Coming from a French school, I didn’t know much about Durham but decided to study here mainly for its reputation. After my first year of study I am very pleased with the city, the social life, the sports and most importantly my course.
An amazing year of opportunity and study
My first year of Accounting at Durham was…
Hi there, my name is Kitty (the one on the right) and I am currently studying Geography having just finished first year! I love doing sports and am involved in the hockey, netball, tennis and rounders clubs at Trevelyan College. I also love to travel and will hopefully do a year abroad in the third year of my degree.
For us…
Studying Economics at Durham has been an exhilarating experience. Coming from a small village in South Lincolnshire, where not many students attend university at all, applying to Durham University was ambitious for me. I applied here because of the collegiate system but also due to the strong performance of the Economics…
Lectures and practicals
In my first year I had two hours of lectures per week for each of the three modules of Computer Science that I studied. The highlight of my week was most certainly the Computational Thinking lecture; this involved a full hour of questions and answers with professionals in industry alongside Professor…
What a year!
Summer 2020 may not be the most memorable of experiences for most of us. It definitely doesn’t feature in my top three for hedonistic fun summers. But it might just be number one for summers that meant something.
The covid-19 pandemic flipped us, our worlds, and our education on its head. But as Uni students…
Sometimes, starting university right after high school isn’t for you. Maybe you aren’t sure what to study, you want to travel and experience the world before getting back on the academic treadmill, or there are personal reasons why you just need to take a year out. No matter what your reason, taking a gap year can be a…
Thinking about taking a placement year but not sure what it involves? In this video I talk all about the work and projects I did at Johnson and Johnson, working as a brand marketing intern for JOHNSON’S ® Baby.
You can look back at my other videos about my placement year.
Applying for a placement year
Placement…
Hi everyone! I’m Lizzie, the admin of @thedurhamstudent Instagram. Recently I asked prospective students to send in their questions about Durham University life. With four years of experience as a student at Durham, I hope my answers will give you an insight into what it’s really like to live and study here.
Do you have…
Welcome to my story! My initial choice of college wasn’t Trevs, in fact, it wasn’t any college at all. I applied to Durham through the process of an open college application. This meant I would be assigned a college automatically. It is usually recommended that students make a preference of which college they’d like to…
