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Palatinate investigates the rise of Purpose Built Student Accommodation in Durham and its criticisms
The City of Durham has seen a sharp increase in the construction of Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) in recent years, with a staggering number opening across the Viaduct, Claypath, and Gilesgate Bank areas. Further PBSA projects are in development, with two schemes being built at the bottom of Claypath as well as the redevelopment of the former County Hospital in the Viaduct. Each of these are expected to hold between 350 and 450 beds.
Durham ranked 6th in Complete University Guide
Durham University has been ranked sixth in the UK by the Complete University Guide in results published last week. While Cambridge and Oxford retained their first and second place rankings, LSE and Imperial each fell one place allowing St Andrews to rise to third. In sixth place, Durham University ranked above UCL, Warwick, Lancaster, and Loughborough, who complete the top ten.
Durham University to launch Voluntary Severance Scheme
From Monday 10th April, Durham University will offer a voluntary severance package to University staff. In an email to all students, Professor Stuart Corbridge, Vice-Chancellor, outlined plans to introduce the voluntary severance scheme, which is to be launched as part of a plan to reduce operating costs by £15 million over the next three years.
FOI request reveals staff expense claims for the past three academic years
Palatinate has obtained through a Freedom of Information Request the amount of money that University staff have claimed in expenses over the past three years. Due to the University changing its expenses payment system during this period, it was only possible to see in detail the expenses claims for the 2016 academic year, with the previous years only specifying mileage, air and rail travel costs, and ‘other expenses’.
Candidates for SU Officer elections
As campaigning begins for the Durham SU Student Officer elections, Palatinate talks to the candidates about their ideas for the Union. Why do you want to be elected? I genuinely care about issues in Durham and I want to make change for the students and represent their views. I have enough grit to be able to stand up to the University and say when there are issues and they have not listened to us. Of all the issues we are consulted on, our feelings never come into fruition in any kind of plan.
Serial student home burglar jailed for ten years
Barry Lowery, 41, has been jailed for ten years at Durham Crown Court for stealing thousands of pounds’ worth of computer equipment from a student house in Durham. The burglary was carried out at a house in High Wood View on 24th November 2016. The court heard that he had abandoned an attempt to break in to a different student house a short while earlier, but then proceeded to target the house belonging to four final-year students who were out for the evening.
Durham sexual violence culture highlighted in national media reports
Durham has been the subject of several national newspaper reports, regarding extreme levels of sexual violence and misconduct at the University.
Architectural campaign group lodges appeal against plans to demolish Dunelm House demolishment plans
After a decision was made not to grant listed status to Durham University’s Students’ Union building, an appeal has been launched in an attempt to save it from demolition. The Twentieth Century Society, an architectural campaign group, have requested a formal review of the plans.
University clarifies Hardship Fund spending
Durham University has responded to the Freedom of Information data received by Durham for Accessible Education, clarifying information behind the Hardship Fund statistics. The University has acknowledged that it has less money to allocate towards the Fund than in previous years, partly due to the fact that it received an allocation from the government—the Access to Learning Fund—in both the 2012/13 and 2013/14 academic years.
Hardship Fund: 55% decrease in support given to students
By Emma Pinckard and Hugo Harris Durham for Accessible Education (DfAE) has discovered that students are finding it increasingly difficult to secure funding through hardship loans at Durham University. Information obtained by DfAE through the Freedom of Information Act has revealed that there has been a significant decrease in the amount of financial support given to Durham students through the various financial schemes under the University’s Hardship Fund.
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