It’s Thursday morning, I’ve left my dissertation behind me and I’m on the train with five other members of Enactus Durham, heading towards Leeds. We’re on our way to the Enactus headquarters to represent Durham University and compete with other projects for a space at Nationals…. The atmosphere is…
Alternative title:
The day you realise MPs are human beings too
Ok, now,
before anyone assumes anything. No, I’m no one important. Like, at all. What I DO
do, though, is fight for things that are bigger than myself, and important.
When I saw the opening to become a ONE Youth Ambassador for the UK, my heart skipped a…
Coming across the country from a household with a deeply religious Hindu atmosphere to Durham was a new experience in my life. In Durham I faced the regular challenges that people face when they first go to university. However, by my second term last year I had made many great friends who came from varying nationalities and…
During my time as a student, I have independently created two brand new societies at St. John’s College to bridge the gap between sports and societies. Since 2018, I have been running weekly one-hour dance fitness sessions at St John’s, recently with Naomi Wimsett as my co-choreographer. These are always so much fun, a great…
Three months on from Durham University’s first Climate Strike (which you can read about here), students gathered again to urge the University to declare a climate emergency and step up its response to the climate crisis. Poignantly held on Valentine’s Day, this was an occasion for showing love to the planet <3 as we…
Saturday 25th January marked a special occasion not only for myself and the rest of the Vegetarian and Vegan Society executive committee but for Durham as a whole. After months of meetings, emails, phone calls, and form-filling, our idea to host Durham’s first Vegan Fair in celebration of Veganuary finally came to fruition (if…
When I started at Durham this year, I resolved to join everything I could. As a music student, I signed up for pretty much everything musical at the freshers’ fair, but I especially wanted to be involved in Durham University Orchestral Society (DUOS), as I’d heard about its high standard of playing, amazing repertoire and…
Did you know that roughly 20% to 40% of fruit and vegetables in the UK, get discarded before they reach supermarkets because of their ‘ugly’ appearance? Yet, they are perfectly nutritious and tasty to eat despite their aesthetic imperfections! Determined to make a difference and change the stigma around wonky fruit and…
As a student
from China, voting was never a big part of my life before I came to the UK.
That does not mean that I am indifferent to politics – in fact, politics makes
up half of my degree (I do Philosophy and Politics). But it does mean that I am
rather curious about voting and can get a bit excited whenever I get to vote…
Cheerleading can be
stereotypically considered a cliquey sport. For some, it’s not even a sport (in
spite of having dance, gymnastics, acrobatics and lifting people in the air). As
part of Durham Divas, and someone who’s been involved in cheerleading since the
beginning of university, I can confirm it is the most inclusive…
