Four Cypriot explorers
On a freezing, clear February Sunday at 7:30 am, four cold Cypriot students stood shivering outside the Students’ Union, about to board a bus to the Lake District. We were perhaps rather grumpy to start with, acknowledged the beauty of the rising sun with sleepy groans, complained about the cold…
Student Volunteering Week 2018 saw 300 Durham students participate in 50 unique volunteering events. An Olympics-themed Sports Day for disabled adults, a tea party for the elderly, and bird nest box making for endangered birds: you name it, students were volunteering to be part of it! In total Durham students volunteered 700…
Leadership. Communication. Teamwork. Problem-solving. Time management. Conflict resolution. These are the competencies students come across all the time in the perennial job search. As we all know, it is essential to show a commitment to something outside of a degree on the old CV. Internships, years abroad, or work experience…
Durham Student Theatre (DST) collectively puts on about 90 shows from 26 individual theatre companies annually. Chances are, during your time in Durham, you will have gone to watch at least one of these entirely student produced and performed shows. The talented cast, aided by lighting design and sound effects, would have left…
Why Josephine Butler is ABSOLUTELY the college to visit this term!
17th January 2018
Introducing Josephine Butler’s very own Coffee Shop & Kitchen… JB’s!
Hi, I’m Jess!
I’m on Josephine Butler’s Executive Committee, and I’m the Services Officer for 2017/18, which means I’m in charge of JB’s (Butler’s very own Coffee Shop and Kitchen). I have worked in JB’s since November of…
I never thought that I would be learning Japanese this time last year. I have taken classes at Teikyo University here in Durham, which is an active branch of the Teikyo University Group in Japan. Every year students from Tokyo come to Durham to improve their communication skills and learn English, they offer Japanese classes…
Thinking back to results day
Many young people across the UK have already received their A Level results and some will soon be receiving their GCSE results.
I was in that position just under two years ago. That summer was an intense one, to say the least. Thinking about whether I had achieved enough marks in my exams to…
