As I sit at my desk staring out of the window at home, wondering what on earth I am going to do with the copious amounts of time I now have during this lockdown, I find myself reflecting on my time at Durham and my experiences there. And, without a doubt, I can say that Durham Leadership Academy has honestly been an undoubtable…
Facetime that friend you keep telling yourself you’ll call and never doCall your grandparents (or skype, if they know how to do that, which mine don’t) and remind them of how much you love themLearn a new world cuisine. No, I don’t mean microwave subpar pizza; try cooking from scratch
Search for some new tunes to…
On Thursday March 26th people across the UK leaned out their windows for the first time to applaud the NHS.At Ustinov College’s Sheraton Park, our porter Ray, captured the moment and it was posted on Ustinov’s social media, but students at Ustinov’s Brackenbury location took part as well.
Ustinov…
In recent weeks, there has been significant concern about the potential consequences of the coronavirus outbreak upon our physical health and the economy. However, self-isolation can also have huge impacts on mental health, with loneliness, fear, and sadness affecting many. As the newly elected Welfare Events Officer at St…
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In today’s quick video I take you through my Epiphany (second) term of my second year at Durham University as a Marketing and Management student at St Mary’s College. This term has been full of work, time with friends, running and much more so have a look at the snippets of my days to see what my term…
In the UK your local pub has, and rightfully so, had to close its doors amidst COVID19 fears, imagine being in quarantine in Spain since 16 March. This is my situation. I managed to get onto one of EasyJet’s last flights to Spain in the following days, after a concerning call from my mum, who was scared the UK’s cases would…
I’m Anyalemma Igwe, a 2nd year Liberal Arts Student from St. Mary’s College – you’ll probably heard this introduction about as often as you’ll meet someone new at Durham. Of course, many combinations are possible in the reliable name/year/college style. However, each is different only in the same, normal, way…
After learning about the spread of Covid 19 throughout the UK, I realised that it would become a nationwide issue very quickly, and so I wanted to help, but was unsure how to. After seeing the County Durham Facebook page, and the call for people to produce smaller, localised mutual aid groups, I decided to create the Durham City…
Life in Durham is a bit strange at the moment, to say the least. I’ve decided not to return home to London, which means that for the foreseeable future, most of my time will be spent in my single-story house in Durham with the three housemates who’ve also chosen to stay. It sounds like a recipe for going stir-crazy, but…
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with a rare breed of university students: those who not only sit down in front of the telly on a Monday night and find themselves answering more than a couple of Jeremy Paxman’s scathingly delivered questions, but who are now seeing themselves on those very screens, just one match…
