Dunelm Newswire - October 2017

Newswire
October 2017

News

Durham Ranked in World Top 50 for Employer Reputation

Durham University has been ranked amongst the world’s leading universities for employer reputation in the 2018 QS Graduate Employability Rankings.

Best Student Community

Durham University has been awarded Best Student Community in this year’s National Student Housing Survey Awards!

Durham in World Top 30 for Arts & Humanities

Durham has been recognised as a global leader in a prestigious international league table.

New Centre for Teaching and Learning

Work to create a hub for educational innovation at Durham University will begin later this year.

International Study Centre Welcomes First Students

Durham University International Study Centre has officially opened, at Queen's Campus.

Events

Education Professional Networking Event

The first education network event took place on Thursday 31 August. There's still time to join the network.

Dunelm Society AGM

The Dunelm Society AGM will take place on Monday 2 October at 6.30pm in the Boardroom at Davy's wine bar in Crown Passage, London.

Durham Book Festival

Durham University is playing a major part in this year’s Durham Book Festival which will take place 7-15 October.

Alumni Get-together in Norwich

Join the Director of Development and Alumni Relations at an informal autumn get-together to hear about Durham University's ten year strategic plan.

DURFC the Big Match in London

BUCS Super Rugby comes to London for the 2017/2018 season as Durham University take on Exeter under the floodlights of Rosslyn Park.

Alumni Social in Cambridge

Join fellow alumni for a coffee tasting experience held at St Catharine's College, Cambridge on Thursday 19 October.

Convocation

Join the Vice-Chancellor for Convocation which will take place on Thursday 23 November.

Dunelm Society Annual Dinner

The Dunelm Society Annual Dinner follows Convocation on Thursday 23 November at HQS Wellington, Victoria Embankment, London.

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Alumni

Lacrosse: Durham at 2017 Women's World Cup

Durham had a huge impact at the event, including a number of alumnae players, coaches, management and correspondents.

Class notes

Jo Colman (Economics, St Chad's, 1981-84), CEO and author of Psychology Today, has featured in a list of Top Psychology Blogs of 2017.

Rev Mark Edwards (Theology Occasional, St John's, 1991-95) is the author of 'Life After Care'

Tim Healey (Engineering, University College, 1972-75) received an award from the Institution of Civil Engineers at their 2017 South East Awards Ceremony for the 'Greatest Contribution to Civil Engineering'.

Rosemary McGarr (Education, Hild Bede, 1961-64), Sculptural Ceramic Artist, has been selected to receive a RAW Talent 2017 award and to participate in the art & show 2017 at York racecourse 27-29 October.

Andrew Hemmings (History, University College, 1965-68) second book 'Secret Newport' was published by Amberley Books in August.

Jon Boden (Mediaeval Studies, Collingwood, 1995-98) will release his new solo album ‘Afterglow’ on 6 October and his UK Tour will run throughout November.

Colleges

Collingwood

Wondering what’s been going on at Collingwood recently? Our latest edition of Wood Round Up is out now! You’ll also find your invite to our next London alumni drinks event inside!

Hatfield

We hope you have all enjoyed your holidays, and good luck to those that have just started new jobs! The work on Jevons is now firmly underway and we look forward to showing you our brand new facilities come February.

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John Snow

This summer we were thrilled to catch up with some of our fantastic alumni in London. The night was a roaring success – thank you to all those who attended. A special thank you to our outgoing sabbatical Alumni Relations Officer Rosa Sparks, for organising such a fantastic event.

St Aidan's

A very warm welcome to all the latest Aidan's graduates who have now become part of the Aidan's alumni community.

St Cuthbert's

We have a great selection of events coming up for Cuth’s alumni and we would love to see you there.

St John's

St John’s was happy to welcome back alumni for the Summer Reunion & Convocation, where we discussed ‘Fake News’.

Stephenson

On the final day of our Fresher’s week, Sunday 8 October at 3pm, we have a Mocktail Event being held at our base in Durham-Hilton Cottage and would love to see many of our alumni there!

Trevelyan

Trevs will soon be joined by Charlotte Sasse and Katherine Jankinson, the latest Trevs students to receive the Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship for Music. Find out more about what's happening at Trevs.

Van Mildert

Van Mildert is holding an After Hours in London on 28 September, make sure you come along! We’re also extremely excited to be launching the Mildert link, a careers mentoring scheme. Find out more below.

Departments

Archaeology

Archaeologists from Durham University have become the first UK team to excavate inside the walls of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.

Law

Lady Justice Black has been appointed to the UK Supreme Court from October. She becomes only the second woman to serve on the UK’s top bench.

Business School

MSc Management has been recognised as one of the world’s top programmes by the Financial Times, in its Masters in Management rankings 2017.

Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition

Durham University’s Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology (IPPP) took part in the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition this year for the first time, with an exhibit entitled Modelling the Invisible.

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