What makes anthropology at Stretham so
special is that we're a relatively young
Department which makes us less bound by
traditional pedagogical methods like
the lecture. We're moving away from
forms of assessment like exams as well
and we're trying to get students to do
more research-based projects, whether
that's library-based research for
research paper, whether that's getting
their hands dirty doing hands-on
fieldwork themselves in the community
with various organisations and other
groups. The Streatham campus here in
Devon is truly beautiful but what makes
anthropology at Streatham truly
amazing is the interdisciplinary
exchanges happening between philosophers,
sociologists and anthropologists. We take
a really broad and interdisciplinary
approach to the human condition here and
this allows students to engage with
topics like human and animal interaction,
the role of genetics in human society
and food studies to have a truly
integrative educational experience that
combines both the general grounding in
humanities and social sciences with
readily transferable career-based
skills that can help them move on to the
next step in their lives. With this focus
on hands-on research experience a degree
from the University of Exeter in
anthropology allows students to
demonstrate a real grasp of research
methodologies, especially qualitative
methodologies, through the dissertation
project and other modules that focus on
research methods they learn how to
conduct their own interviews, how to run
focus groups and how to use statistical
methods as well. Our students go on to
work in a whole range of sectors of the
economy from consultancy to advocacy to
publishing and others, working for
employers such as Deloitte, KPMG
Scholastic and many others as well.
