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Durham University’s outgoing Vice-Chancellor and Warden, Professor Stuart Corbridge, has claimed that inclusion and accessibility has “fundamentally improved” at the University during his six-year tenure.
In an exclusive interview with
Palatinate ahead of his retirement this summer, Professor Corbridge reflected on his time as Vice-Chancellor, a position he took up in September 2015.
Professor Corbridge discussed a variety of topics, from the Covid-19 pandemic and strike action, to inclusion and accessibility and the future of the University.
Accessibility
Professor Corbridge’s tenure as Vice Chancellor has seen the University face criticism for racial and social inclusion. In October 2020, Durham was ranked the second worst university in the UK for social inclusion by
A Durham student has published a report into Northern students’ experiences at Durham University. The report, which has been sent to University Vice-Chancellor Stuart Corbridge, details the experiences of Durham students from the North of England who described feeling unwelcome at the University, and in some cases, have felt forced to live at home during their studies or drop out of Durham.
Lauren White of Van Mildert College interviewed over 20 past and present Durham students from the North of England, the oldest having graduated from Durham in 1996, and the newest having started at Durham this year.
The report asks that the University acknowledges that it has a “toxic culture” towards Northern students, and that ‘background’ is included as a type of discrimination in the student pledge, which every students is required to sign before they begin their studies at Durham.