Celebrating philanthropy and volunteering at the University of Exeter
We are incredibly grateful to all our alumni and supporters whose gifts of time and money have made the University of Exeter Campaign ‘Making the Exceptional Happen’ such a success. Your generosity has already made a massive difference. Your ongoing support will continue to transform lives into the future.
£1 million has been donated to create the new role of “Dragon Capital Chair in Biodiversity Economics"
The Career Mentor Scheme celebrated its 10th birthday in 2018. Since launch, more than 2,590 students have been through the scheme and nearly 600 alumni have given their time to become a mentor.
Alumni support helped the University of Exeter enjoy success in the 2018/19 British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) campaign, placing 5th out of 165 UK institutions overall.
This year’s ‘University of Exeter Alumni Volunteer Awards’ went to two very special alumni volunteers, whose time, skills and enthusiasm over this past year, has had a real impact on our students and alumni.
When he passed away in 2016, alumnus Stuart Handley left a legacy of £1.3 million to support the Exeter Forever Fund, an endowment which will provide unrestricted funding to support Exeter in perpetuity
Thank you to the thousands of supporters who gave to the Alumni Annual Fund this year. 11,751 students have been involved in projects supported by you! And a total of £195,000 was raised in 2018/19.
The late Richard Osman (MSc Mining Geology, 1999), a graduate of the Camborne School of Mines (CSM), has been honoured by friends and former colleagues who have set up a scholarship in his name.
The John Slate Studentship funds crucial research in the area of Epigenetics in dementia.