Durham University Chinese Student and Scholar Association (DUCSSA) are honoured to have been invited to participate in the city’s 2019 Chinese New Year celebrations. We are involved in the Durham City Chinese New Year Celebrations from 11am – 4pm this Saturday 9 February. Chinese Lunar New Year, also known as…
One of the many attractive aspects of studying BSc Geography at Durham University is the Portugal field-trip over the winter holiday in Year 1. The trip is split into 5 days, with each day specialising in a different aspect of practical Geography. All in all, although at times demanding, I enjoyed this trip thoroughly and formed…
What did I do?
I’m studying Business and Management at Durham University Business School. From the outset of my placement year, I was based within the Global Talent and Performance team in the HR function at Unilever. This role consisted of assisting with both the implementation and planning of the talent and…
What did I do?
Healthy Tokyo K.K. is the first and only membership community dedicated to enhancing the health and wellness of English speakers in Japan. We do this by providing real-time support and appointments to any of our partnered medical facilities. As well as having a shop full of products dedicated to health and…
What did I do?
I’m studying Accounting and Finance at Durham University Business School, for my placement year I worked as a Commercial Finance Analyst at IBM on a client account. The role was challenging and presented new tasks every day. I worked in a sub-team of three people within a greater team of ten. We worked…
Peter Davenport (Grey) & Francesca Warner (St Aidan’s)
After graduating from Durham having studied Geology, Peter Davenport moved to Canada in 1970 where he obtained a PhD in Geochemistry from Queen’s University, Ontario. Francesca (Fanny) Warner, studied English at Durham and went on to gain a B.Mus in…
Richard Townsend (Castle)
Durham holds many fond memories for Richard Townsend and his family. He met his wife, Christine, while studying Mathematics and got married in Durham Castle. His younger daughter also went to Durham as a member of Castle (University College) and studied Classics. Richard remembers, “We…
Psychological research is arguably impossible without collaboration. At the very least, it requires willing human beings to participate in your research (unless you’re studying animal behaviour, in which case, your participants may not be human!), but more often than not it is vital to collaborate with non-academics. Whether…
Gliding over the County Durham hills on the 20A bus on my first day of the West Rainton Primary School Drama Club Outreach Project, I felt some amount of trepidation. Having little experience with primary school children, I feared the worst, I feared chaos. And there was chaos.
Creative chaos
But not chaos in the negative…
I was delighted to be able to represent Durham students in my role as Durham SU President at the first International Town & Gown Network Conference at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. I attended the conference with Durham University’s Director of Student Support and Wellbeing, to ensure Durham students were well…
