Normally I don’t have many contact hours and often manage to get away without having any 9 am lectures, but today was not one of those days. At 8:15 am, I dragged myself out of bed after having snoozed my alarm three times – I’m not a morning person, so only just managed to make myself a packed lunch and leave the…
John Snow College welfare team ran our week long, mental health awareness campaign called ‘Snow Speaks’. This campaign took a very personal angle as members of our college shared their own mental health journeys through videos on Facebook. Some topics discussed included depression, anxiety and stress, as well as strategies…
Durham is particularly quiet over the Easter break apart from the open days. Making the most of your time in this picturesque city over the holidays and earning a well-deserved library break is essential.
There are lots of things to do in Durham and beyond over the holidays, here are a few of my personal recommendations…
At university, there are always hundreds of things you could be doing other than working towards your impending deadlines. With friends often less than 5 metres away and Netflix even closer, it’s easy to fall into a cycle of relaxing rather than studying.
Now, being motivated to study doesn’t mean
you won’t be able to…
It’s my fourth and final year studying Computer Science at Durham and I am already trying to juggle and prioritise multiple pieces of coursework, compulsory meetings and workshops with my favourite things to do outside of work. I’m looking for a seat in the bustling Calman Cafe, grappling with my laptop, running some…
Morning workout
It’s 7 am and my first warning alarm has gone off by now. I say warning alarm because I usually set about 3 to make sure I actually get out of bed. By 7:15 am I am up and groggily make my way to the bathroom while trying not to wake up my other flatmates. Once dressed up in sports leggings and a dri-fit…
Our Idea
About 7 months ago I was discussing optimisation issues and efficiency challenges with my friend, James Coates. He then told me of specific processes in his labs that could very easily be improved saving time and resources resulting in James and I co-founding Efficiency Squared Ltd. With the goal of developing a…
The origins of Pink Speak
A few weeks before my second year at Durham started, I met a man called Babu. He was in charge of a hearing-impaired school in Hyderabad, India. There are very few schools like it because there is so much stigma attached to being deaf in India. In Hyderabad’s rural communities, mothers are…
Trans4m is a local project running under Enactus Durham. In this blog, we will introduce the background and what we do in our project.
We started working with our community partner Space4 in Houghton Le Spring in November 2018. When we first visited them we discovered that the financial hardships faced by those who use the…
Ever really wanted to start a business but thought you couldn’t? That was me a year ago. Then my oldest friend, Douglas Brion, came to me with a proposition. Admittedly, to say I’ve started a business is a little bit of a falsehood. Douglas is a certified genius and over the past year he had developed what can only be…
