In an exclusive interview with Vice-Chancellor Stuart Corbridge, Palatinate discuss issues from the past year at Durham, from University expansion and the Operations Review to whether Durham’s main competition is Oxbridge.
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Delegates at the National Union of Students (NUS) conference have backed a set of reforms aimed to transform the organisation into a ‘lean campaigning machine’ and rescue it from financial ruin.
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In an enigmatic speech to Conference, Ibrahim promised to lead a National Student Strike, which would have three demands: free education, introducing a better EMA and bringing back the post-study Work Visa.
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Durham University has been defeated by the University of Edinburgh by a score of 180-110, in the University Challenge competition.
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It has been affirmed that the restructuring will lead to the redundancy of approximately 50 college staff members, whilst there is a growing concern that the operations review could have detrimental impacts on college events and balls.
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Durham University has begun to roll out plans to restructure college staff, which will see some long-serving staff members made redundant and others receiving renewed job descriptions.
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Popular Durham food outlets Urban Oven, Subway and Mr. Shawarma have Food Hygiene Ratings below 3 out of 5, indicating “some improvement is necessary” with regards to their standards of food hygiene.
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Shorter, more intensive two-year courses would cost around £11,000 per year, saving around £5,500 in total compared with a three-year course.
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The chain told Palatinate “a National ID card is not an acceptable proof-of-age document and we cannot accept this form of identification.”
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By Anna Tatham A petition calling for charges to be dropped against currently imprisoned Durham PhD student Matthew Hedges has reached over 100,000 signatures. The change.org petition, addressed to Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, was started by Matthew Hedges’ wife, Daniela
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