Durham University has announced that its accommodation prices will rise by 5% for the 2025/6 Academic Year
Students in a standard catered room with shared bathroom will now be paying over £10k per year.
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Reaction to Durham University financial pressure
Anoushka Mundey reports on reaction to Durham’s financial pressure.
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City of Durham MP votes against assisted dying bill
Mary Foy MP argues that the bill is being “rushed through Parliament”.
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Tuition fees in England set to rise next year
Education Secretary announces university tuition fees to increase for the first time in eight years.
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Tuition fees could rise by 13.5% over the next five years
William Milne reports that tuition fees could rise by 13.5% over the next 5 years.
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Durham alumni in Parliament after General Election
A selection of people linked to Durham now have positions in the Houses of Commons and Lords, after the General Election.
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Benjamin Zephaniah Obituary: one of Britain’s most recognised and outspoken literary voices
Palatinate remembers the poet, performer and activist – one of Britain’s most recognised and outspoken literary voices
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St Chad’s College alumna appears on The Great British Bake Off 2023
Durham Anthropology alumna, Tasha Stones, is set to bring her baking skills to the big white tent in this year’s series of The Great British Bake Off.
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BBC journalist and former Palatinate editor George Alagiah dies aged 67
BBC journalist and former Palatinate editor George Alagiah has died aged 67 after a nine-year battle with bowel cancer.
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UCEA and UCU to discuss Marking and Assessment Boycott
In an email to all University staff, Professor Karen O’Brien wrote: “I speak for both myself and my University Executive colleagues in saying this is a very welcome development.”
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