Profile speaks to Dr Rebecca Webster, Durham graduate and Psychology lecturer, about her research into pandemic health behaviours, for which she was recently recognised by Forbes’ 30 under 30 list.
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“The motif of summer and the unreliability of memory and perception has inspired a number of writers”: Profile editor Isabella Green recommends three novels that capture the feeling of summer.
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“We can leverage subjective lenses on the world to get closer to objectivity.” Isabella Green interviews alumnus Nathaniel Barling about his AI-driven news platform ‘Knowhere’, which recently secured a place on Forbes’ 30 under 30 list.
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“There is a massive bureaucracy that needs to change and that’s the challenge that I have at the moment.” Profile Editor, Isabella Green, interviews Clare Cameron, Director of Innovation at the Ministry of Defence.
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“Inequalities outside the education system are growing.” Profile Editor, Isabella Green, interviews Lee Elliot Major OBE on the detrimental impact of the pandemic on social inequality and how universities could be doing more to help.
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Isabella Green and Claudia Jacob chat to the Durham University Challenge team about their favourite questions, good omens, and making history in their recent match against Edinburgh.
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Profile editor, Isabella Green, interviews Professor Wendy Powers about her new role as the first female Principal of Castle and her work towards diversity and inclusion.
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“We’re not here to be liked, we’re here to protect life.” Profile Editor, Isabella Green, interviews North East Rebels about activism in a pandemic and their relationship with the media.
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“There needs to be a community that will offer light when no other route will.” Profile Editor, Isabella Green, interviews Durham Survivors about their work in providing a safe space for survivors of sexual assault.
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‘While I am far from seeing figures in wallpaper, this story has spoken to me like no other over the past months.’ Isabella Green considers the profound relevance of ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’, and its reflections on the impact of isolation on mental health.
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