Durham 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
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Kuwait PM to donate £2.5m to Durham
Durham University is to receive £2.5 million from Kuwait, “funded personally” by the country’s Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Sabah.
Read moreFees to rise to £9,000
Durham University is planning to raise tuition fees to the maximum level of £9,000 per year, Palatinate can exclusively reveal.
Read moreWalking in a World Cup wonderland
Durham Geography student Seren Waters has put summatives to the side for the time being while he opens the batting for Kenya at the World Cup
Read moreVice-chancellor defends Durham’s ethical funding policy
Vice-Chancellor Chris Higgins has defended the University funding policy following recent Wikileaks revelations
Read moreFormer Durham academic released from Iranian jail
Dr. Reza Molavi, former director of the Centre for Iranian Studies (CIS), is believed to have been released from Iranian jail roughly a month ago, but there remains confusion about his arrest.
Read moreDurham University engulfed in Wikileaks allegations
A recently released Wikileaks cable suggests that Durham University has been involved with the U.S. State Department in gathering information on Iran, in return for substantial secret funding.
Read moreDurham rejoins the NUS as over 60% vote in favour
Durham students vote to re-affiliate with the NUS in the third vote on the matter in as many years
Read moreUniversity to impose 38-week let on college accommodation
College JCRs and presidents have been deeply critical of the University’s decision to impose a compulsory 38-week let on incoming students.
Read moreJosé Henriquez the ‘Pastor’: The man who saved 33 trapped men from their own minds
Palatinate interviewed famous Chilean miner José Henriquez when he visited Durham Cathedral
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