For further information about Academic Services at the Exeter campuses, please visit the Academic Services website. At the University of Exeter all our academic support facilities are combined within Academic Services. This allows us to make your passage from registration to graduation as seamless as possible, allowing you to make the most of your time here at the University. Academic Services covers a wide range of services from your email account, to the audiovisual equipment in your lecture theatres; from the University libraries to shared-use PCs and a host of student support services.
At the University of Exeter all our academic support facilities are combined within Academic Services. This allows us to make your passage from registration to graduation as seamless as possible, allowing you to make the most of your time here at the University. Academic Services covers a wide range of services from your email account, to the audiovisual equipment in your lecture theatres; from the University libraries to shared-use PCs and a host of student support services. As a student at Exeter you will have access to ‘MyExeter’, our student portal which is home to all the vital IT services that you’ll need throughout your time at Exeter. You can access MyExeter from any web-enabled computer in the world and get access to your email and calendar, documents saved to your own file space, teaching timetables and the online Student Information Desk where you can ask any non-academic support question at any time.
MyExeter will also give you access to the ‘Exeter Learning Environment’ (ELE). This is our virtual learning environment that enables you to access online the learning materials for your modules. We are also actively working with mobile devices, adding mobile apps and services to enhance the Exeter experience and allowing you to locate areas of interest across our campuses.
We are investing £6.4 million in our University network to provide a high-speed network across our campuses and a 24/7 wireless service in many areas across our campuses, making study and research more flexible and accessible.
Nearly all University owned halls of residence are connected to our network, giving you access to all University resources and fast broadband access. It’s not a problem if you don’t have your own computer – there are public-access PC ‘clusters’ at all campuses – many open 24 hours and we have recently increased the number of PCs available here. You can even borrow a laptop for use in the libraries.
We have a dedicated IT Help Desk that can assist you with any queries – from support for the specific IT services offered by the University, to virus problems and internet access. We even run laptop clinics to supplement your own support arrangements to help you get your laptop working on our network.
We are also investing in our learning spaces to ensure you have excellent teaching facilities; these include expanding our lecture capture service so you can see lectures again online.
You can find out more on the Exeter IT website.
The library service in Exeter
We pride ourselves on our library facilities and have benefitted from an £18 million refurbishment on all our major library buildings.
The Main Library is one of only five academic libraries in England that are open 24/7 throughout the academic year; we have e-books, e-journals and specialist databases in every subject. Exeter has one of the highest UK academic library ratios of printed books to students with a stock in excess of 1.2 million and a dedicated Ready Text collection of the very highest demand items. We also have internationally important Special Collections exclusive to Exeter including the literary and historical archives of the Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture. From the latest e-books to medieval manuscripts, Exeter provides a world-class research-intensive library environment for your study.
Subject specialists run a comprehensive programme of training to help you get the very best from the rich print and electronic resources available in your chosen subject, as well as one-to-one appointments to suit you. There are extra services and facilities for international students who have their own Library International Officer.
Students based in Exeter can use any of our libraries:
- Main Library – our flagship undergraduate library has benefitted from £5.8 million investment in new facilities for our collections and for group, silent and quiet study with state of the art multi-media and computer clusters.
- Research Commons – our research library is open to all students seeking a quiet study environment or access to our unique Special Collections and film museum.
- St Luke’s Campus Library – this completely refurbished campus library has silent, quiet and group study zones, multi-media facilities and collections supporting Sport Science and Medicine.
For more information visit the Library website.
The library service in Cornwall
The Cornwall Campus Learning Resources Centre, Library and IT facilities provide an accessible and excellent study environment. Library users benefit from 24/7 access during term time, self-service facilities, a range of different study areas, including group and silent study, with wifi access throughout. The majority of texts have been purchased in recent years and the entire collection, which contains 120,000 books, 3,000 maps and 25,000 videos/DVDs, is continually reviewed and updated. There is access to a comprehensive range of electronic resources: e-journals, databases and e-books. Archives and Special Collections include the Camborne School of Mines archives and the Institute of Cornish Studies collection.
Cornwall Campus students enjoy access to all the libraries in Exeter and at Falmouth University, and can make requests for inter-library loans.
You’ll have an induction programme to cover the LRC and IT facilities; enquiry and help desks provide further support and advice throughout your studies. There are also detailed sessions on information search techniques, information resources in your subject area and journal and database searches. One-to-one appointments can be made with Academic Liaison Librarians who support learning, teaching and research on the Cornwall Campus.
The striking £10 million Exchange building, a major expansion of the LRC, further enhances the library, teaching and learning facilities available to students.
For further information see the Library Service for Falmouth University website.
Further information
For further information about Academic Services at the Exeter campuses, please visit the Academic Services website. For the Cornwall Campus, visit the Library Service for Falmouth University website.
