“Research is what goes on when students are doing other things”, as I’m pretty sure I heard someone somewhere say. So I decided to stay around Durham over summer to take part in it myself while my friends were indeed doing other things, things perhaps involving beaches in Mediterranean climates. But Durham’s nice too.
Why did you apply to study abroad?
Studying abroad has a huge array of benefits, including increased employability, serious improvement of your language skills, and a chance to meet contacts from around the world. But when I applied, I only thought of these factors as bonuses. The reason I applied to study abroad is because I…
I applied to study abroad for a number of reasons, the main one being that I knew it would look excellent on my CV and improve my employability. I also knew that living abroad on my own for a year was something that was out of my comfort zone. It would give me the next level of maturity and self-sufficiency, it would…
My expectations for my year out had always been high. I aspired to live the Canadian mountain life of hiking, snowboarding, and total immersion in nature, and Calgary, Alberta was the next best thing. A thriving, young city, a short hour’s drive from the mountains, with a huge university which oozes with North American…
Me playing a Chinese card game with friends
I’m Max, a final year mechanical engineering student who just spent a year at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). During that time, I visited 11 countries, learnt the basics of Cantonese (no easy feat), and made friends from around the world. I took fascinating engineering…
Read this Q&A with Ellen Hill where she explains her reasons for choosing to study abroad and what she has gained from the experience.
Why did you apply to study abroad?
I wanted a change of scenery from Durham, so I applied to places that were the polar opposite of Durham – big, busy cities. I wanted to experience life in…
Why volunteer to 'Celebrate Science' at Durham's annual science festival?
13th October 2016
I volunteered to help out at the Celebrate Science Festival in both 2014 and 2015 because ultimately I thought it’d look good on my CV. Future employers love that kind of thing, don’t they? Well, yes they do, but also I’m lying when I say I volunteered just to make my CV look better. Volunteering at Celebrate Science…
Andrew Taylor, Computer Science has been a course rep for the past 2 years. Here’s what he says about the role…
Just do it. You didn’t come to Durham just to tick a box. You came to go the extra mile.
Being a course rep for Computer Science for two years was a tremendous opportunity to make a tangible difference to…
University life is about much more than your studies and joining a society is a great way to get a good work-life balance. The Students’ Union has over 200 student groups that are open to everyone. With so many groups there is pretty much something for everyone, and if there isn’t, you can start your own society with support…
The project
In the Summer between first and second year, I was lucky enough to take part in an internship research project offered by BP to Durham students across a range of subjects. It may come as a surprise that as a geology student, the research project I embarked upon had nothing to do with rocks. Instead it focused on how…
