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IT SEEMS LIKE only yesterday that Labour’s government was declaring that one of its priorities was ‘Education, Education, Education’. However, for current university students throughout the country the slogan ‘Debt, Debt, Debt’ sadly seems more appropriate.
For many students, following the introduction of variable tuition fees, university debt seems to be spiralling out of control. The [...]
THERE COMES A POINT in all of our degrees when we just forget why we chose to study our subjects in the first place. Sometimes you have to stop and think about what first spurred you on to go through all of those GCSEs, A-Levels and frozen Duke of Edinburgh trips just so you could [...]
THIS FRIDAY SAW the culmination of eight weeks’ hard work and training, resulting in a debate held in the Union Society chamber.
The Second Chance debate is a unique rehabilitation project run by the Union Society, Team Durham and the Tyneside Cyrenians, a Newcastle Charity which aims to empower those who have previously faced social marginalisation. [...]
DURHAM CITY WILL see the opening of a new youth centre following the County Council’s decision to fund the upcoming project.
MP Roberta Blackman-Woods is “really pleased” about the development of more youth facilities and services in the local area, which will respond to the community’s appeal for a “safe and relaxed place to ‘hang out’”.
Venue4U [...]
VAN MILDERT COLLEGE’S second annual charity fashion show took place last weekend, writes Laura Pennington. The show included live music, dance and pyrotechnics, with clothing being modelled from numerous local brands and national names. The fashion show raised over £1500 for Mildert’s unique outreach projects and charities; the Young Persons’ Project, Van Mildert Prison Project, [...]
EXPERTS AT DURHAM University have voiced criticism over a government scheme to introduce identity cards for foreign nationals in the UK, writes Tim Cross. The scheme, which was launched on 25th November, requires foreign nationals who are applying to enter or remain in the UK to apply for a credit-card sized, biometric ID card. The [...]
