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Tania Chakraborti

Books Indigo 

What I’m reading this summer

June 18, 2019 sub.editors 0 Comments Tania Chakraborti

“Catching up on your sleep, catching up with distant friends, catching up on your rest and relaxation, and catching up on that list of books you always said you would get round to reading.” Tania Chakraborti tells us which books are top of her reading list this summer.

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Team Durham breaches fresher’s confidentiality after “humiliating” initiations experience

May 3, 2018May 2, 2018 sub.editors 3 Comments Tania Chakraborti, Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero

The complaint concerned the fresher’s experience of initiations during the preseason period, which involved head shaving, incidents of nudity and the forced consumption of large quantities of alcohol.

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National News News 

UPDATE: NUS conference suspended due to protest by delegates and attendees

March 28, 2018March 28, 2018 sub.editors 0 Comments Tania Chakraborti

Incensed attendees took to the stage at around 4pm, chanting “Solidarity forever, ’cause the Union makes us strong”

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BREAKING: Shakira Martin re-elected NUS President 2018

March 28, 2018March 28, 2018 sub.editors 0 Comments Tania Chakraborti

Ms Martin won 352 votes, Mr Saqib 168 and Ms James 104. 66 votes were cast in favour of Re-Open Nominations.

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Durham News News 

Durham University reveals 25% gender pay gap

March 28, 2018March 28, 2018 sub.editors 0 Comments Cameron McIntosh, Tania Chakraborti

The report also finds that the mean gender pay gap for staff bonuses stands at 64.29%.

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Durham News News 

Assembly Rooms Theatre to undergo £2.4 million renovation

March 26, 2018March 27, 2018 sub.editors 0 Comments Tania Chakraborti

It will include restoration of the theatre’s historic ceiling, improvement to the workshop, stage, dressing rooms and toilets, as well as preservation of the fabric of the building.

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Durham News News 

Pret A Manger Durham announces upcoming closure

March 23, 2018 sub.editors 5 Comments Tania Chakraborti

Roberta Blackman-Woods, MP for the City of Durham, stated the closure is “yet another blow to the residents in the city and surrounding villages”, leaving Silver Street “with far too many empty units”.

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National News News 

Strike update: UCU responds to Universities Minister statement

March 19, 2018 sub.editors 0 Comments Tania Chakraborti

The Universities Minister Sam Gyimah called on the UCU and UUK to “get back to the negotiating table, without pre-conditions, and to find a solution that avoids further disruption to students.”

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Durham News News 

Over 100 gather to demonstrate against deportation of two Durham academics

March 15, 2018March 15, 2018 sub.editors 0 Comments Tania Chakraborti

“Staff, students and the whole community that make up Durham University, need to get behind this campaign to keep Ernesto and Arely in this country.”

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SU launches petition against University decision to name new college after donor

March 8, 2018 sub.editors 0 Comments Tania Chakraborti

The petition has gained over 670 signatures since its launch this afternoon.

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