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Sustainability

Sustainable travel

News

Please see our bus pages for news about a new Stagecoach line 4 University service will come into operation on Sunday 1 September. This will affect everyone traveling from St David's to St Luke's or Streatham.

We aim to make travelling around and between campuses better for everyone and to ease pressure on the environment and reduce carbon emissions.

Sustainable Travel

We have around 30,000 students and nearly 6,000 staff who study, live or work at the University, and many more people visit our campuses for events. The potential implications for congestion and air pollution from traffic are significant.

As well as developing public transport links and the free bus service between Exeter St David’s, Streatham campus, the city centre and St Luke’s, we are looking at ways to encourage people to reduce single-occupancy car journeys and adopt more sustainable transport options.  

Over the last two years we have been working on a Sustainable Transport Strategy to ensure that changes in travel and behaviour post-Covid are accurately reflected and any impacts on our initiatives are addressed. This strategy has now been approved by University Executive Board and will be published shortly.  

Business travel

The University of Exeter Travel Policy addresses issues such as approvals, insurance, procurement and approved suppliers, risk management, sustainability and environmental issues. Staff intending to travel must refer to this policy ahead of making any travel arrangements.  

Visit our Finance pages to view more information on travel.