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News - Palatinate
6 days ago · Inside college libraries: who’s best at stacking their shelves. Elliot Burrin investigates how many books are in each college library. All the latest news on issues that matter to Durham students. If you know of anything newsworthy, email [email protected].
Level Up: A Durham initiative – Palatinate
23 hours ago · This entails a crash course on using AI tools to improve CVs, cover letters, and to maintain students at the forefront of job application technology. The Level-Up initiative also focuses upon gaining direct and in-person insights into professional environments, providing off-campus visits to firms and holiday internships.
Find your module average! – Palatinate
6 days ago · You can find the average mark for your module, alongside the proportion of Firsts, 2:1s, 2:2s, 3rds and below 3rds attained. Palatinate has used a Freedom of Information response from the University to aggregate marks from summatives undertaken in the 2023/24 academic year, this includes retakes. 2018-2022 modules can be found here.
Tuition fees in England set to rise next year – Palatinate
5 days ago · November 8, 2024. By Isla Mustin. Education Secretary Bridget Philipson announced on Monday in Parliament that starting April 2025, undergraduate tuition fees in England will be rising to £9,535 for UK students. This marks a rise of £285, ending the fee freeze that has capped tuition at £9,250 since 2017.
Solo Interrailing: a student’s experience – Palatinate
2 days ago · Interrailing is arguably one of the most accessible ways for young people on a shoestring budget to holiday around the continent – a pass is valid in 33 countries and over 30,000 destinations, and it comes with so many perks if you know where to look. For one, interrailing gives you full flexibility on how long and how far you want to travel.
Durham Cathedral celebrates Miners’ Exhibition – Palatinate
5 days ago · November 8, 2024. By William Milne. Colourful banners celebrating County Durham’s mining heritage have been displayed in Durham Cathedral. The banners are up from 22nd October until 7th November. The exhibition, called ‘ Solidarity Forever: Banners of the Durham Mining CommunityI’ intends to celebrate ‘the resilience and heritage of ...
Sport – Palatinate
4 days ago · Joseph Saunders takes a magnifying glass to the fallout of the Ballon D’Or ceremony. The latest updates on local, national and international sport from Durham students. To pitch your own article, email [email protected].
Find the easiest module for your subject (updated for 2022!)
Jul 25, 2022 · By Thomas Simpson, Max Kendix, Theo Burman, Lilith Foster-Collins, Emily Doughty and Waseem Mohamed. Palatinate has used Freedom of Information requests to put together a handy table below, where you can find the modules of 2022, 2020, 2019 and 2018 with the highest levels of Firsts and 2:1s, as well as the average mark.You can search by subject, module code or module title, and filter by ...
Durham college popularity rankings revealed – Palatinate
Aug 5, 2021 · By Theo Burman. Palatinate can reveal the official popularity rankings of all Durham Colleges, according to how many applications they receive from incoming students each year.. A Freedom of Information request concerning the data collected by the University from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) shows the last six years of applications from prospective students, and ...