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Clara Gaspar

Durham News 

NUS delegates for 2018-2019 revealed

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 sub.editors 0 Comments Clara Gaspar

The turnout of this year’s election was only 6.2%, which marks a significant 3.8% decline from the last year’s election.

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Durham News Print Edition 

Durham students at risk of scam emails

November 29, 2018November 28, 2018 sub.editors 0 Comments Clara Gaspar

HMRC have stated that such a tax-scam attack directly targeting university students in such high numbers is unprecedented.

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Durham News Print Edition 

Voting opens for Durham’s NUS delegates

November 29, 2018November 28, 2018 sub.editors 0 Comments Clara Gaspar

Voting opened at 8am on Tuesday, giving Durham students the opportunity to vote for the delegates that will attend this year’s NUS conference.

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Durham student Matthew Hedges sentenced to life in prison in UAE

November 21, 2018November 21, 2018 sub.editors 0 Comments @ClaraGGaspar, Clara Gaspar

By Clara Gaspar Durham University PhD student, Matthew Hedges, has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the United Arab Emirates. Hedges had denied accusations of spying on behalf of the UK government in May, but was sentenced during a brief

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Durham’s housing rush reaches record levels as student demand continues to rise

November 15, 2018November 15, 2018 sub.editors 0 Comments @ClaraGGaspar, Clara Gaspar

Frampton Roebuck told Palatinate they have let the same number of properties in the first seven days this year as they let in the first seven weeks last year.

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St Chad’s Fellow removed after far-right links revealed

November 9, 2018November 15, 2018 sub.editors 4 Comments @ClaraGGaspar, Clara Gaspar

By Clara Gaspar A Senior Research Fellow at Durham University has had his fellowship revoked after comments he made online were revealed earlier this week.  Dr. Stephen Pax Leonard, a Senior Research Fellow at St Chad’s College, had stated that “tens of

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Durham News Print Edition 

University does “not tolerate initiation ceremonies of any sort”

November 1, 2018 sub.editors 0 Comments @ClaraGGaspar, Clara Gaspar

The comment was made in light of the death of Newcastle University student Ed Farmer, who died following the consumption of excess alcohol.

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PhD student released on bail in UAE

November 1, 2018October 31, 2018 sub.editors 0 Comments @ClaraGGaspar, Clara Gaspar

Matthew Hedges was reportedly held in solitary confinement for nearly six months.

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Durham News National News Print Edition 

Durham Students’ Union apologises for “unfair and undemocratic” dismissal of student editor in transphobia row

November 1, 2018November 1, 2018 sub.editors 1 Comment @ClaraGGaspar, Clara Gaspar

In the letter from Durham Students’ Union, Sofocleous was told: “I make no judgement as to the merits of your statements or actions in this complaint outcome. You are entitled to hold and express these views.”

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Durham News 

Parish council votes unanimously against accomodation fee increase

October 26, 2018 sub.editors 0 Comments @ClaraGGaspar, Clara Gaspar

The motion was proposed in the light of Durham University’s announcement that college residence fees will rise by 3.5% to £7,672 for the 2019/20 academic year.

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