During this blog I will discuss my placement year with Rolls-Royce from 2018-2019, the highs and lows.
What and where
I guess some context will help before I babble on about how much I loved my placement year. I was lucky enough to be successful in applying to the Commercial Internship role with Rolls-Royce, based in…
Bringing 'Frankenstein' to life.
29th January 2021
Directing is almost always challenging – the spontaneity of theatre is what attracts most of us to it. Directing Frankenstein was a reminder of this sentiment to all of us in the production team. The pandemic brought with it all types of adapted theatre and with it came Radio Theatre; arguably taking a front seat in…
Is Durham University really full of posh people?
In short, no it isn’t, but of course, you will come across many different types of people at Durham and some will be ‘posh’, as with every university! I was really worried about this before coming to Durham because I had heard this a lot. However, upon arrival…
My first experience of university was when I attended Durham’s Sutton Trust Summer School in 2016. This fantastic opportunity gave me a real insight into what life is like as a university student and helped me decide that Durham was where I wanted to be. Below are just some of the reasons I am grateful for being a part of the…
I’m Lauren, an English Studies student, and I am just about to complete the ‘Undergraduate Research and Leadership Scholarship as part of the Laidlaw Foundation.’ This is a research and leadership Programme that spreads across two years of an undergraduate degree. The Laidlaw Programme exists across the world, and students…
Securing a scholarship or bursary to aid with the financial aspects of university can be life-changing and it certainly was for me. I receive the Marsden Scholarship and it has helped me in many ways. I can fund my studies and all the items I need for my studies, this has been more crucial than ever with the majority of…
The Durham Original Music & Alumni Network (DOMAN) functions around connection. In-person networking events, jam sessions and showcases created the bedrock of what we offered throughout most of the 2019/20 academic year. When the first spike of COVID-19 emerged in the United Kingdom, therefore, both the existing and incoming…
A term like no other
The return to university this year has definitely been a strange one, with a lot of the social activities that we would usually get up to having to be cancelled due to social distancing and government restrictions. As a physics student, there was a big change in the way that I have been taught at Durham…
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My first experience of biology at Durham was through a summer placement that I took in my first year of sixth form. This introduced me to the Biosciences Department, for me the standout factors were its working environment and resources. The department had a friendly feel, all of the staff were welcoming and the resources…
