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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 told Palatinate that “It hasn’t yet been determined” exactly what will go where. Estimates for the size of the University’s new student accommodation developments have been published on the City of Durham Parish Council’s website. The figures were provided to the planning inspectorate by Durham University following the publication of its Estate Masterplan which includes the development of new colleges by 2027. The plans include up to 1,000 new beds on the Hild Bede Col...

In July 2020, the Vice-Chancellor’s salary was boosted from £245,700 back to its pre-pandemic amount of £273,000. During this time, 884 staff at Durham University were on furlough.

By Tim Sigsworth and Toby Donegan-Cross Durham University’s outgoing Vice-Chancellor and Warden, Professor Stuart Corbridge, has claimed that inclusion and accessibility has “fundamentally improved” at the University during his six-year tenure. In an exclusive interview with Palatinate ahead of his retirement this summer, Professor Corbridge reflected on his time as Vice-Chancellor, a position he took up in September 2015. Professor Corbridge discussed a variety of topics, from the Covid...

Durham University has ranked in 82nd place in the 2022 QS World University Rankings, moving up four places from its previous 86th position in the world.

UNIVERSITIES, employers, and local leaders will work together to create thousands of local jobs as the recovery from the pandemic gathers pace. New research by Universities UK (UUK), Universities and the UK’s economic recovery: an analysis of future impact, which was compiled by the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE), is published today. It predicts that over the next five years universities in the North-East will be involved in research projects with partners wort...

New research published today by Universities UK (UUK), ‘Universities and the UK’s economic recovery: an analysis of future impact’, which was compiled by the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE), predicts that over the next five y

Press release   •   May 27, 2021&nbsp17:37&nbspBST Universities have an important role to play in the Covid-19 recovery process. Universities, employers, and local leaders in the North East will be working together to create thousands of local jobs as the recovery from the pandemic gathers pace. New research published today by Universities UK (UUK), ‘Universities and the UK’s economic recovery: an analysis of future impact’, which was compiled by the National ...

Durham City MP, Mary Foy, has re-established the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), Friends of Durham University. The group, which was first established by Foy’s predecessor, Roberta Blackman-Wood, is chaired by Mary Foy, and Richard Holden, MP for North-West Durham, Kevan Jones, MP for North Durham, Paul Howell, MP for Sedgefield, and Graham Brady, MP for Altrincham and Sale West, will serve as Vice-Chairs.  Peter Gibson, MP for Darlington, will serve as secretary, while Kate Osborne, MP...

A Freedom of Information request submitted by Palatinate has revealed the names of individuals who have generously donated more than one million pounds to the University since 2015. Mark J. Hillery, a Collingwood alumnus and hedge fund manager, has donated almost £7m to Durham University since 2015. Hillery directs his large donations exclusively to Collingwood College. He has personally funded a 200-seater arts centre, a gym extension, a yoga/pilates studio, an enlarged junior common room, ...