Durham offer holders 2015 thread

I'm an economics student, I'm loving it, and everyone I know studying economics loves it here. Perfect balance of academics (Durham is 7th, Newcastle is 28th on league tables!) and free time.

What's the job prospects like? And how do most people spend there free time? Is there a lot of sport? Also Is there much to do in Durham

I think you can study up to 4 subjects a year, but it's not compulsory to do that many. I'm planning on just sticking with the two. I think if you're still unsure about what to study it'd be the ideal course - it's very flexible

They're different because with politics you usually assess whether a political ideology still influences the policies of the main political parties today, e.g. Traditional Socialism no longer dominates the Labour Party Today. Discuss. Whereas with sociology you usually assess the contribution of a certain sociological perspective to our understanding of society or assess one topic/issue with different sociological perspectives, e.g. Assess the contribution of Marxism to our understanding of society or Assess the view that the news is a social construct. But yeah, there is quite a bit of overlap. When I was studying Thatcherism for my conservatism unit a lot of the Functionalist and New Right theories I'd studied for AS did prove to be quite useful. Of course, the New Right had a huge influence on Thatcher. Of the two, I do prefer Sociology the most

No problem. Thanks for the rep! Are you currently holding an offer or are you applying for 2016 entry?

Hi. Not until after A Level results I think. Otherwise the colleges will have to do loads of work and then have to re-do it all over again

Hey,

I have an unconditional offer and it's firmed, but unsure of the next steps. Will Durham contact me closer to the time with details on how to apply for accommodation etc.

According to the latest (1 week old!) Complete University Guide, for Law Durham are currently rated third only behind Oxford and Cambridge. The average A Level grades achieved by Durham entrants was higher than for Oxford and only slightly below Cambridge.


And so, although I don't think it's the answer you want to hear, no I don't think they will be lenient.


Certainly, in my subject English, we were told at Open Day that there was no leeway at all last year.

This IS Durham we are talking about, not the University of Bedfordshire!

I'm not so sure. Remember that every spare space they have in the university is money lost. You could argue that they could just fill the space in clearing, but no one in clearing will have grades of A*AA anyway.

I was at the post offer open day for law, and when we asked the admissions guy about he said we should aim for the offer grade, but I almost got the feeling it was a bit nudge-nudge wink-wink situation.

Asking the law students there, they all knew people who'd got in with less than their offers.

I think a large part of it depends on the LNAT score and your application when they're deciding.