Intercultural Cafe
Come and be a part of our Intercultural Cafe to meet new people, celebrate our different cultures and approaches. Find details of what's planned on your campus below:
Exeter (Streatham and St Luke's)
Join us every Friday for a fun hour of activities and making new friends, a free hot drink and pastry. Last year we had over 2500 visits to cafe. So come and discover a whole new community of friends to connect with!
- Streatham Campus: Isca Eats, Cornwall House (unless otherwise stated)
- Friday 10.00-11.30
- First 100 students only, last entry 11:00
You don't have to book onto a session, just join in. Please bring your Unicard with you to sign in. Please arrive for the beginning of the session and stay to enjoy it with the group. Places are limited and so please prioritise staying for the whole session. Students and staff are welcome and we look forward to seeing you there.
| Friday 21 August |
NEW VENUE: Innovation Centre Cafe
Who Am I? A fun, fast-paced guessing game inspired by the quirks, challenges, and highlights of student life in Exeter. |
| Friday 28 August |
NEW VENUE: Innovation Centre Cafe
Celebrate the final Intercultural Cafe session of 2025/26 Thanks for being a part of Intercultural Cafe this year. This will be our last cafe until we return on 25 September in our new home in the Terrace Cafe.
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| Friday 25 September |
Speed Friending: Passions Tic Tac Toe
Worried about starting conversations with new classmates and housemates? Come and practice and make some new friends at Intercultural Café with our fun speed friending game.
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| Friday 2 October |
Culture Stars: Building connections, confidence and English language
Join Emma Sweeney from the International Student Centre to talk about how we can communicate effectively across cultures in our new environment.
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| Friday 9 October |
Move Smart
This week we'll be looking at the highs and lows of living in a new environment in a new country and getting ahead to look at housing for next year. |
| Friday 16 October |
Do you know your idioms?
Come and take our fun quiz of English idioms for prizes! Share your similar idioms from home.
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| Friday 23 October |
Your Career
Joan Wright from the Career Zone will highlight some of the great careers support available to you as international students. Play Strengths Rummy (card game) in small groups helping you to better identify your own strengths and find the best in you.
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| Friday 30 October |
Pom poms for Halloween
Come and make a spooky spiders and pumpkins to decorate your room.
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| Friday 6 November |
Come and celebrate Diwali with us
Join Jay Jina, our Hindu Chaplain, to chat all things Diwali. We’ll be bringing henna tubes so let the decorating begin!
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| Friday 13 November |
International Students Day Bunting
Help us make some bunting for our International Students Day stall in the Forum on Monday. Design an image to represent your study abroad experience, what you are looking forward to seeing or have seen.
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| Friday 20 November |
Disability Awareness Month
Join Becky from the Students' Guild to look at themes from Disability Awareness Month.
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| Friday 27 November |
Thanksgiving Pictures
Come and create your own Thanksgiving picture with natural objects and we'll take a photo of it and give you a commemorative photo of it!
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| Friday 4 December |
Christmas and Christingle Making
Join our Chaplaincy team to hear about Christian traditions of Christmas and join in one from the Moravian Church: Christingle.
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| Friday 11 December |
Christmas Crafts
Decorate a Christmas ornament or create your very own Christmas card with us.
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| Friday 18 December |
Board Games
Come and join the International Student Experience team for a morning of board games. If you've got a favourite game, why not bring it along and teach it to the group?
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| Friday 25 December |
Closed for winter break
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| Friday 1 January |
Closed for winter break
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Cornwall (Penryn and Truro)
The Intercultural Café is a chance to meet people and celebrate different cultures in a relaxed, friendly space.
Students and researchers from across the universities in Cornwall are welcome to join us during term time for a free hot drink and cake, and the chance to meet people from all over the world and find out more about life in Cornwall.
- Lower Stannary, Tremough Campus or Fox Café, Woodlane Campus
- Wednesdays 15.00-16.30
Let us know you're coming by registering for free through the campus events calendar.
Term 1: 2026/27
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Friday 18 September |
Venue: Lower Stannary, Penryn Campus Welcome to your Intercultural Café! Join us for a free hot or cold drink, pin your home on our world map, and play a friendly social game of Human Bingo to meet new people from around the world! |
| Wednesday 23 September |
Venue: Lower Stannary, Penryn Campus Language Share Help us explore how many languages are spoken on campus at this special Intercultural Café session. Add words or phrases in your mother tongue to our decorations for the Global Learning Lounge. |
| Wednesday 30 September |
Venue: Lower Stannary, Penryn Campus Mug Painting Join us for a relaxing session where you can paint your own mug to take home. Enjoy a drink, snack and good company whilst you do! |
| Wednesday 7 October |
Venue: Fox Café, Woodlane Campus Board Games Join us for a friendly board games session, a drink and a snack. Got a favourite board or card game? Feel free to bring it along! |
| Wednesday 14 October |
Venue: Lower Stannary, Penryn Campus Origami Join us for a relaxed snack and drink and try some origami! |
| Wednesday 21 October |
Venue: Lower Stannary, Penryn Campus Student Culture Share Discover a taste of a fellow student's culture at this themed Intercultural Café. Enjoy snacks and a free drink while you meet other students, share experiences, and learn more about each other’s cultural backgrounds in a relaxed setting. |
| Wednesday 28 October |
Venue: Lower Stannary, Penryn Campus Halloween Crafts & Folklore Join us for some Halloween crafts and spooky stories from around Cornwall - and of course a snack and a drink! |
| Wednesday 4 November |
Venue: Fox Café, Woodlane Campus Bonfire Night Create your own firework display image and learn about Bonfire Night in the UK while you enjoy a drink and snack! |
| Wednesday 11 November |
Venue: Lower Stannary, Penryn Campus Diwali Celebrate Diwali with us! Paint diyas and enjoy delicious Indian Sweets and a hot drink from the Stannary |
| Wednesday 18 November |
Venue: Lower Stannary, Penryn Campus Badge Making Celebrate International Students’ Day by making a badge representing your language, culture, hobbies or whatever you like! |
| Wednesday 25 November |
Venue: Lower Stannary, Penryn Campus Winter Recipe Share What are your favourite comfort foods, traditions or habits that maker winter cosy for you? Bring along a favourite recipe and take away some new ones! |
| Wednesday 2 December |
Venue: Fox Café, Woodlane Campus Lego & Colouring Unwind with a drink, snack, some Lego building and Mindfulness colouring. |
| Wednesday 9 December |
Venue: Lower Stannary, Penryn Campus Festive Decoration Making Make some Christmas cards and decorations, share your festive traditions, and relax with a hot drink and snack. |
| Wednesday 16 December |
Venue: Lower Stannary, Penryn Campus Meet & Mingle Staying on campus over the Winter Break? Come and meet others staying on campus, and find out about community events which will be happening over the holidays. |