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Fifty years of memories - Congregation 1970

By Angela Braga, Philip Sergeant and Margaret Elhpinstone

1st January 2020

Angela Braga (nee Hall), St Mary’s College The view from Durham station is surely one of the finest in the world, and arriving there for my interview as a nervous 17 year old, I was blown away. I knew I had found my place.I loved it all: the trunks being sent on ahead by rail, two weeks before term: the cosy…

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Why Great British Bake Off’s Henry Bird will celebrate Christmas in an organ loft

By Henry Bird

20th December 2019

Earlier this month, student and Bake Off star, Henry Bird was interviewed by The Times. With Henry’s kind permission, we can share this with you. And so it begins. Frantic phone calls from relatives asking what you want for Christmas, questionable arrangements of carols ringing out in shops, and the irrational impulse…

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Merry Christmas from the Northern Lights!

By Durham University Northern Lights

20th December 2019

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Arctic Chill with Chris and Phil

By Niamh Moody

19th December 2019

‘The Arctic’, a location deemed wild and pristine; a land so North that jumpers are mandatory all year round. As a BSc Geography student, The Arctic module offered a field trip to Tromso, Norway. I can honestly say that the people I have met on the field trip both on and off the geography course along with the experiences…

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A brief escapade to York

By Marina Mestres-Segarra

17th December 2019

As beautiful as our little city, Durham, maybe, we sometimes need to evacuate and indulge in a day trip with our friends. Whilst looking for affordable places to visit, our criteria being: good Christmas Markets, further away than Newcastle, but not far enough as for The Trainline to make us pay the equivalent of plane ticket…

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A week in Arolla, Switzerland – third year BSc Geography Fieldtrip

By Charlotte Landry-Jennings

13th December 2019

Studying Geography at Durham is the best way to make your friends envy you! The integration of fieldwork into our course provides for amazing trips abroad that not many other degrees can boast about. In my third year studying BSc Geography, I jumped at the opportunity to continue to develop my research skills while in the Swiss…

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Durham Inspired Award

By Carina Lim

11th December 2019

I am a Student Champion for the Durham Inspired Award. The Award is a new personal enrichment and development programme for students. It recognises all that we do for the community and allows us the opportunity to reflect on our strengths and how we’ve grown throughout our time at Durham. You take part in three zones called…

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An interview with Raymond Antrobus

By Marina Mestres-Segarra and Sunita Ramani

10th December 2019

Sunita and I had the privilege of attending a poetry breakfast during the Durham Book Festival back in October in which we got to interview none other than the festival poet laureate Raymond Antrobus. An incredibly approachable and down to earth person, he made the event personal, getting everyone engaged in a conversation about…

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The holiday theatre season: a time for glitter and absurdity

By Elvira Parr

6th December 2019

December has arrived. The Christmas season upon us. And with it comes a theatre season up and down the country full of pantomime and farce. The Assembly Rooms itself is joining in the fun, as we host Ooook! Productions’ The Magistrate this week. Of course, both of these theatrical forms have a wealth of tradition and…

Departments Undergraduate

Essay Writing

By Emily Smith

6th December 2019

One of the most frequently asked questions by Freshers (and, indeed, a query often shared by finalists) is…well, what does my department want from me? You’ve escaped the world of decodable mark-schemes. A simple inclusion of a key word no longer garners easy points. Rather, it all sounds a bit…wishy-washy. Essays are…

Fifty years of memories - Congregation 1970

Why Great British Bake Off’s Henry Bird will celebrate Christmas in an organ loft

Merry Christmas from the Northern Lights!

Arctic Chill with Chris and Phil

A brief escapade to York

A week in Arolla, Switzerland – third year BSc Geography Fieldtrip

Durham Inspired Award

An interview with Raymond Antrobus

The holiday theatre season: a time for glitter and absurdity

Essay Writing

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