For me, taking part in the Durham Leadership Academy was an invaluable opportunity – essential if you want to lead a major university sport/group/project/common room. You’re taught leadership skills and styles; you go on a military training weekend, attend networking dinners – but at its core you’re allocated a mentor…
The last few years of my life have come full circle. I began my journey to Durham way back when I was in Year 12 on Supported Progression, an access programme for local students who may otherwise be disadvantaged in applying to university. The week I spent on a residential at Van Mildert college in 2017 was amazing and made me…
Funnily enough, I was on a run when I had the idea that has become the Greyt Race. Grey College’s charity fundraiser is a pretty simple challenge – to run 1000k as a college over the period of a week, and to raise as much money for our chosen charity, the Albert Kennedy Trust, as possible.
However, there were several…
‘The Balkans’: How we made a 3 part Amazon documentary series whilst studying at Durham
22nd April 2020
For the past 18 months, myself and fellow Durham students have been working on a 3 part documentary series for Amazon Prime Video. As a group, we carried out all elements of production.
The series, ‘The Balkans’ has been a long time in the making. The process involved adapting to the scenario and ‘working with what…
Dear Sunita
So, you’ve just been given an offer from Durham University – I’m so proud of you!
I remember how much thought you put into your personal statement, and how hard you worked to get those predicted grades and glowing references from your schoolteachers. Maybe you hadn’t heard of Durham before you started…
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…
