EXCLUSIVE: Married Durham academics given 14 days to leave UK
The pair’s fate hinges on the Home Office’s decision not to classify the Mexican drug war, which has claimed 160,000 lives in ten years, as a “humanitarian crisis”.
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Eugene Smith
University to cut jobs in £15m streamlining
Staff morale is “absolutely horrendous” as hundreds fear redundancy, while the University says “change is inevitable”.
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George Alagiah: ‘Our sense of fun always got the better of us’
The BBC newsreader on ‘Golf Ball Typewriters,’ being thrown in Van Mildert’s frozen lake, and having a Palatinate office computer named after him.
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Durham student robbed of £1,600 in accommodation scam
Despite immediately contacting Action Fraud, the Passport Office and his bank, the student has been unable to retrieve any of the money he has lost.
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Brexit an opportunity to reassess ‘horrible’ immigration policy, say Amnesty International
In an exclusive interview, Palatinate sits down with Amnesty’s head of refugee rights, as he hits out at current migration policy but puts a surprisingly optimistic spin on the uncertainties of Brexit
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NUS President: Durham’s Vice-Chancellor is overpaid
In a one-to-one interview with Palatinate, Shakira Martin opens up about uni bosses’ salaries, no-platforming and why she voted Labour at the general election.
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University rakes in £34m from private donations over last five years
The statistics show a significant recent increase in donations to the University, with annual income ballooning from £3.1m in the 2012/13 academic year to over £10.6m in 2016/17.
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Durham candidates clash in general election Question Time
Four of Durham City’s seven parliamentary candidates traded blows at a special Question Time event at Chad’s College on Monday, three days before voters go to the polls on Thursday 8th June.
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Philip Hammond: Durham physics centre a “wonderful example” of bringing science to life
The Chancellor’s visit included a tour of Durham’s new, £11.5 million Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics.
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Durham’s Tom Harwood finishes third in NUS presidential election
Running on a platform of “re-legitimising” the student organisation, Mr Harwood secured just 35 votes from the Conference’s 1,200 delegates, compared to Malia Bouattia’s 272 and Shakhira Martin’s 402.
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