As a student
from China, voting was never a big part of my life before I came to the UK.
That does not mean that I am indifferent to politics – in fact, politics makes
up half of my degree (I do Philosophy and Politics). But it does mean that I am
rather curious about voting and can get a bit excited whenever I get to vote…
Hello everyone!
Before I went to uni I asked all my family friends that were already at uni for tips and tricks about what they wished they’d known before they arrived. I thought that it might be helpful for you guys to hear some similar advice so I asked around and we collected suggestions over on @thedurhamstudent on…
The Chinese Lunar New Year is the Chinese
festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese
calendar. It is also referred to as the Spring Festival in China and the
celebration usually lasts 15 days from the first day of the new year.
I am an international student from China and for all the…
Cheerleading can be
stereotypically considered a cliquey sport. For some, it’s not even a sport (in
spite of having dance, gymnastics, acrobatics and lifting people in the air). As
part of Durham Divas, and someone who’s been involved in cheerleading since the
beginning of university, I can confirm it is the most inclusive…
Being a female
student-athlete is special becausethere are oftentimeswe are overlooked
and underestimated.Growing
up,
I was usually one of the only girls on the court and I enjoyed the moments of
proving people wrong when they see that I too can play. Using this as
motivation and beingable to…
I love fashion, I really do. I think it’s an excellent way
to express yourself. I have always liked art and in another life, I would love
to have done interior or fashion design. Art GCSE was a lot of effort but
strangely enough, I still miss it. However, I am the first to admit that in the
past I have been too casual when it…
From the start of my time at Durham, careers had been on my mind. Having studied Law, I had planned to train as a solicitor after University. There is a rigid timeline of applications for insight days, internships, vacation schemes in order to eventually gain a training contract.
Unlike others, the preparation for a…
The buzz in Redhills on the evening
of December 9th made it clear how pleased the audience felt that
David Olusoga’s lecture had been successfully rescheduled, after being
postponed from its original date during Black History Month. However, as
Olusoga rightly pointed out, perhaps its new date was even more poignant…
Cover shot – The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope – with myself barely visible in front. Photo credit: Ugnė Dudzevičiūtė.
As a PhD student in astrophysics, an exciting possibility is being sent to a telescope in some exotic, faraway location for observing – making sure the telescope operates properly and…
More memories of Congregation 1970
6th January 2020
David Breeze, University College
The interviews at Castle and the History Department in 1961 clinched it for me; I was captivated by Durham. When I arrived in September 1962, my first tutor was Eric Birley, Professor of Romano-British History and Archaeology. Towards the end of term he mentioned that the university…
