History MA by Research

Durham University

Durham is a beautiful city and university with great social opportunities. The traditions are very strong at this school. It feels today like how Oxford and Cambridge were twenty years ago. Sometimes administration can be a challenge, many people have difficulty in knowing how to pay tuition and the university is slow to respond to emails. Also, there are far too many international students and just students in general. The university’s expansion plans are causing a drop in the school’s national and international rankings and causing the university to be in danger of losing its character.

Incredible teaching and faculty support. Safe and supportive student community. Improvements- impractical to have the self catered colleges so far from centre so would be wise to look into having a shop in a college/ near the hill colleges.

Whilst the content we were taught was interesting and presented in an engaging manner I found it difficult to adjust to the minimal number of contact hours, more so in regards to having lectures, a significant portion of contact hours of the week, prerecorded.

Incredibly varied, I think that it has been hugely hindered by covid which is of course out of the university's control but there are definitely things which could have been done better as well as things the uni and especially my personal tutors have excelled at.

Durham Uni is my home now and I couldn’t imagine anywhere else being my home. My first year has been full of new experiences and the friends I have met in my course are the best I’ve ever had.