Becca Derbyshire

Co-Editor in Chief of The Tab Exeter

Becca Derbyshire
Location
Exeter
Education
Exeter University
Expertise

Student news, student lifestyle, campus culture, University of Exeter, social media trends, fashion, Love Island

  • Becca is Co-Editor in Chief at The Tab Exeter, where she oversees a whole team of editors and writers, as well as commissioning and editing articles, all whilst writing her own pieces.
  • Becca is a keen features writer, who is able to satirise aspects of Exeter student life, tailoring articles to a specific, young audience. She has also done pieces for the national page and can turn around news articles quickly, such as the Just Stop Oil protest on campus.
  • In her free time, Becca enjoys playing netball in Uni League 1 at Exeter, which involves going to regular matches and training. She previously rowed for four years, racing as bow in quads, fours and doubles and intends to take this up again after university.

Experience

Becca Derbyshire joined The Tab Exeter in 2022, at the end of her first year. She started as the Fashion Editor, going on to become Co-Editor in Chief in 2023.

Education

Becca Derbyshire is in her final year at the University of Exeter, completing a degree in English Literature and she has a particular interest in the early modern period as well as anything Shakespeare.

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Posts

Meet Sofia Aira: The Exeter University student who wrote an album for her dissertation

‘Think Folklore and Born To Die crossed with your GCSE history textbook’

Pro-Palestine students disrupt meeting between Exeter University senior management

Representatives of the university were compelled to meet with the encampment’s negotiation team

Here’s everything that went down during Chill Hill 2024 at Exeter Uni

It’s been seven years since the slopes first came to Forum Hill

Exeter named as one of 15 Russell Group unis lowering grade boundaries for overseas students

Overseas students can access pathways into Exeter with grades as low as DDE

Fancy something new for 2024? Come and write for The Exeter Tab

Come to our open meeting on 1st February at 4pm in The Ram

Exeter University takes disciplinary action against two staff in student relationships

Two relationships resulted in disciplinary action against staff in the last 10 years

Exeter University’s Forum defaced with red and orange paint by Just Stop Oil protestors

Exeter students gathered to watch the protests led by George Simonson as part of the Just Stop Oil campaign

Identical twins graduate Exeter University medical school and become junior doctors together

‘We have an incredibly strong bond that has definitely helped us in our studies’

Exeter graduations will not be affected by marking boycott, university confirms

Here’s how Exeter University is tackling the marking boycott

The 10 things every Exeter student should do once exams are over

Because you deserve to treat yourself, no matter what your bank balance says