Seamus Barker

The university is reviewing its policies to be in line with new EHRC guidelines 31 minutes ago Durham University is responding to updated EHRC guidelines with a review of its policies on single-sex spaces. Last year the Supreme Court ruled that references to “sex”, “man”, and “woman” in the 2010 Equality Act refer to biological sex rather than gender. This also applies to parts of the act dealing with sex discrimination.

The controversial author has written about her experiences speaking at the Durham Union 30 minutes ago Controversial gender critical author and journalist Helen Joyce has written about her recent talk at the Durham Union on her website. In an article subtitled “Finally, a talk to a student society goes off without a hitch”, she praises the decision to invite a controversial figure such as herself. The article reveals a lot about the way the handling of the talk behind the scenes.

Hear from second-year politics and IR student Leo Cavanagh 4 seconds ago A Durham student has been shortlisted for the prestigious Government and Public Sector Award. Leo Cavanagh, the recipient, is a second-year Politics and International Relations student at Durham University. Leo grew up in Cannock, Staffordshire, and attended a state school rated inadequate by Ofsted. He is the first person in his family to attend university.