https://www.durhamsu.com/groups/nightline-8b35/articles/nightline-awareness-week-f77d
It's Nightline Awareness Week, so here's Durham Nightline introducing their services and the great prizes you could win this week... Nightline is a student-run organisation who offer their time to answer the phone to Durham students who need someone to listen to them. We are open every night o...
https://www.durhamsu.com/articles/update-from-george-national-student-employment-week
An increasing number of students at Durham and Universities across the UK are taking on part-time work alongside their studies to meet crucial living costs, including food, accommodation and course materials. A 2015 survey by Endsleigh, showed that 77% of students are working whilst studying. The...
https://www.durhamsu.com/articles/durham-students-take-on-the-eggheads
You may have spotted a whole crew of Durham students on Eggheads recently: Craig Bateman, Reece Moore, Grace Jeynes, Kyle Kirkpatrick and Jonty Bayliss, appearing as the aptly named ‘Palatinmates’. We spoke to Craig Bateman about what went on behind-the-scenes. Towards the end of Easter term 2...
https://www.durhamsu.com/articles/freshers-blog-an-introduction-to-the-new-disney-society
Tia van Loggerenberg introduces you to the brand new Disney Society. Hi everyone! I’m Tia, a second-year South African Education Studies student at John Snow college, and I’m the president of the newly ratified Disney Society! I think some element of Disney was present in all our childhood...
https://www.durhamsu.com/groups/film-pints-pop-culture-society
A society for all lovers of film, from the casual to serious. Expect a mix of popular film screenings, film pub quizzes and themed film socials.
https://www.durhamsu.com/groups/anime-society-60a3
Join for: Discussions of your favourite anime Weekly group screenings Other fun and exciting events, including seasonal quizzes and character tournaments! Click here for our socials: https://linktr.ee/durhamanimesociety
https://www.durhamsu.com/support/pg-participation-fund
Background After industrial action in 2018/19 and 2019/20, a portion of the strike fund was allocated to Durham SU for use on projects to support the student population. We are aware postgraduate participation in academic life is an increasingly expensive activity, due to both the pa...
https://www.durhamsu.com/groups/geocaching
We are a group of students who meet up fortnightly to go geocaching, as well as having so many more fun socials! From making our own geocaches, to pub quizzes and even more! Become a member today and follow us on instagram (@du_geocache) to get updates about our latest socials!!
https://www.durhamsu.com/articles/update-from-jess-living-wage-campaign-gets-off-to-a-wheely-good-start
The Real Living Wage movement has been going since 2001. Citizens UK found that most communities frequently mentioned low wages when asked what most affected their communities. In 2011, the Real Living Wage was officially introduced with the creation of the Real Living Wage Foundation, a campaign...
https://www.durhamsu.com/articles/duck-the-impact-of-coronavirus-on-the-charity-sector
By Ellen Campbell The pandemic effect The Coronavirus pandemic has left no industry unscathed, but the charity sector has been particularly impacted by the virus, with one in ten UK charities facing bankruptcy this year (The Guardian). With increased financial insecurity and uncertainty f...