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Martha McHardy

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24-hour exams to stay

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 sub.editors 1 Comment Martha McHardy

The University’s governing body voted in favour of keeping 24-hour online open-book exams this year.

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Maths to hold in-person exams after 46 caught cheating

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 sub.editors 1 Comment Martha McHardy, Theo Burman

Maths has asked for an exemption to the default rule of online exams this year – but Physics will stay online.

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Breaking: Durham University Chancellor to step down

November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 Deputy Editor 0 Comments Martha McHardy

Sir Thomas Allen, who began as Durham University’s 12th Chancellor in 2012, succeeding author Bill Bryson, will step down in July 2022 after the summer graduation ceremonies. 

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“I don’t think the issue is going to go away overnight”

October 30, 2021October 30, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Martha McHardy, Poppy Askham

Hala Heenan, the current St Chad’s College JCR President, told Palatinate that the boycott primarily aimed to bring “students together in solidarity”.

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Clubs introduce searches on entry

October 30, 2021October 30, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Martha McHardy

Cup lids and straws will also be provided to customers.

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University apologises for “don’t get spiked” tweet

October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 Deputy Editor 2 Comments Martha McHardy

In a statement published in the University’s weekly Dialogue Signposts email, the University said the tweet was “wrong and should not have been issued”, and apologised for any “upset or distress it caused”.

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Over 167 suspected cases of spiking reported in Durham in two weeks

October 22, 2021October 23, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Martha McHardy, Poppy Askham

The study compiled reports by students to their JCRs through freps and welfare teams, from Freshers Week, the week before it, and the weekend after. 

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Uproar as Durham tells students “don’t get spiked”

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 Deputy Editor 0 Comments Martha McHardy

The tweet, which said “Drink Spiking is dangerous and something that you can prevent from happening to you”, was condemned by the SU as “insensitively blaming victims”.

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Increase in drink spiking incidents

October 14, 2021October 17, 2021 sub.editors 0 Comments Lilith Foster-Collins, Martha McHardy

There have been at least five cases affecting students from University College, and five from Hild Bede College.

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Open letter accuses University of “culture of apathy towards bullying and harassment”

October 1, 2021October 1, 2021 Deputy Editor 0 Comments Martha McHardy, Poppy Askham

The letter, addressed to Pro-Vice-Chancellors Professor Antony Long and Jeremy Cook and head of human resources, Joanne Race, accuses the University of “allowing abuses of power, bullying or harassment to continue”.

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