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The significantly delayed report recommends the introduction of a Community Officer, a mandatory "core vision" module and new provisions for faith groups.
The compulsory course, launched in 2021, is on the responsibilities of staff to identify and prevent stereotyping, bias, and discrimination as part of what the institution describes as “a comprehensive, challenging and context specific Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion training programme”.
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-19 pandemic and strike action, to inclusion and accessibility and the future of the University. Acc...
61.6% of students were admitted from state-funded schools in 2020-21, a fall from 63.4% in 2019-20 and 65.7% in 2018-19.
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 of England, the oldest having graduated from Durham in 1996, and the newest having started at Durha...