university of
exeter
April 2010 Issue 7
Community
Feedback
Dear Resident,
As Community Liaison
Officer for the University
I am always happy to
meet with local residents to discuss community
issues. Thanks to all those community groups and
associations who have been in contact with me
since the last edition of StreetWise.
I appreciate that many residents are not part of a
formal group or association, but I am happy to meet
with any informal group who would like to discuss
relevant community issues.
Feel free to contact me at any time on the
StreetWise number: 01392 264686
Email: streetwise@exeter.ac.uk
The StreetWise answerphone is not an emergency
number, but a way to record information that you
would like to bring to the University’s attention at
any time. I endeavour to respond to residents as
soon as I can.
I look forward to hearing from you
Rory Cunningham
Community Liaison Officer
New Community
Projects Assistant
Hello, I’m Dino Rock, the
new Community Projects
Assistant working alongside
Rory Cunningham.
For the last six months I have been one of the student
Community Wardens for Newtown and have got to
know many students and Residents Groups in the
area. One of my main projects as the new Community
Projects Assistant is to work with the Students’
Guild, City Council and Police to develop the noise
awareness campaign (described in this edition of
StreetWise).
I have also helped to compile a ‘Good Neighbour
Guide’ which will be distributed in September to
students moving into the city. The guidebook contains
useful information about recycling, noise and safety and
aims to help students living in private accommodation.
More updates on the Good Neighbour Guide will
follow in the next edition of StreetWise.
The ‘Zip-It’ Campaign
A new campaign is about to get underway aimed at educating students about late
night street noise. The ‘Zip-It’ campaign has been developed by the University,
Students’ Guild and the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary. The Campaign has
also been supported by the Exeter Community Safety Partnership and several
City Councillors who are keen to help address the issue of late-night noise.
The campaign will involve using the popular image of the character ‘Zippy’ from
the cult TV programme ‘Rainbow’ to help remind people to not be noisy when
walking home. Already, several clubs including the ‘LemonGrove’ and the ‘Arena’
have agreed to collaborate and help spread the campaign message. A series of
promotional materials have been designed and key clubs have agreed to communicate
the ‘Zip It’ message in their premises. The zip-it message will also be communicated
in managed student accommodation with a series of awareness raising events.
Street noise is a reoccurring issue in certain areas of the city and this campaign will
focus in key areas of the St. James Ward as the project begins. In the Community
Survey, carried out at the end of last year, street noise was reported as a problem
by 28% of respondents.
Rory Cunningham, Community Liaison officer says: “We recognise that street noise
is not exclusively a student issue, but we are keen to do what we can to spread the
message amongst the student body. The Zippy brand is certainly memorable, and
we hope it will convey the right message to students and other young adults without
being patronising. We envisage this campaign to be a very long-term one – but we
have been encouraged by the support and cooperation we have received from
other agencies so far”.
The ‘Zip-It’ campaign will be launched after the Easter holidays and will also
form a large part of ‘Welcome Week’ events for new students in October 2010.
‘On The Move Again…’
Preparations are underway for ‘Students On the Move 2010’ – a continuation of
the successful 2009 project that focused on providing ‘Community Clearup’ days
and special collections for students during the last months of the academic year.
The University has again provided the City Council with some additional funding
and will assist in coordinating ‘Community ClearUp’ days with help from the Student
Community Wardens. More than 100 tonnes of refuse was collected last year over a
four week period and many household items were recycled and re-used – we hope to
have a similar impact this year.
Key contacts
StreetWise Helpline:
for highlighting community issues direct to the
University phone: 01392 264686
or email: streetwise@exeter.ac.uk
to report any issue relating to the repair
and maintenance of most public roads –
Devon Highways can also remove illegal
signage (flyposting) in appropriate areas:
0845 155 1004
Jo Cole
Communications Officer:
a first point of contact for any questions
about the building works at the University’s
Streatham campus:
01392 722391
or email j.v.cole@exeter.ac.uk
Estate Patrol:
deal with matters of security and safety and
provide a 24-hour presence on-campus. Estate
Patrol can be contacted at any time:
01392 263999
The University is currently in the midst of a £270 million investment programme
on the Streatham campus. This includes new student residences, our exciting new
centrepiece the Forum Project, an expansion to the Business School, an investment
in biosciences and a new academic centre for international students.
This means lots of construction work taking place on campus and senior managers meet
regularly to ensure the process goes as smoothly as possible with minimum disruption to
students, staff and neighbours.
We also have three members of staff dedicated
to this process – Mahesh Shah, the Impact
Mitigation Manager, Steve Jones the Construction Health &
Safety Officer and Jo Cole our Communications Officer.
Jo has joined the University after eight years as the
Environment Correspondent for ITV Westcountry. She is
the first point of contact for any questions about the building
works at j.v.cole@exeter.ac.uk or 01392 722391.
or email: e.patrol@exeter.ac.uk
PC Dave Dalziel
is the Neighbourhood Beat Manager (NBM)
for the Exeter University Community.
Phone: 08452 777444 (general switchboard
number, ask for PC Dalziel by name)
Email: david.dalziel@devonandcornwall.
pnn.police.uk
Exeter City Council’s
Community Patrol:
if you are bothered by noise from premises
that requires investigation phone:
01392 265147 (office hours) or
0845 3511 060 after 5pm
Police switchboard:
to report incidents of public disorder phone:
08452 777444 for emergencies call 999
Exeter City Council’s
Cleansing Services:
Planting roots
in the community
image courtesy of E+E
Students at the University of Exeter have planted 200
trees on the main campus as part of a volunteering
scheme. Native trees have been planted outside the
sports centre to help screen floodlights from sports
pitches, a cause for concern for neighbours in Argyll
Road. Scrub vegetation was also planted to benefit
wildlife and enhance biodiversity.
Money for the planting came from StreetWise funding, which the University uses to support
projects which link students with the local community.
Exeter City Council’s
Environmental Health team:
The planting sessions were organised by Emily Stevens, a second year geography student and
project leader for Footprints, Community Action’s environmental project (pictured). She told
the Express and Echo newspaper “It’s nice for the University and the community to work
together and have a proper relationship. It’s a good way of getting diverse people on the
campus to volunteer. They didn’t need any particular skills – they just had to dig a hole and put
something in it – it was good fun.”
01392 265193
If you have an idea for a StreetWise project please call Rory Cunningham on 01392 263721
or email streetwise@exeter.ac.uk
for missed bin collections, to request additional
bins or to make recycling enquiries phone:
01392 665010
to report accumulations of rubbish likely to
harbour or attract vermin phone:
Civil Parking
Enforcement Officer:
Term time
Spring: Mon
to report parking offences phone:
01392 665901 (office hours) and
07850 299399 after 5pm
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or email: streetwise@exeter.ac.uk
Rory would also like to hear your ideas for future articles and features!
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