Exeter College Donors' Report

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Ensuring Academic
Excellence
Income provided by the Annual Fund is
essential to safeguarding the unique and
personal experience of the tutorial, which
Exeter strongly believes is the finest form
of teaching available to undergraduates.
A F E L L O W T A K E S A W H I M S I C A L
L O O K A T T H E T U T O R I A L …
Why I still love giving tutorials after 25
years at Exeter is that you have a chance
to discuss a subject you really like with
intelligent people: to try out ideas with
them, to do things with their ideas, and
to watch them growing in assurance, skill,
and depth. Fortunately, they seem to
enjoy it too; that’s partly because this form
of learning is so active. It’s like cooking
some difficult cake, if you’re not very
experienced. You could read how to do it
from a book, or you could watch someone
else doing it; but what you’d prefer is
having a go yourself, with an experienced
cake-maker to comment and correct.
We’re so grateful to the people who help
us to keep helping students create and
learn by giving to the Annual Fund, which
supports the tutorial system at Exeter.
P R O F E S S O R G R E G O R Y
H U T C H I N S O N , F E L L O W ( C L A S S I C S )
Enhancing the
Collegiate Experience
Exeter is committed to providing its
students with opportunities for personal
development, regardless of the financial
means of the individual. The Annual
Fund allows students to benefit from travel
scholarships, library grants, sports funding
and Exeter’s Careers Office.
T H E C A R E E R S O F F I C E R I N T R O D U C E S
T H E W O R K O F T H E C A R E E R S O F F I C E
The Careers Office is unique amongst the
Oxford Colleges, both in its level of activity
and in the attention it pays to individual
students. Thanks to the generosity of Old
Members, at a time when many young
people are struggling with a recession-hit
job market, the Careers Office at Exeter
provides vital resources and opportunities
to equip students with the skills they need
to thrive in their chosen career. That there
should be such a successful and diverse
programme at Exeter is testament to a body
of Old Members who are accomplished,
generous and engaged in College life.
Without their support the Careers
programme at Exeter would not exist.
U R S U L A H A C K E T T ( 2 0 0 6 , P O L I T I C S :
C O M P A R A T I V E G O V E R N M E N T )
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