Palatinate asks Vice-Chancellor your questions in exclusive interview
Accommodation fees, divestment and college bars; we asked the VC what you wanted to know.
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Toxic Durham Union Society culture exposed
Palatinate investigate reports of a deep divide within DUS, centred around Godfrey Bloom’s eleventh visit to the Union Society last week and an exclusive real of a shamefully racist and sexist debate held by DUS officers
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City Safety Group announces new railings and improved lighting in bid to improve river safety
The City Safety Group has announced a series major changes to Durham’s riverside – including improved fencing and lighting – in a bid to improve safety
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Survey reveals that 75% of students find NUS irrelevant
We recently asked students what they thought of the National Union of Students (NUS) and whether it was still relevant to university life.
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Freedom of Informations reveal sum of donations made to the University and sum of library fines
Palatinate recently found out that:
(i) Over 3,000 individuals have donated gifts to Durham University over the last year, accumulating a sum of over £1,000,000.
(ii) The total amount of money collected from library fines among the University’s library service has fallen over the last three academic years from over £150,000 in 2012/13 to just over £80,000 in the current academic year.
(iii) The number of disciplinary cases at the University has remained low over the last four years.
Durham student launches social media charity project after Azeem Ward’s flute recital
Stuart Swift, a second year at Van Mildert College, has helped raise £5,700 through the #beinstrumental campaign after attending Azeem Ward’s flute recital in California last week.
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Trevelyan football and rugby teams to serve 200 hours community service
Trevelyan College’s rugby and football teams will undergo 200 hours of community service, following bad behaviour at the Sportsman’s Ball last term.
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“Disgusting” messages by Durham student and UKIP PPC posted on social media
Here’s what John Leathley, UKIP PPC and Durham student, had to say about journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Green Party leader Natalie Bennett…
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Students’ Union vote to campaign for a freeze in University accommodation fees
Durham Students’ Union have voted to campaign for fairer college accommodation, including calling for the University to freeze all accommodation fees for two years.
Read moreBreathalyser pilot launches in Durham
A pilot project has been launched in Durham City across a range of bars and clubs, which will use breathalysers on anyone believed to be intoxicated upon entry.
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