Reply 1
Old fashioned, racist, snobby, badly organised, expensive
Reply 2
Original post by Anonymous
Old fashioned, racist, snobby, badly organised, expensive
Are you a current student? And surely it cannot be that bad.
Reply 3
Original post by Anonymous
Old fashioned, racist, snobby, badly organised, expensive
Source?
Original post by Anonymous
Old fashioned, racist, snobby, badly organised, expensive
Interesting comments/remarks.
Two sides of a coin.
Old fashioned vs traditional. Some students enjoy the Bailey colleges, which keep century-old traditions like gowned formal dinners. While some favour the more modern, stylish Hill colleges. It is a matter of personal taste. Interestingly, it seems most students like the old-school matriculation.
Racist. Durham allocates colleges according to students' preferences. Every college has its own culture and attracts its own groups. So if there is racism, it's inherited from its students rather than generated by the uni.
Badly organised. You mean the "chaos" in August/September on new student enrolment, registration, accommodation and so on? It happens in every uni - working on hundreds of new students within the narrow window - between results day in mid-August and start of term in late September.
Expensive. Certainly living cost is expensive in uni-centred cities like Durham, Bath, Bristol.
Every uni and city has its own goods and bads. You could listen to others but have to weigh yourself as different person has different values.
Snobby. More or less common to every uni?
Reply 5
Original post by cksiu
Interesting comments/remarks.
Two sides of a coin.
Old fashioned vs traditional. Some students enjoy the Bailey colleges, which keep century-old traditions like gowned formal dinners. While some favour the more modern, stylish Hill colleges. It is a matter of personal taste. Interestingly, it seems most students like the old-school matriculation.
Racist. Durham allocates colleges according to students' preferences. Every college has its own culture and attracts its own groups. So if there is racism, it's inherited from its students rather than generated by the uni.
Badly organised. You mean the "chaos" in August/September on new student enrolment, registration, accommodation and so on? It happens in every uni - working on hundreds of new students within the narrow window - between results day in mid-August and start of term in late September.
Expensive. Certainly living cost is expensive in uni-centred cities like Durham, Bath, Bristol.
Every uni and city has its own goods and bads. You could listen to others but have to weigh yourself as different person has different values.
Snobby. More or less common to every uni?
Two sides of a coin.
Old fashioned vs traditional. Some students enjoy the Bailey colleges, which keep century-old traditions like gowned formal dinners. While some favour the more modern, stylish Hill colleges. It is a matter of personal taste. Interestingly, it seems most students like the old-school matriculation.
Racist. Durham allocates colleges according to students' preferences. Every college has its own culture and attracts its own groups. So if there is racism, it's inherited from its students rather than generated by the uni.
Badly organised. You mean the "chaos" in August/September on new student enrolment, registration, accommodation and so on? It happens in every uni - working on hundreds of new students within the narrow window - between results day in mid-August and start of term in late September.
Expensive. Certainly living cost is expensive in uni-centred cities like Durham, Bath, Bristol.
Every uni and city has its own goods and bads. You could listen to others but have to weigh yourself as different person has different values.
Snobby. More or less common to every uni?
Do you work for Durham?
Surprised to see anyone “defending” racism at a uni by saying it’s just because they recruit racist student🙃
Original post by Anonymous
Do you work for Durham?
Surprised to see anyone “defending” racism at a uni by saying it’s just because they recruit racist student🙃
Surprised to see anyone “defending” racism at a uni by saying it’s just because they recruit racist student🙃
I am not a member of Durham. There are many unis having similar phenomenon you mentioned, it's more a matter of subjective perception.
I was an Asian student in Imperial College years ago and experienced what you might called "racism". People brought up from different cultures study and live together, misunderstandings and occasional conflicts are guaranteed. Locals were dissatisfied with expats not respecting local culture, expats sometimes called that "racism". Sincere communication and tolerance cleared the misunderstandings, it takes time.
There are people who prefer staying with guys of similar cultural background, be fair to them - they are not racists.
Reply 7
Original post by c-gumbo1
Yeah that's the question
Hi!
Honestly (and not just because this is my job) Durham is great. For me, all the interesting traditions and events that you likely won't get at other universities like formals, balls, matriculation, gowns and literally so much more is just too good to miss out on. Durham also has the benefit of being a small but really pretty town so the university is much more closely knit than you think. It can be really intense at times yes but that's what makes it a world class university and I found that if I took the effort to plan my time, it is very manageable.
Durham to me is just like any other university except it just has more to do! I'm sure you'll enjoy it here, just like I did!
Hope this helps
- Lesath (DU Rep)
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