Student Pledge

When you join Durham University, you become part of our community and of the wider community in which we are proud to be located.

At Durham we promote inclusivity, civic responsibility, sustainability, social wellbeing and prosperity for the benefit of present and future generations. Embedded in our Strategy, we have a set of core lived values which set out the principles by which we will act across everything we do: inclusivity, integrity, collaboration, commitment to excellence and citizenship.

As part of joining the community we ask our students to agree to be good citizens by signing up to the pledge below which forms part of the University’s regulations.

My pledge to myself

I undertake to:

• Hold myself to the highest possible standards;
• Conduct myself with integrity and dignity in all matters;
• Demonstrate high standards of personal conduct in my interactions with the University and the wider Durham community.

My pledge to others

I undertake to:

• Respect diversity and the promotion of equal opportunity for all;
• Treat other students, staff and members of the wider community with respect and tolerance, irrespective of their race, colour, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, nationality or disability;

• Promote a culture in which incidents of sexual violence and misconduct are not tolerated;
• Be a good and considerate neighbour while living in College or within the wider Durham community.

My pledge to my educational experience

I undertake to:

• Engage with my academic studies to the very best of my abilities both as an independent learner and as part of the community of practice within my academic department(s);

• Conduct myself with honesty and integrity in pursuit of my education, respecting the University's rules on plagiarism, research misconduct, and the use of the IT and Library facilities;
• Respect freedom of expression.