The realities of my student diet
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The realities of my student diet

Students (read: financially challenged young people) are infamous for not prioritising their health when they move away from home for the first time. When taking into account reading lists, and parties, and societies, and parties, and sports, and parties, and sleeping; there’s rarely enough time in the day to concoct and truly…
Getting Busy in Bishop: a student’s thoughts on the Durham University excavations in Bishop Auckland 2022
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Getting Busy in Bishop: a student’s thoughts on the Durham University excavations in Bishop Auckland 2022

While preparing to write this blogpost, I researched quotes about digging holes to best summarise my experience working as an archaeologist, a job which requires finding where a hole needs to expertly be dug and all artefacts and features carefully recorded. Instead, I stumbled across the quote by Mr. Will Rogers, American actor…
My experience with Supported Progression
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My experience with Supported Progression

After a long post-GCSEs summer, university wasn’t the first thing on my mind. However, I was fortunate enough that my sixth form was proactive in getting us to think about life after sixth form. At the start of y12, one of the teachers in my school let me know I was eligible for the Supported Progression (SP) scheme at Durham…