Background on student accommodation

Looking at UK and Exeter. Finding several national articles.

Simple Landlords has a lot of info. Growth in 2018 continues , doubled from 2014. Exeter joins the top ten, with Guildford and Leeds. Previous article shows returns for student landlords in different UK cities. Exeter in top 5, just under 10%.

But my guess is such returns attract more investment. Can it continue?

Exeter Uni website shows 22% growth in student numbers five years to 2018. I cannot find any prediction or target for next five years or 20 years. The amount of investment in new buildings is presumably based on some ideas that are shared about numbers. The uni is involved in East Park investment.

Other investments maybe £200m or £300m    ? is there a number of students implied in this to repay debt?

Meanwhile some courses moving online. Will this continue? on what scale?

more later, just notes for now.

Social Media limited influence during #ExeStreetArts , or is it just Twitter?

My guess is that most of the street audience happened because people heard it on the day and stopped for a while. Not sure the tweets had much effect, the Twitter account @exestreetarts still has less than 100 followers. Maybe the Facebook site has more going on. I still think I don't really understand where tings are on Facebook, I find Twitter much easier to follow if you use search and tags.

Still thinking about the "Lost Playlist" since the Lost Weekend is definitely missing for this year. The playlist may be found round about January, content and associated tech still a mystery. By then we may know more about tags etc.

TEDxExeter like a tweet in which I suggested social media could promote music events as well as print has done or at least reduce the print bill required. I think TEDxExeter no longer spends much on print but it is a matter of proportion. Maybe there can be a more limited run of print but higher production values.

I don't think there were many posters for #ExeStreetArts that survived. One on the shop that sometimes sells calendars went missing. The Heavy Tree protected one. I did not see many others. Poster did have the #hashtag and also a Spotify graphic that connected to a playlist on Spotify. Still not sure how this works but please comment if you got it to play music. In theory QR "quick response" is the future. Needs some software on phone.

Now looking at more tweets for vid on YouTube. May take a while to get much interest. But a basis for a playlist next year. Social media working ok, especially on details of timings for performers with followers.

Soon in Exeter, Like Minds. Maybe they will have some method to suggest.

New Blog Post for Pinned Tweet

My Twitter profile may be confusing as mostly I relate to learning tech and music, then also rave about Brexit and Corbyn. Music also on @wenotno, radio show. Recently things may come together but you may choose to reject the politics or the take on social media or both. May follow in tweets but the idea is that politics is different for most online compared to print in UK. Also newspaper readers tend to be older like myself. I happen to support Corbyn and oppose Brexit and Trump. I realise some USA newspapers also oppose Trump but for the UK there seems to be a bigger gap between Brexit newspapers and most views on social media. Recent lecture by Corbyn convinces me this will develop over time, next couple of years. Newspapers so far seem to just ignore what he has to say. ( see readG blog for some detail on Guardian) He started on age profile of BBC audience, this could get moreso. Various forms of co-operative social media are possible, can relate back to Corbyn lecture. I notice only Business Insider asked a question relevant to the occasion. My blog on Fleet Street in Europe and Cyberspace may deal with other aspects of newspapers in context of broadcast, also declining circulation. Some of my retweets and messages are for @wenotno music show so go there if music is main interest.

More on Lost Playlist ahead of #ExeStreetArts

Previously mentioned Lost Playlist, seems to fit with missing Lost Weekend so maybe will be found early next year. Meanwhile playlists exist for the Street Festival. From the Phonic FM studio can head East to Bowling Green, South to Heavy Tree or West to Boatyard Bakery. North could be the uni library archive if checked out. More about this later, maybe when students return. Could be sorted when the Lost Playlist is found.

Vids from recent walk




Digital Humanities seems to be a way to digitise analogue content. Casual conversation suggests mostly hard copy for history / EngLit. But from website may be audio visual also.
Cannot remember much about collection of CD, vinyl etc used to be there. Not on display at this time, I think. But found this online, book about Scott Joplin research.

So somehow some of this might be available as sound.

In September there will b another Like Minds event in Exeter. Should get some guidance on hashtags and playlists. Could help on future event.

Print and Playlists around Exeter Street Arts

Seems that the posters have vanished from Exeter High street, also there is another tag - #Exeter StreetArtsfestival - that has turned up online. I prefer the shorter version but depends what search turns up.

Recent search on both found several YouTube clips so I have started a playlist for this year. ( last year try search on #ESAF17 )


Not sure the Rushes are anywhere at this time. Recording something I think. Info may emerge.

Writing a description I realised there could be a "Lost Playlist" ahead of the Lost Weekend. So this one could be another prototype. Maybe @wearelikeminds can offer comments? Next conference in Exeter 27/28th September between two print events in Birmingham UK and Chicago Illinois. I do not think the hashtag will replace print. The Exeter Street Arts poster one of few that put the tag upfront. So could be a case study.

Street Radio? clips around #ExeStreetArts

Two clips now on YouTube from the Wild Show this week. Both have a jingle for Exeter Street Arts ( last Saturday in August). The first one is mostly about tech that would shift time and space. Presenters want to be on holiday somewhere else, not in a hot August basement. Listeners want a reliable schedule. Can files be uploaded then the system plays them out at the expected time. Maybe they could be mixed up for a show by some form of robot.

The second one has more about Exeter Street Arts as an example.

Since then I have thought about Widsith and Deor as they may upload some video or other content on a tour over the next month or so. The storyteller will not do his Phonic FM show so I may come in early on a Thursday. I usually start the Wild Show just after. So this workflow would just be me playing from the cloud direct to FM. I do not need a password or login ( maybe to get rid of the ads). Content then not an exclusive but maybe few people would know about it, radio still working as promotion. More on this in another post later when things clarify.

By the way, you can send money to Phonic FM. Even promise a flow. Email the studio and / or Paypal on the web site. It is possible to subscribe to advanced playout systems. Meanwhile tech help welcome.

Meanwhile suggest the tag = #ExeStreetArts = can help to find stuff.

Rougemont Global Broadcasting - Situation Report

Small development with RGB, I have started a playlist for RGB2.

Previously, Rougemont Global Broadcasting was intended as a test for Exeter TV. But local cable never happened in UK, at least did not reach Exeter. My YouTube channel is in my name - Will Pollard - as I did not understand how to change it. Too much variety for a solid channel, mostly a mix of performance and theory. So I did set up two channels with more focus - mtwr / Management Theory at Work in Radio, and RGB2 to cover performance in Exeter.

I had thought YouTube RED would arrive in UK but it only happened recently. The subscription option means people can avoid advertising. But now I feel I need a pause to workout some scripts and approach things with more care. there is still a risk in building enough energy to launch a channel. Needs maybe 100,000 subscribers from what I can tell.

The management theory channel will probably be a podcast series based on existing sound files. A good chance to sort things out.

RGB2 can start with a playlist based on existing clips. ScotSound has suggested how to do this and even some bands to start it off. South West because I think just Exeter is not enough to reach a viable level. Not sure how far beyond Bristol it should go.

Starts with ten. Suggestions welcome.