Global Festival 2026

Monday, 09 November 2026 at 17:30

We invite all students and staff to join us in celebrating our diverse culture with an evening full of food, performances and workshops!

Event details

Here at the University of Exeter Business School, we are committed to a truly embedded inclusive culture that runs through everything we do and represents our diverse culture of staff and students from around the world. We are excited to invite staff and students to join us for the fourth annual Business School Global Festival, an evening full of good food, performances and workshops!

We are delighted to welcome Professor John Amaechi OBE – organisational psychologist, world-renowned author and Honorary Professor of Leadership at Exeter – as our keynote speaker.

Registration

Please register using the ‘register’ link on this page. Please make sure you use your University of Exeter email address. If you wish to register without using Eventbrite, or if you have any questions regarding the event please contact: uebs-globalfestival@exeter.ac.uk.

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What is the Global Festival?

The Global Festival is a celebration of our cultural diversity, with a host of activities and events on offer to students and colleagues.

Everyone is welcome – it's a fantastic opportunity to make new connections, have some fun with colleagues and friends, learn more about our incredible support services and share your own experiences and culture. We are lucky to have colleagues and students from a huge range of communities, cultures, and countries, and we are excited to celebrate this rich cultural diversity at the festival.

For those recently joining our community, staff and students will be on hand to answer any questions you may have in your first few weeks of arriving at Exeter. And for everyone returning to campus, it’s a chance to catch up with friends and colleagues and have some fun.

Keynote Speaker – Professor John Amaechi OBE

John Amaechi OBE is an organisational psychologist, Professor of Leadership at the University of Exeter Business School, and founder of APS Intelligence Ltd. He completed his graduate training in psychology while playing professional basketball in the NBA, becoming in the process the first British person to reach that level of the sport.

For sixteen years he has advised FTSE 100 boards and senior leadership teams across Europe, APAC and the Americas, and his work is grounded in behavioural science applied inside some of the world’s most complex organisations.

He is the author of three books on leadership, including the Sunday Times bestseller The Promises of Giants and It’s Not Magic: The Ordinary Skills of Exceptional Leaders, and holds an OBE for services to sport and the voluntary sector.

Programme

The fully Global Festival programme will be published here shortly. In addition to our keynote speaker, we are excited to be hosting:

• Diwali celebrations including a performance by our Hindu Society, a Henna artist and paint-your-own Diya and Mandala drawing workshops;
• More student society performances;
• A Sushi making workshop;
• Language taster sessions;
• Karaoke

There will also be the chance to meet student societies representing a wide range of cultures and academic interests, as well as University teams including the Career Zone, Study Abroad, Global Leaders and the Business School’s Pastoral Mentors

Organiser

University of Exeter Business School - EDI

Location

University of Exeter Business school