Getting the most out of the Freshers’ Fair
The pinnacle of Freshers’ Week The long-awaited pinnacle of fresher’s week had finally come – the Fresher’s Fair. After a week of talks, icebreakers, and working out how to use circuit laundry, I was finally in the queue stretching around the side of Maiden Castle, ready to find people to share my deepest interests with […]
Managing homesickness
Sick of home We’ve all been there: so sick of home in the last year of high school that we couldn’t wait for university to start and a chance to disintegrate the boredom. Then, the unthinkable creeps in, a little mouse of homesickness burrowing safely between our ribs. Its feeding is slow at first until […]
Finding your feet in Freshers’ Week
Daunting but exciting What a whirlwind these last few weeks have been! Becoming a university student is a daunting prospect but an exciting one all the same – at least that was the impression that older students gave me prior to joining Durham. But I remember a distinct feeling of apathy and lack of enthusiasm […]