As a doctoral candidate at Durham University and the incumbent President of the Islamic Society, I am privileged to elucidate the experience of observing Ramadan within our esteemed academic environment. This sacred month constitutes a period for introspection, personal growth, and spiritual enhancement, offering daily…
above pic – Damon de Laszlo alongside Professor Karen O’Brien and Professor Carlos Frenk with the unveiled sculpture, The Journey, which Damon donated alongside Robert Hefner III. The Journey, by John Robinson, is one of many sculptures donated by Damon since the Ogden Centre opened.
20th anniversary of the Ogden…
If only there was an opportunity to get a real feel of what university life is like before applying…
Sutton who?
I had never heard of the Sutton Trust until my head of sixth form mentioned that that day was the deadline to apply to this residential which sounded like it would be of interest to me. I had never heard of…
The Lantern Festival
I was lucky to have attended the Lantern Festival hosted by the Oriental Museum, which marked the end of the 15-day Year of the Rabbit celebrations. The Lantern Festival signals the first full moon of the new year’s lunar calendar and symbolises ideas of reunion and romance.
As a student from Hong…
As someone who has always been interested (read: mildly obsessed) with theatre, coming to university in the middle of a pandemic was always going to present some unique challenges. But ultimately, it was a niche category of drama which I had never even considered before that ended up defining my experience of theatre in…
Holocaust Memorial Day occurs every year on the 27th of January. This date marks the liberation of Auschwitz- Birkenau, the largest concertation camp, in 1945.
We remember the six million Jews that were murdered, alongside all the other victims of the Holocaust, and the genocides that have followed.
What happened in the…
Great friends
Congregation in January 2020 was a very important occasion for me. After several years of working hard to obtain my PhD in Evolutionary Anthropology, I made the long journey back to the UK from Panama. My celebrations had already begun – after drinking very good whisky at Jim’s house, one of the best…
I knew Durham was the right place for me
During the summer of 2019, when I was in year 12, I took part in the Sutton Trust (ST) Summer School to explore my interest in English.
For me, the totality of my experience at Sutton Trust confirmed that Durham University was the place for me. The mentors I interacted with, who…
Durham is a place which has so much to offer its students. One of the things I am constantly raving about to my friends and family is my part-time job as a Content Creator for the university, which lets me capture my student experience whilst also encouraging me to dig deeper into the opportunities this uni provides. One of the…
With the end of Michaelmas (term 1) fast approaching, for Durham students this can only mean one thing: it’s ball season! It is tradition for the colleges here to put on a spectacular Winter Ball around this time of year and I wanted to let you know what to expect at one of these popular events. If you have never attended a…
