When I came to Durham on an Open Day studying Combined Honours was described as a pick your destiny adventure book. And despite being a very good slogan, it’s very true!
What I chose to study
Within Combined Honours I choose to study History and Politics. I could write several blogs on why I’m studying them, but put…
I initially applied to Durham after being part of the Supported Progression scheme (read Liv’s blog about Supported Progression). This was a one-week experience where I saw what it was like to study Sport at Durham, as well as meet other potential students and even some of the lecturers that teach me now! The Sports…
Coming from a French school, I didn’t know much about Durham but decided to study here mainly for its reputation. After my first year of study I am very pleased with the city, the social life, the sports and most importantly my course.
An amazing year of opportunity and study
My first year of Accounting at Durham was…
Studying Economics at Durham has been an exhilarating experience. Coming from a small village in South Lincolnshire, where not many students attend university at all, applying to Durham University was ambitious for me. I applied here because of the collegiate system but also due to the strong performance of the Economics…
Lectures and practicals
In my first year I had two hours of lectures per week for each of the three modules of Computer Science that I studied. The highlight of my week was most certainly the Computational Thinking lecture; this involved a full hour of questions and answers with professionals in industry alongside Professor…
Sometimes, starting university right after high school isn’t for you. Maybe you aren’t sure what to study, you want to travel and experience the world before getting back on the academic treadmill, or there are personal reasons why you just need to take a year out. No matter what your reason, taking a gap year can be a…
Thinking about taking a placement year but not sure what it involves? In this video I talk all about the work and projects I did at Johnson and Johnson, working as a brand marketing intern for JOHNSON’S ® Baby.
You can look back at my other videos about my placement year.
Applying for a placement year
Placement…
Welcome to my story! My initial choice of college wasn’t Trevs, in fact, it wasn’t any college at all. I applied to Durham through the process of an open college application. This meant I would be assigned a college automatically. It is usually recommended that students make a preference of which college they’d like to…
I’ve recently started studying the Online MBA programme at Durham University Business School. I wanted to give an update on how I’m finding the course three months into it, along with a few tips to anyone starting a similar path.
Juggling work, study and family
I am currently the director of marketing at CIPHR, a UK…
