Tomorrow's Leaders

Help us to create tomorrow’s leaders

Tomorrow's Leaders

Students are at the heart of the academic community at Exeter. Ensuring that every student engages in a research-rich education that prepares them for the future is vital, but we know that university life is about much more than academic study.

University is a time to develop skills, grow in confidence, and decide what difference you want to make in the world. We want every student to leave Exeter with the life and leadership skills they need to become exceptional graduates and tomorrow’s leaders.

Too many children grow up believing that University isn’t an option for them. We want to make sure Exeter is open to everyone with the academic ability, irrespective of their background or financial circumstances.

To achieve this, five areas require urgent investment:

• Providing bursaries and outreach to ensure talented students from all backgrounds can come to Exeter
• Improving students’ wellbeing through access to support services when they are needed
• Helping students develop skills through societies, sport, and entrepreneurship
• Enhancing students’ employability through access to internships, mentoring and volunteering
• Creating Masters and PhD scholarships so that the brightest students can continue their studies regardless of income

 

How you can help

Support a young person with potential
The University’s flagship widening participation programme, Exeter Scholars, is a longitudinal programme aimed at 13 to 17 year olds from underrepresented and often disadvantaged backgrounds. Participants receive support over 2 – 5 years to help them through the UCAS application process, increase their subject knowledge and raise their aspirations and achievement at school. Students who successfully complete the programme receive a reduced offer in recognition of their personal background and those achieving the standard grades for their chosen course receive an Exeter Scholars Attainment Award. Each award has a value of £1,500 per student and rewards the academic achievements of those who receive them.

Support the Masters Scholarship Bursary Fund
With a growing need to offer Masters scholarship opportunities across all Colleges, your gift of £5,000 would enable part or fully funded scholarships to be offered for programmes, according to the current strategic need.

Provide a full-fees Masters scholarship for UK/EU students
Your donation of £12,000 would cover the tuition fees of a Masters programme for a Home/EU student; a gift of £20,000 would provide additional funding to cover living costs.

Provide a full-fees Masters scholarship for International students
Your donation of £22,000 would cover the tuition fees of a Masters student from outside the EU; a gift of £30,000 would provide additional funding to cover living costs.

Support the Students’ Guild Fund to provide exceptional services for our students
Gifts from £5 to £5,000 will ensure that funding is available to meet the changing needs of our student community, offering every single student an exceptional experience.

Provide a full-fees scholarship for a premium professional Masters programme
Your gift of £25,000 would provide the opportunity for a student to take up one of our most sought-after professional Masters programmes (e.g. Exeter MBA, Professional Masters in Data Science, Masters in Living Systems) and greatly enhance their career prospects and impact in business.

Help us to re-invent the Music & Drama room for our growing number of student societies and groups
The Music and Drama room offers performance, practice and meeting space for so many of our societies as well as offering an on-campus cinema. This room is in urgent need of refurbishment to make it a flexible and useful space for generations of students to come. Gifts of up to £200,000 can help make that happen.