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An investigation by Palatinate has uncovered the extent of department historical pay disparities for teaching activities. The average pay for demonstrating, tutorials, marking and lecturing varied by up to £44/hour between departments before an agreement to standardise payments was implemented in October. Until this academic year, significant proportions of undergraduate teaching activities, including demonstrating, tutorials, lecturing and marking, were covered by hourly wage workers on ins...

Professor Karen O’Brien has been appointed as Durham University’s new Vice-Chancellor and Warden, becoming Durham’s first ever female Vice-Chancellor. Prof. O’Brien, who is currently Head of the Humanities Division and Professor in the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford, will take up her position on 4th January 2022, with current Vice-Chancellor Professor Stuart Corbridge set to retire on 31st July this year. Current Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost, Professor Antony Long,...

Durham University reveals new Vice-Chancellor and Warden Professor Karen O’Brien is the universitys new Vice-Chancellor and Warden Updated Get the latest County Durham news and updates delivered straight to your inbox - sign up for free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subsc...

, has died at the age of 92 of heart failure in New York.  Born in Salford in 1928 to a working class background, Evans studied politics at University College in Durham after completing his national service. In Durham, he edited Palatinate during epiphany term, 1951, just three years after the Paper was established in 1948. He later said this experience was “indispensable for a career in journalism.” He also wrote about his experience for Palatinate to mark the paper’s 800th edition. He...

A Durham student has published a report into Northern students’ experiences at Durham University. The report, which has been sent to University Vice-Chancellor Stuart Corbridge, details the experiences of Durham students from the North of England who described feeling unwelcome at the University, and in some cases, have felt forced to live at home during their studies or drop out of Durham. Lauren White of Van Mildert College interviewed over 20 past and present Durham students from the North...

This week, we played host to a virtual event that brought together colleagues from 41 European universities as well as signing a historic partnership...

A list of support options and resources can be found here. Almost 100 incidents of rape or attempted rape were disclosed to Durham University from 2014-2019, a  Palatinate investigation has found.  The figures appeared in a paper submitted to the University Executive Committee last December. The paper shows that 262 disclosures were recorded anonymously by the University between the 2014/15 and 2018/19 academic years. A total of 290 incidents were disclosed, around two-thirds of which concern...

His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who died today aged 99.  The Vice-Chancellor said: “Our community is deeply saddened to learn of the loss of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. Our thoughts and best wishes are with Her Majesty The Queen and The Royal Family at this time.” “Durham University is proud to have hosted The Duke of Edinburgh on many occasions, where he met with students and staff and visited Durham Castle and our Queen’s Campus in Stockton. In ...

Durham University has today called upon the Government to “provide clarity on plans for the safe resumption of Covid-secure face-to-face teaching” in Easter Term. The statement follows the Prime Minister’s coronavirus press conference on Monday 5th April, during which the planned liberalisation of Covid-19 restrictions was confirmed for Monday 12th April. In Durham’s statement, Vice-Chancellor and Warden, Professor Stuart Corbridge, said that the University’s “current working assump...

Date Time Tribute to His Royal Highness Duke of Edinburgh Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh pictured during a 2012 visit to Durham University We are deeply saddened at the death of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, died on Friday 9 April, aged 99. The Duke of Edinburgh visited the University on many occasions, meeting students and staff at Durham Castle and our Queen’s Campus in Stockton. In 1951, His Roya...