What inspired the creation of this app?
It all began the summer before I started Durham. I was completing my final coursework for my A-Level Graphics Design class at secondary school. The idea stemmed from the need to transfer files with ease from my mobile device to the computers in the IT suite but all my devices were…
I graduated from Durham in 2019 having studied Philosophy and Politics.I also ran a political discussion group where we focused on the intersection between faith and politics. I now live in London and work in the renewable energy sector but I have also launched Dialogically.
Our vision and values
Our vision is for…
My incredible journey with ‘Audition’ started when my friend tagged me in a Facebook post, advertising the project. I’ve acted at every opportunity my whole life but never in front of a camera, so when I heard about ‘Audition’ I jumped at the chance to be in a film, and was thrilled to be selected to play the female…
The images included in this blog are from the first Scoop store in Cambridge.
We are a new initiative in Durham called Scoop, our aim is to bring an affordable, plastic-free alternative where students and the local community can purchase non-perishable food goods at a price which competes with local supermarkets. All of us…
It’s Thursday morning, I’ve left my dissertation behind me and I’m on the train with five other members of Enactus Durham, heading towards Leeds. We’re on our way to the Enactus headquarters to represent Durham University and compete with other projects for a space at Nationals…. The atmosphere is…
Our Idea
About 7 months ago I was discussing optimisation issues and efficiency challenges with my friend, James Coates. He then told me of specific processes in his labs that could very easily be improved saving time and resources resulting in James and I co-founding Efficiency Squared Ltd. With the goal of developing a…
The origins of Pink Speak
A few weeks before my second year at Durham started, I met a man called Babu. He was in charge of a hearing-impaired school in Hyderabad, India. There are very few schools like it because there is so much stigma attached to being deaf in India. In Hyderabad’s rural communities, mothers are…
Trans4m is a local project running under Enactus Durham. In this blog, we will introduce the background and what we do in our project.
We started working with our community partner Space4 in Houghton Le Spring in November 2018. When we first visited them we discovered that the financial hardships faced by those who use the…
Ever really wanted to start a business but thought you couldn’t? That was me a year ago. Then my oldest friend, Douglas Brion, came to me with a proposition. Admittedly, to say I’ve started a business is a little bit of a falsehood. Douglas is a certified genius and over the past year he had developed what can only be…
It was only five months ago when my high school friend, Miika Korja, gave me a call to discuss an idea he had about a social enterprise. We chatted for nearly an hour and a few weeks later, he sent me some notes he had written. This was the birth of Lumi, a technical solution for helping individuals and businesses effortlessly…
