Leigh’s connections to the South West region through an exciting variety of materials from local museums including the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, The Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Topsham Museum.

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