Intercultural Cafe
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:
Intercultural Cafe Streatham Campus
Join us every Friday during term in Isca Eats (Cornwall House, EX4 6TG) from 10.00 for a free hot drink and pastry. Sessions run from 10.30-11.30. Each week will be a different theme.
You don't have to book onto a session, just come along. Students and staff are welcome and we look forward to seeing you there.
For more information email s.ohara@exeter.ac.uk
Easter vacation 2023
Please note Easter sessions will be held in La Touche Cafe, Building One
For more information on events during the Easter vacation click here
Wednesday |
Easter crafts Come and paint an egg cup or decorative easter egg in this relaxing session |
Friday 14 April |
Board games Friday |
Friday 21 April | Celebrating Earth Day |
Friday 28 April | Patron Saints and weird holiday traditions Think you know about St George? How about Tar Barrels? But what about cheese rolling...? Come and find out more about some weird local traditions and share some of yours from home. |
Term 2 2023
13 January | Good and bad luck omens Friday 13th is often seen as a bad luck omen in British culture. Emma Sweeney from INTO asks us what are our good and bad luck omens around the world? |
20 January |
Board games Friday |
27 January | Lunar New Year Crafting Come and celebrate the Lunar New Year with the Residence Life Team and get crafting. Will you paint a lantern, a fan or maybe try some origami and knott work? A great warm up to the university's Lunar New Year celebrations on 30 January |
3 February | Let's build, Let's connect Join Sam Pulman as she guides us through lego play to help us connect. |
10 February |
Paint a mug for Pride |
17 February | Doodling for Creativity Feeling stuck in your thinking? Join Ann Skinner in exploring our creative side through doodling. We're not looking for masterpieces - we're just looking to free up our minds a bit. A really fun session to join. |
24 February |
Careers – can you plan to be lucky? |
3 March |
Studying Smarter not Harder |
10 March |
Change making made fun and easy. |
17 March | Poetry to inspire you Celebrate International Day of Happiness (20 March) and World Poetry Day (21 March) with local poet Harula Ladd. Maybe she'll inspire you to write your own ode to joy and you can challenge her to write a short poem! |
24 March |
Spring renewal traditions |
31 March |
Come and Decorate an Easter Egg with us |
Term 1 2022
30 September | Mind your language Emma Sweeney from INTO shares her top tips for English Language acquisition, games and more. Share your experience education environments look like worldwide and how we can learn from our different experiences. |
7 October | Speed friending and networking A great session to talk to someone new in the group and work on your networking skills for interviews with the help of Rhianna and Rachel from our Employability Team. |
14 October | Day trips and top tips Join the Community Engagement Officers to find out their top day trip tips and share some of your discoveries. |
21 October | Diving into Diwali Join our Hindu Students Society and Chaplains for a look at all things Diwali including henna and snacks! A great warm up to the university's Diwali celebrations on 23 October |
28 October | Halloween Badge Making Crafty Friday gets busy with the badge making machine. Come and create your own spooky masterpiece. |
4 November | Life event traditions How do we celebrate births, weddings, promotions and deaths in the UK? Join Sue and Simon Taylor from the Chaplaincy for a discussion on life event traditions and share your own traditions. |
11 November | |
18 November |
Studying around the globe |
25 November | Board games Come and join us the Residence Life mentors for a fun session of boardgames and Mariocart |
2 December | Holiday Card Crafting (held at St Lukes campus Cross Keys cafe EX1 2LU) Come and join the Education Welfare Team for a morning of card crafting and chat. |
9 December | Christmas Traditions The Chaplaincy team lead us in a discussion about celebrating Christmas in the UK. What are your experiences or celebrating significant holidays around the world? |
16 December | Waving and welcome across sameness and difference Come and chat to Katherine and Ella about how to feel good at Exeter University and what wellbeing means across the globe. We'll be sharing some tasty Christmas treats too! |
Intercultural Café Penryn Campus
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.
Let us know you're coming by registering for free through the campus events calendar.
Friday 13th January 2023 2.30pm - 4pm |
New Year catch up! Penryn campus, Sustainability Café |
Friday 27th January 2023
2.30pm - 4pm |
The Lounge in Tremough House. |
Friday 10th February 2023 2.30pm - 4pm |
The Lounge in Tremough House. |
Friday 24th February 2023 2.30pm - 4pm |
The Lounge in Tremough House. |
Friday 10th March 2023 2.30pm - 4pm |
The Lounge in Tremough House. |
Friday 24th March 2.30pm - 4pm |
The Lounge in Tremough House. |
More sessions are being added all the time, so check back here soon for more!