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Lumiere 2021 Cynthia's Story

Criminology graduate Cynthia, a Collingwood College Alumnus, experiences Lumiere first hand.

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    To Cynthia's surprise, lights covered the city centre: Market Place, Saddler Street, Silver Street, Palace Green, Prebends Bridge, and the Riverside.
    Durham Cathedral illuminated with a womans face

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    Collingwood is a large, informal college with more energy than ceremony. Their students are ambitious, take risks, and make great things happen.
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Read Cynthia's blog

To Cynthia's surprise, lights covered the city centre: Market Place, Saddler Street, Silver Street, Palace Green, Prebends Bridge, and the Riverside.
Durham Cathedral illuminated with a womans face

Study Criminology

What is crime? And what are the best ways to address it? Study the answers to these kinds of questions with a degree in Criminology.
Three students sat outside on the grass with Durham Cathedral in the background

Explore Collingwood College

Collingwood is a large, informal college with more energy than ceremony. Their students are ambitious, take risks, and make great things happen.
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The Lumiere 2021 Recording Project

Music student Jude, from St Cuthbert's Society, was part of a specially created ensemble made up of some of our most talented student musicians, who recorded the soundtrack to the centrepiece of the Lumiere 2021 light festival.

An original composition 'In Our Hearts Blind Hope' by Palma Studio illuminated the façade of Durham Cathedral with a 12-minute projection inspired by Día de los Muertos, the Mexican Day of the Dead holiday. It featured an original composition and sound design by Richard Hammarton, the music for which has been recorded by some of our outstanding student musicians.

Durham Cathedral illuminated with art with crowds in the foreground
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Look closer at our Department of Music

Ranked 6th in the Complete University Guide by Subject 2024, the Music Department has been central to our three-year project to become the largest All-Steinway school in the UK. Research-led teaching supports our students to achieve their full potential as thinking, creative musicians, and scholars. 

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Durham in Winter, Tia's Story

Three images with suspended lightbulbs on the left a cup of hot chocolate with cream and a flake in the middle and Durham Prebends Bridge in winter on the right

Tia, an international student and founder of the University's Disney Society and member of John Snow College, studied Education Studies and ran her own blog. Read her winter fun adventures.

  • Education Studies at Durham

    Education Studies is a broad multidisciplinary degree, designed for the intellectually and practically curious. The course explores the social, political, psychological and philosophical aspects of education.
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    A modern college with traditional values, John Snow has a long standing tradition of attracting students from all over the world, and is a truly international college.
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Education Studies at Durham

Education Studies is a broad multidisciplinary degree, designed for the intellectually and practically curious. The course explores the social, political, psychological and philosophical aspects of education.
Students sat at a table with laptops

John Snow College

A modern college with traditional values, John Snow has a long standing tradition of attracting students from all over the world, and is a truly international college.
Group of students in John Snow College
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Durham by Night

Illuminated metal orchestra in Durham Market Place

Ruby, a graduate in English at Van Mildert College explores our City's nightlife from Lumiere, food and the Assembly Rooms Theatre to clubs and societies.

Our English Department is one of the leading in the UK, and among the top 50 in the world, offering teaching and research of the highest quality.

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