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A new student society representing the Labour Party has been founded. The Durham University Labour Society (DULS) hopes to be “a welcoming space for anyone who considers themselves a supporter of the ...
Durham University has confirmed that around 90 undergraduate students from Van Mildert and St Aidan’s Colleges will be housed in Ustinov College’s Sheraton Park site in the upcoming 2025/26 academic ...
This week's News in Brief features the preservation of a train service popular with students, the week's lesser-mentioned cabinet reshuffle and a lifetime achievement award... for death studies.
Speaking at a press visit to Teesside Airport on 27 th August, Badenoch claimed that “a lot of these decisions about where Reform is spending money are actually a distraction from what’s happening ...
Cllr Grimes has previously issued support for ‘flag raising’, with a post on X featuring an image of a man standing on a ladder to raise the Union flag. The councillor captioned the image “County ...
Current St. Aidan’s College JCR President Joe McGarry has been elected President of Durham Students’ Union after a heated election campaign. Turnout in the election stood at 16.6% of all eligible ...
One in four Durham PhD students leave study without achieving their target doctorate degree. The data, acquired through a Palatinate Freedom of Information request, reveals performance is particularly ...
New statistics show that Durham University admitted the lowest proportion of state-educated students in the 2020/21 academic year, compared to any other UK university. Just 61.6% of the new cohort, ...
The Durham Union Society’s debate titled “This house believes Palestinian leadership is the biggest barrier to peace” took place on 8th November amid protests and a heavy security and police presence.
Is hydrogen a good alternative to fossil fuels? Burning fossil fuels – oil, coal, natural gas – has released aprox. 735 billion tonnes of CO 2 since the industrial revolution. CO 2 is a greenhouse gas ...
Tragic murders have long garnered attention from across the globe, so much so that criminals like Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy and Jack The Ripper have become household names. It is natural to be ...
Growing up in London as a British Latina was both exciting and at times disheartening. I have always been proud of the rich culture of my Latin American roots. One of my best memories as a child was ...