When I look back at my university experience at Durham, I can honestly say it’s been surreal. It has not been like my friends from home, and why would it be. We’ve had matriculation, formals, Klute, college events, Paddy’s pizza and experiences most others have not had. I have felt all the possible emotions while at…
There is more to university than just the academic side. Durham has lots on offer! These experiences are not ranked – they are just my favourite things about being here.
1. Going to a Formal
Whether it be at your own college or going to another college, formals are one of the best ways to enjoy the Durham college…
So you’re coming to Durham, and althoughyou may have briefly acquainted yourself with the city by this point, perhaps on an Open Day, it’s important to get the most out of this beautiful place during your three (or four) years here.
Whether it be eating, drinking, shopping, or touristin’ – there’s lots to do…
There’s a university-wide superstition that if you climb the Durham Cathedral tower before you graduate, then you won’t graduate. This belief has existed for many years, and so a tradition was formed which led to hundreds of students climbing the tower in the week following their graduation. I, too, planned to save this…
By now, you are probably buzzing with excitement to have been offered a place to study at Durham. Congratulations on surviving your school exams, we can’t wait to meet you!
It seems just like yesterday I had just discovered I got into Durham and was making plans on things I needed to do from my home country, Nigeria, to…
Take a trip to ‘the Toon’
Just a short bus journey, or only 12 minutes on a train from Durham station and you can be in the heart of Newcastle City centre. As well as a great choice of shops, bars and restaurants, Newcastle offers cinemas, theatres, museums and galleries, as well as a lively music scene to…
When you arrive at Durham, you do not simply join a University, or enter a college: you become part of an entire community. Each of these groups has its own centre, around which its activities revolve – each College has its common room, the heart of University life is the Student Union…and the hub of the Durham community at…
‘But I thought I just left college?’
‘I thought university was college?’
Ah, yes, common mistake. As an English student, I’m inclined to rectify this etymologically (where the word originated). “College”, if we take it all the way back to its Latin roots, literally just means “a…
It’s already past the middle of the first year of my degree at Durham, and to think to only one year ago, around this time, I was puzzling over my UCAS choices over which universities to put as my firm and insurance choices. Like many other international students, I did not have a great deal of flexibility in my timetable to…
Flash back to roughly 2 years ago, I joined the Durham University’s Concert Band incredibly nervous and still adjusting to life at Durham. Entering Palace Green for the taster rehearsal with my flute, I knew that my musical ability suffered from a lack of confidence and consistency, not helped by my lack of…
