Stop trying to define Britishness and enjoy being British
What really makes us British? Only that we happen to live here, argues Adam Robertson
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Universities are big, bad businesses: time to get over it
Dan Johnson argues that students should make the most of universities’ consumer culture
Read moreUniversities and big businesses don’t let the young shape the world
Adam Robertson argues that the consumer culture infiltrating universities means that they are losing their status as the formative stages of youth
Read moreThis week’s PalatiComment mailbag
Highlights from all the comments that you’ve emailed, tweeted or commented into PalatiComment this week
Read moreResponse: Occupy protesters should keep up the good work
The protest is vital for opening up a debate about capitalism that we need to have
Read moreThe market has no place in education
Adam Robertson explores the effect that commercialisation is having on our educational system.
Read moreThe dark side of profit morality
Adam Robertson explains why the morals of business are having negative effects of the actions of government.
Read moreDurham crush Plymouth in University Challenge
Durham University beat Plymouth University in the first round of University Challenge.
Read moreDurham takes £125,000 tobacco donation
– ‘Concerned Academics’ say they are “increasingly worried about the direction of the University”
– £125,000 donation from British American Tobacco goes toward Chancellor’s 2009/10 appeal
Read moreStudent protestors march on Palace Green
Durham’s response to the rise of tuition fees manifested itself today in a protest march from the Market Place to Palace Green. The majority of the estimated 300 demonstrators present were sixth form and college students.
Placards professed slogans such as, “No funds, No future” and “If I could afford to pay £9,000 I would have got a better placard”.
A jazz band and bagpiper accompanied the lively proceedings, but the protest remained peaceful throughout.
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