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EXCLUSIVE: Married Durham academics given 14 days to leave UK

March 12, 2018March 15, 2018 Joe Rossiter 17 Comments Eugene Smith

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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University to cut jobs in £15m streamlining

November 30, 2017February 23, 2018 Joe Rossiter 0 Comments Eugene Smith

Staff morale is “absolutely horrendous” as hundreds fear redundancy, while the University says “change is inevitable”.

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800th Edition Durham News Print Edition Profile 

George Alagiah: ‘Our sense of fun always got the better of us’

November 16, 2017February 3, 2018 Joe Rossiter 0 Comments Eugene Smith

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

October 19, 2017October 19, 2017 Joe Rossiter 0 Comments Eugene Smith

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

September 9, 2017 Joe Rossiter 0 Comments Eugene Smith

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

September 2, 2017March 11, 2018 sub.editors 0 Comments Eugene Smith, Tania Chakraborti

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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Durham News News 

University rakes in £34m from private donations over last five years

June 16, 2017June 16, 2017 sub.editors 0 Comments Eugene Smith

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

June 6, 2017June 15, 2017 sub.editors 0 Comments Eugene Smith

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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Durham News News 

Philip Hammond: Durham physics centre a “wonderful example” of bringing science to life

May 9, 2017 sub.editors 0 Comments Eugene Smith

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

April 26, 2017April 26, 2017 sub.editors 0 Comments Eugene Smith

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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