Healthy lifestyle choices
The University offers you a wide range of facilities and activities to help you enjoy a healthier work lifestyle.
Healthy eating
The University is a fairtrade University with a large number of retail outlets serving ‘healthy option’ food.
Exeter campuses
Cornwall Campus
Green travel
It is well established that regular exercise is a key factor in maintaining a good standard of health and fitness. Walking or cycling to work even for part of your journey involve valuable opportunities for personal physical exercise. Both are completely carbon neutral.
Find out more on the University’s sustainability website and about Sustainable transport and the University’s travel plan
Financial benefits
Find out about the University’s transport benefits which includes information on the University’s cyclescheme. The cyclescheme encourages you to participate in a ‘salary sacrifice’ arrangement that enables you to purchase bikes and safety equipment and to use cycling as means of sustainable travel. This is supported by free cycle training to ensure you to feel safe and secure while using your bike.
Sports and recreation
In recent years the University has invested in first class sport, health and fitness facilities on its Exeter and Cornwall campuses, now regarded as some of the best facilities in the South West of England. These are fully available and accessible to all staff. The Sports Centre takes a holistic approach to staff health and wellness and provides a wide range of activities that suit everyone’s needs.
On the Streatham Campus, you have access to numerous activities:
- Football, rugby, hockey and lacrosse
- Badminton, squash and tennis
- Cricket
- Table tennis
- Basketball and netball
- Volleyball
- Climbing
- Fitness (gym and virtual gym)
- Mini ’Olympics’ and a fitness 'Trim Trail'
- Staff can also benefit from access to a physiotherapy service provided at the Sports Park by Ocean Physio and Rehab
On the St Luke’s Campus you have access to two indoor sport halls, a gym and a swimming pool. At the Cornwall Campus you have access to a sports centre with gymnasium, exercise studio, changing rooms, showers and a physiotherapy room. There is also a multi-use games area outside.
Health and wellness activities (Streatham Campus)
The University provides a range of health and wellness activities throughout the year. Some of these include wellbeing weeks, free health testing, exercise referral schemes, campus health walks, weekly running groups, health information presentations, healthy eating workshops, complementary health treatments, smoking cessation workshops, meditation sessions and many more.
Campus walks
There are organised health walks that take place. These are designed to get you away from your workplace and to take in fresh air. They are very informal and not overly strenuous.
Sculpture walk
The sculpture walk is a trail that all staff can access and which guides participants around campus taking in the various art works on display.
Staff Association
The Staff Association supports several special interest groups, whose members enjoy activities varying from knitting to netball and from singing to surfing. Find out about the groups and how to join in on the Staff Association website. All staff are welcome to join the Association.
Smoking
University smoking policy
The University wishes to provide a safe, clean, comfortable and healthy environment for all of its staff, students and visitors. The University provides free support to staff and students who wish to stop smoking. Details of the University’s arrangements to comply with its legal obligations on smoking are described in the University smoking policy.
Substance abuse policy and guidelines
The University recognises its duty of care towards its employees and views substance abuse as a medical problem rather than a disciplinary matter. Details of the University’s arrangements to both comply with its legal obligations and assist staff are described in its substance abuse policy and guidelines.
