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Durham University Graduates formally received their degrees in absentia this week, after formal ceremonies were postponed until the summer of 2022. The university recorded a video to mark the occasion which can be found here. In an email, Vice-Chancellor and Warden Stuart Corbridge told graduating students: “During a year as unprecedented as this one, your achievements are a testament to your hard work and dedication”. The Vice-Chancellor emphasised that the online ceremony “is not replac...

The University has confirmed it “expects to life some restrictions” in light of government Covid-19 rules being relaxed from July 19th. In an email to all students and staff, the University said it is “currently working through the implications of the announcement”. They will send a “detailed update following the next Government announcement”, due on Monday 12th July. In the meantime, current restrictions remain in place. “Following the move to Step 4 we do expect to lift some Uni...

St Cuthbert’s Society JCR has received condemnation after a comment was posted from its official Facebook account that has been described as “Sinophobic” and  “outdated and malicious”. The comment was posted under a Facebook status about the cancellation of St Cuthbert’s Society summer ball. Responding to a question of why it had been cancelled, the JCR account claimed that it was “because somebody in Wuhan ate a bat in late 2019”. The ball was cancelled by the University, in c...

The PalTV team headed down to market square over the weekend to report on the walk in vaccine centre that was in Durham this weekend. This comes as Durham City was found to have the highest Covid-19 rate in the country. Consider Subscribing to Palatinate TV: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1-Wqh1JuB35aMSH19z1zww/?sub_confirmation=1

Correspondence seen by Palatinate shows that students who have to isolate in Hope Estates properties beyond the end of their contracts will be forced to pay for at least four weeks extra rent. Hope Estates said: “If our new tenants cannot move in on the date of the 1 st they will need compensating. If the tenant(s) […] cannot or will not move out on the 30 th then I’m afraid they will be charged the extra rent for a minimum of 4wks. This will allow the tenants to be compensated for  t...

Over Memorial Day weekend, airports across the country reported the highest numbers of people flying in more than a year. As more of us are dreaming once again of flight, we thought this would be a good time to listen back to an episode of Inside Appalachia that originally aired last summer. We’ll hear stories about flight: legendary aviators, fighter pilots, and a plane ride that didn’t quite go as planned.

After a full week from 30th May to 5th June without recording a single case, the University recorded nine self-reported cases between Sunday and Tuesday.

Our Inside Appalachia team recently won several awards for our reporting. This week, we’re listening back to some of these stories, including one about the John Denver classic, “Take Me Home Country Roads,” which was first recorded 50 years ago in 1971. And we’ll learn how indie pro-wrestling in Southern West Virginia was able to keep going through the pandemic — with drive-in shows. We’ll also hear about two Welsh storytellers and their fascination with Appalachia.

Palatinate investigates recent claims around the University's various links to Palestine and Israeli actions in Palestinian territories.

/ Author Cynthia Rylant was inspired by the time she spent with her grandparents to write her first book "When I Was Young in the Mountains." This week were revisiting an episode of Inside Appalachia that features childrens authors in and from our region. Well hear Cynthia Rylant, who wrote "When I Was Young In The Mountains," David Perri, author of "Messy Larry," and Bil Lepp reading from his recent childrens book "The Princess And The Pickup Truck," and Lyn Ford, a professional storyteller a...