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January, 2019 - Welcome to Exeter English!

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Spring Term at Exeter!

Welcome to the Department of English & Film at Exeter!

My name is Dr Paul Williams and I’m a Senior Lecturer in Twentieth-Century Literature – I’m also one of the Admissions Officers in the department. Over the course of the Spring Term I’ll be regularly blogging about activities on campus, the research that staff do, and what keeps our students busy. And I’ll say a bit about all the opportunities we offer at Exeter, academic and otherwise, hence my trip to the sea below!

Right now everything is in full swing: essays are being marked, students are going on trips, and dissertations are being written. This blog will give you a peek inside our lecture theatres, seminar rooms, libraries, and archives. You’ll hear from staff and students alike!

We can’t wait to meet our Offer Holders at one of the Offer-Holder Visit Days in February or March, but if you can’t make it to Exeter in person, hopefully this blog will give you a taste of what life here is like!

 

A Trip Down the Estuary…

I thought I’d start with one of my favourite things to do, which is walk to the town of Exmouth to see the sea. The South-West Coastal Path gives good access to the coastline all along the Devon coast and the journey from Exeter to Exmouth gives you fantastic views of the Exe estuary. Starting in the centre of Exeter it takes me around 2 hours 30 minutes to walk to Exmouth, but you can cycle down the estuary too, or use the train service (c.25 minutes).

Today encapsulated all the weather you might expect in Devon in January. It was dry and good weather for the bird watchers outside Topsham…

Then the hail started…

 And the wind picked up…

But the sun finally broke through before Exmouth…

And it was all worth it at the end!

  

See you back here for more news from English at Exeter!

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