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Author: Chris Wastell

Durham Sport 

Durham Rowers bring home four Golds from Youth Olympics as Team GB triumph

January 30, 2009 Chris Wastell 0 Comments

THREE DURHAM ATHLETES contributed to the success of the GB rowing team in Australia the Youth Olympics this January. In the rowing, Team GB topped the medal tally with seven gold, two silver and three bronze medals, far outstripping second

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Durham News 

New cafe opened in CLC

January 30, 2009 Chris Wastell 1 Comment

RECENTLY THE GROUND floor of the Calman Learning Centre was refurbished to provide a stylish new cafe for Durham staff and students. The cafe will stock the new university catering brand YUM and there are plans try out various new

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National Comment 

China’s economic challenge

January 30, 2009 Chris Wastell 0 Comments

Lao Tzu, an ancient Chinese philosopher, once stated that it is best to “anticipate the difficult by managing the easy”. Unfortunately for China this advice is as archaic as the sage himself. There is nothing simple about the country’s path

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National Comment 

There are no excuses

January 30, 2009 Chris Wastell 0 Comments

We are all Gazan.’ This has become the anthem of the discontented as we begin to demand change. One just needs to look to the streets of Barcelona, Amman or London to see this. We cannot wait for President Obama

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Durham Comment 

Encouraging free speech

January 30, 2009February 3, 2012 Chris Wastell 0 Comments Will Bates

DURHAM UNIVERSITY IS, has been and will always be a place which welcomes and respects individuals from all cultures, faiths and countries. This is expressed in the University’s diversity and equality policy (http://www.dur.ac.uk/diversity.equality/policy/). Leading Universities have always been places in

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Durham News 

Israeli boycott issue goes to referendum

January 30, 2009 Chris Wastell 0 Comments

AS A RESULT of the recent DSU debate which took place on the 22nd January, the DSU will now be holding a full-scale university referendum lasting five days, Palatinate can reveal. The council meeting was initially held to debate an

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Durham News 

Honours for university staff

January 30, 2009 Chris Wastell 0 Comments

TWO MEMBERS OF Durham University staff have been recognised in the Queen’s 2009 New Year’s Honours List. Dr Peter Warburton, Director of Sport, was awarded an OBE for services to higher education and sport and Derek Hudspeth, Geography Department Superintendent,

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National News 

Shakespeare Folio saga continues

January 30, 2009 Chris Wastell 0 Comments

A 51 YEAR OLD man, Raymond Scott, was on Wednesday charged with the theft of a book – an edition of Shakespeare’s first folio, printed in 1623 – after it was stolen 10 years ago in a raid on Palace

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National News 

V.C. visits Middle East

January 29, 2009 Chris Wastell 0 Comments

DURHAM UNIVERSITY’S VICE CHANCELLOR, Chris Higgins, has just returned from a trip to the Middle East to promote the university and build relations with academic bodies in the region to promote Durham’s reputation outside Europe. “Durham University needs to raise

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Durham News 

Durham University’s Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology receives £16.7m grant

January 29, 2009 Chris Wastell 0 Comments

DURHAM UNIVERSITY’S Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology(IPPP) has just been awarded a grant of £16.7million. The IPPP has received this funding from the Science and Techologies Facilties Council (STFC) as a renewal of a grant awarded to them back in

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