After months of hype, GB News is failing to make an impact
Theo Burman looks at the struggles of GB News since its launch.
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Theo Burman
Durham launches bid to be named UK City of Culture 2025
The announcement comes after Durham Cathedral was recently voted the country’s best heritage site by BBC Countryfile Magazine.
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Students’ Union building receives Grade II protections after four-year campaign
The decision comes after pressure from The Twentieth Century Society, who run campaigns to defend buildings with historical or architectural relevance.
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Durham community celebrates 150 years of Miners’ Gala
The Gala has been cancelled for two years in a row. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, only world wars and two national strikes had prevented the Gala from taking place.
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Student population sees significant uptake in vaccinations as young people become majority of Durham cases
A significant proportion of the student body has booked a vaccination or already had one, with a recent survey indicating that well over 90% of the student body plan on having one at some point.
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Find the easiest module for your subject
Palatinate has put together a table with the proportion of Firsts and 2:1s in every single module in 2020, 2019 and 2018.
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Durham MP leads charge to stop detention centre plans
In an open letter to the Home Office, over 70 MPs have said that the majority of women locked up in immigration detention are survivors of rape, torture, trafficking and other serious human rights abuses.
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University launches new “Test To Release” Covid scheme as Durham cases rise
The programme, on trial across several colleges, allows people whose housemates have symptoms or a positive test result to avoid isolation.
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2021-22 sees 108% increase in Durham deferrals
280 undergraduate students and 725 postgraduates deferred their applications to study at Durham for the 2020-21 academic year, compared to 485 undergraduates and 1,615 postgraduates for 2021-22.
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Durham students place in Top 8 at International Law Competition
Trevelyan’s Katie Tooley and Van Mildert’s Dara Foody reached the final stages of the competition after being the highest ranked team in the preliminary rounds, with Tooley also being the highest scoring oralist of any team.
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