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Hatfield Record 2018

Table of Contents The Master’s Letter

Notes from the Bursar

Notes from the Librarian

The Common Rooms

Articles: • Tim Burt’s Final Sermon as Master • Tim Burt’s Retirement Celebrations • The New Master’s Inauguration • Mapping Hatfield • Professor Chris Burn, DSc • Founders’ Commemoration • Quinquereme Ties • Celebrating 30 Years of Hatfield Women

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College Awards and Prizes

College Sport

College Societies

The Hatfield Trust

Hatfield Trust Awards and Bursaries

Hatfield Trust Travel Awards

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The Hatfield Association

185

Forthcoming Events

201

Members’ News

202

Death Notices

204

Obituaries & Tributes

205

College Notes

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Professor Ann MacLarnon being welcomed as the new Master by Richard Burge, Chair of College Council

The Master’s Letter As I start to write my first Master’s Letter, I realise that as little as a year ago I did not know I would be coming to Hatfield, and yet now, having completed just seven months, I feel very at home as a Hatfielder. Time has flown, but life in College is so packed with fascinating people, events and just daily matters, that it’s hard to believe I’ve only been here for such a short time. As readers of the Record will know, Hatfield is a wonderfully welcoming community. From my earliest encounters with Hatfield staff last September, quickly followed by the exhilaration of Freshers’ Sunday when 300+ keen new undergraduates arrived on a warm sunny day at the start of October, it was immediately clear to me what a friendly place it is. Everyone is happy to help newcomers ? from a new Master to the last arriving Fresher, someone is on hand to answer queries, carry a box, have a chat, or just greet you with a smile. I have joined a College in very good spirit following the reign of my predecessor, Tim Burt. Hatfield is, as I have learnt, a traditional College, and yet, as a visiting fellow observed early on in my first term, ‘Hatfield wears its traditions lightly, and doesn’t take itself too seriously’. If spooning is a must before any Formal, and the sentimental College song has to be sung with fervent gusto, all newcomers are gently inducted into such College ways, and nothing is intended to exclude. A sense of good fun and community camaraderie threads through all. The topping and tailing of Formals with a long Latin grace and bowing out merely provide punctuation and structure to a convivial communal meal. Our student leaders, Senior Man, Harry Dow, and MCR President, Andy Smith, together with the JCR and MCR Executives, are strongly motivated to create welcoming spaces for all, to encourage involvement, and to ensure Hatfield belongs to all members. It is a very special place indeed.

Before my arrival, various College old timers started wondering what the tradition was for inaugurating a new Master. Those with the longest memories, some of whom have seen several new Masters arrive and retire, could not remember any particular event, and so, in good Hatfield style, tradition was invented. Two days in late October started with a wonderful performance of Purcell’s Come Ye Sons of Art: An Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary (1694) in the College Chapel, conducted by our Director of Music, Matt McCullough, and then after dinner a rousing Ceilidh, drawing in the youngest to oldest College members. On the second day we had an Inauguration Formal, preceded by drinks accompanied by music from Kinky Jeff, directed by James Petley. All sectors of College were represented at the meal, including Council members, the Executives of all three Common Rooms, College Mentors, Senior and Junior Research Fellows, Association Officers, undergraduates, masters’ and research students, and staff from all around the College. Richard Burge, the Chair of Council, and Senior Research Fellow, Professor Douglas Davies, led me in to stand under the portrait of the first Master Frank Jevons at the bottom of the Dining Hall. Here, Richard dressed me in a Master’s gown, and Douglas provided words of wisdom ‘From the first Master to a new Master’, before we filed to High Table accompanied by the choir’s joyous performance of Victoria’s O Quam Gloriosum. As ever we ate splendidly thanks to our expert chefs, headed by Colin Thompson, and our wonderful food services team, led by Darryl McNary. The choir sang further, and we all joined in the College song with great passion. I made my Master’s promise to do the best I can, or Vel primus vel cum primus, and we loudly toasted ‘to Hatfield’. Tradition now well established! Many other notable events have been dotted through this year’s calendar, as ever starting with the splendid matriculation ceremony in the Cathedral. I quickly became completely accustomed to using ‘Formal’ as a noun, and with quiet guidance and the occasional nudge, I’ve been steered through many such occasions, from the Burns’ Night Formal (my initiation into haggis?stabbing), Halloween, Scholars’, David Melville, Half?Way, Inter?Exec, International and SHAG, to Thanksgiving and Christmas. We’ve had special lectures, alumni careers’ events, student research presentations, concerts and balls. I have been immensely impressed by the extraordinary talent, energy

and organisational skills displayed by Hatfield students in pursuing a huge range of activities beyond their academic studies, in sports, arts and volunteering. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing this first hand, in river regattas, floodlit rugby, a Lions’ Theatre production, and a wide array of music?making from jazz to organ recitals, popular singing and classical choral music, folk fiddling and even a hurdy?gurdy. Our students featured strongly in university productions including Seussical and The Magic Flute, and Hatfielders had leading roles in the Cathedral concert to celebrate the opening of the Open Treasure exhibition, in the presence of the Prince of Wales. Many Hatfield students give their time for multiple volunteer activities, including mentoring at five local schools, and working with a local Syrian refugee group. Hatfielders wholeheartedly participate in the wider student experience, demonstrating the aptly named Durham Difference to the full. This has been a year of substantial renovation works at Hatfield. The Master’s residence, Kingsgate House, has been under scaffolding for nine months, as this typical, rambling, Bailey mishmash of some stones, some brick and much rubble, more or less held together by elderly mortar plus much good luck, has been taken apart and stitched back together. The Jevons Building has been undergoing a much needed major overhaul all year. So, the usual bar has been out of action, replaced by a surprisingly convivial marquee on the tennis court. The remodelled building will have a larger ground floor space, stretching out under the previous walkway. As well as the bar, sessions and pool tables, and traditional regalia, there will be a café area, and a partitionable space for 30?40 with good audio?visual set?up. This, we hope, will become the all?day social hub of the College, offering the kind of relaxed study?social space increasingly sought by students, livers?in and livers?out alike. In the meantime, as temporary replacement for Jevons, around 60 Freshers were housed this year in very pleasant residential accommodation at the Durham premises of the Japanese university, Teikyo, and warmly welcomed by Teikyo staff. We held a thank you supper at Teikyo, where Hatfield and visiting Japanese students ate and talked together, entertained by members of Kinky Jeff and two Japanese pianists. It was a lovely evening of much cross?cultural warmth and goodwill.

It is abundantly clear to me how much the College benefits from the continuing engagement of alumni and other friends, through your generosity in time and gifts to the Hatfield Trust and Hatfield Association. Many members of our Senior Common Room are mentors to our students, offering another supportive hand, as well as induction tours to secret Durham, group visits to local sites, talks on research and career paths, convivial brunches, and conversation over dinner at high table. We have received a number of particularly generous gifts, including a major donation from alumnus Bill Lonergan and his wife Maria, enabling us to purchase a new boat, named in honour of Bill’s parents’ village in Ireland, Burncourt (see page 55). The winter of 17?18 has been harsh in Durham, and locals assure me other years are much milder. Snow came early and frequently, adding a beautiful white silhouette and lining to trees and buildings, though under foot and wheel it was less appealing. During the deepest snowfall, the commitment of our staff to Hatfield was extraordinary. Thanks to their determination to continue supporting our students, in some cases involving long walks from outlying villages, and in others, staying overnight to ensure continuity of service, virtually everything kept going as usual, three hot meals a day, continually cleared paths, and help to hand through the Porters’ Lodge as needed. Hatfield is indeed a community, a College that is much more than just a place of work and study. Our Senior Common Room continues to thrive, welcoming amongst others, four new Junior Research Fellows, plus two Residential Fellows from the Institute of Advanced Studies, alongside more established members. Both Professor Bill Thompson from Sydney, and Professor Sverre Raffnsøe from Copenhagen and their partners, quickly became embedded in Hatfield, joining in College events, providing us fascinating lectures, and trying out new experiences in a Hatfield boat. I look forward to the coming months, including my first Hatfield Day, the opening of the renovated Jevons and new bar?café?multipurpose ground floor, and our celebration of 30 years of women at Hatfield in 2018?19. We’re starting to look at how we could develop the Hatfield site as a whole to make our facilities even better. I’m still an optimistic

new Master, and so I, like some of my predecessors, will embark on trying to redevelop the Boiler House â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the large vacant construction on the North Bailey side of the tennis court.

New Hatfielders process to Matriculation in Durham Cathedral

I have met many wonderful Hatfielders, older and newer, during my first few months, and I greatly look forward to meeting more, and to learning more of College lore and of your experiences here. Thank you for entrusting me with the Mastership, and for such a thoroughly warm Hatfield welcome. I look forward to continuing to serve the College as best I can. Ann MacLarnon Master

Notes from the Vice?Master & Senior Tutor What we call the “Student Support Department” at Hatfield continues to thrive. I am ably assisted by Dr Ellen Crabtree, the Assistant Senior Tutor, and in Ellen’s absence on maternity leave for part of the year, by Mrs Brenda Mitchell. The University has been articulating what it understands by “student support”, and regards an important part of “student support” as helping students develop as independent learners who are equipped to manage themselves and their studies. In addition, “student support” is now seen as part of what the University calls “the wider student experience” – and that “wider experience” focusses on helping students develop in “personal effectiveness”, as well as “intellectual curiosity”, and a “sense of belonging and responsibility”. These are challenging tasks, but they are not new to us, as they have been our focus for a number of years. Promoting intellectual curiosity has been at the heart of our programme for a number of years. In my report this year, I am focussing on our exciting programme that is designed to stretch and stimulate Hatfielders’ “little grey cells”! The MCR hosted a Community Research Symposium and so drew on the experience and expertise of our own postgraduates, with a keynote lecture from the Master. Drs Gabriel Hattori, Zhimin Xiao, Justin Mihoc, and Ladan Cockshut continued as Junior Research Fellows for another year. We appointed four new Junior Research Fellows, Dr Srinjoy Bose (SGIA), Dr Marc Etherington (Physics), Dr Matthew Hoskin (the Barker Library Research Fellow), and Dr Sharon Kessler (Anthropology).

The College hosted an illustrated talk by Dr Laura Johnston (Department of Biosciences), called "Enlighten" on 6 December. The talk explored her "Artist in Residence" and Arts Council?funded activities in 2017. Dr Paul Chazot (Department of Biosciences) supported the talk and explained it fitted with projects running in Durham’s hospice, the University, the University Hospital’s Pain Unit, and the University Hospital’s High Dependency Unit. The talk was an exploration of light and sensation inside and outside, and asked questions such as “Can Light make you feel better?” On 12 October, the Jamaican poet and short story writer Olive Senior gave a reading from her work in Hatfield College Chapel. On the following morning, Olive presented a special reading and discussion of her favourite poems and songs in the Birley Room. These readings were organised in association with Durham Book Festival. The College Film Festival on Darkness was held in November. We explored those dark, murkier instincts and fears that are as much a measure of the human experience as that which enlightens us. After each viewing, we deconstructed and discussed what we had watched with the film series' curator, Dr Ladan Cockshut (College Mentor and Junior Research Fellow). Professor Bill Thompson (an IAS Fellow staying in Hatfield for Michaelmas Term) from the Department of Psychology at Macquarrie University gave a lecture entitled “Music, Health, and Wellbeing” on 7 November in the Birley Room. In January, Professor Sverre Raffnsøe, (an IAS Fellow staying in Hatfield for Epiphany Term) gave a lecture entitled “Human Beings in the Middle of the World on the

Verge of Themselves: Philosophical Anthropology in the Anthropocene.” Professor Raffnsøe is from the Copenhagen Business School.

In Epiphany Term, the College held the “College Module”, this year entitled ‘Out of the Box’. The series explored interdisciplinary conversations on topics of current interest from films, TV, and books from the viewpoint of experts in the field. Dr Justin Mihoc, a College Junior Research Fellow, facilitated an art exhibition from 14 October until 22 October. The title of the exhibition was Suffering as a Religious Experience, and featured works by Dr Michaela Schiopu. His Honour Judge Christopher Prince gave the annual Hatfield Lecture in October. He spoke on ‘Crime, Criminals, Courts: Past, Present, Future?’ Judge Prince invited members of the College to the Crown Court for his lecture, which was a unique invitation. Anthony Bash Vice?Master & Senior Tutor

Notes from the Assistant Senior Tutor As I write this report it is my third week back in Hatfield following four months on parental leave. I would like to thank all those in College who assisted in my absence, not least Brenda Mitchell who ably took on the majority of Student Support whilst I was away with the little one. Alfred arrived at the end of November and in January, aged six weeks, he enjoyed his first College event: a lunch in the SCR to celebrate Hatfield alumnus Professor Chris Burn’s DSc graduation, complete with his own place name at the table. The Student Support Office continues to support individuals with their academic studies and wellbeing. Alfred Crabtree’s first College event This year we have focused on promoting Hatfield’s inclusive college community, built on mutual respect, where students look out for their own wellbeing and the wellbeing of those around them. With the generous support of the Hatfield Trust, all new students were given key cards at the start of the academic year. The cards include useful contact details and pointers to support a healthy approach to balancing university life with personal wellbeing. In conjunction with the JCR welfare team, we have developed a Hatfield?specific active bystander training session to give students the

tools and confidence to intervene in difficult situations. The JCR welfare team do a fantastic job of promoting well?being in College through their various awareness campaigns and we value our close working relationship with the student team. The College continues to offer support to those students in financial hardship. We manage applications to either the University Hardship Fund or to the Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own hardship fund, a bequest from the family of Justin Browning. 2018 is an exciting year for the College as we prepare to mark thirty years of Hatfield Women (see page 46). I hope many alumni, from all decades, will be Wellbeing Key Cards given to all new students able to join us in College to celebrate and reflect upon this historic milestone during the many events we have planned throughout 2018?19. If you are not able to be in Durham in person, you will be able to follow coverage of these celebrations via our social media (@hatfieldcollege on Twitter and Instagram), where we will be posting regular updates. Hatfield PhD students and College Mentors, Martha Stewart and Lindsay MacNaughton, have been working closely with Lydia Coldicott (Sabbatical Development Officer) and student volunteers to explore both College archive holdings and oral histories of the period. So far these have offered a thought?provoking and often emotional testament to the challenges the first Hatfield women faced. We celebrate thirty years of Hatfield Women as a way of thanking the movers and shakers, both women and men, who helped to shape Hatfield into the College it is today. Ellen Crabtree Assistant Senior Tutor

Notes from the Chaplain This has been another successful year for the College Chapel. We have welcomed our new Director of Music, Matthew McCullough. We have four organ scholars, Margaret Edwards (Senior Organ Scholar), Karen Christianson, Anastasia Kell, and Benedict Mackey. Both Matthew and Karen have had their own compositions played as part of evensong services. We now have an Honorary Precentor, Henry Chapman, a second?year student. In Michaelmas Term, our theme was “Primates and Other Animals” and in Epiphany Term, we explored the theme “Fake News”. As usual, our theme in Easter Term will be “Home Brew” – a chance for anyone in the College community to speak for 10 minutes on a theme of topical and spiritual interest. In February, another Chapel reunion was held. It was well?attended. The Choir sang at Matins and the Eucharist in the Cathedral as part of the Reunion. Organ Recitals were given in Epiphany Term by Daniel Cook (Organist & Master of the Choristers, Durham Cathedral), Francesca Massey (Sub Organist, Durham Cathedral), Margaret Edwards, Anastasia Kell Karen Christianson and Ben Mackey (Organ Scholars, Hatfield College), Dr David Price (Organist & Master of the Choristers, Portsmouth Cathedral), Jonathan Allsopp (Organ Scholar, Westminster Cathedral), and Luke Fitzgerald (Organ Scholar, Gonville and Caius

College Cambridge). Anthony Bash Chaplain

Notes from the Bursar Staff Moves Trevor Thompson left Hatfield College on the 31 October 2017, commencing early retirement. Trevor was an integral part of the College Operations Team since 2014, his loyalty, enthusiasm and drive will be missed in College.

(L8R) Bob Marsh, Trevor Thompson, and Jeff Higgin at Tim & Elizabeth Burtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Goodbye Garden Party, Summer 2017

Following Trevorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retirement we are sharing Operational Management with University College, Donna Pudwell (Operations Manager), Neville Carman (Services Coordinator) and Ann Coult (Head Housekeeper) who will be providing leadership for the Housekeeping and Porter teams whilst ensuring Health and Safety and UUK code of practice compliance. The newly?formed Operational Management team are located within Kitchen Stairs. Jevons Refurbishment The refurbishment is progressing slowly due to substantial issues including structural defects, steelwork degrading and extensive asbestos removal. These significant construction challenges have led to considerable delays to the project completion date. Palmers Garth Refurbishment The refurbishment business case for Palmers Garth was submitted in January 2017. Colleges Division and Estates and Building are prioritising building refurbishments with project priority based on the building condition survey results. Palmers Garth however, appears as a lower priority than expected, which will delay the proposed project for a number of years, while residential buildings in worse condition in other colleges are renovated. Michelle Crawford Bursar

Notes from the Librarian The College Library continues to be a busy hub of learning within Hatfield. At the time of writing, nearly every one of our thirty?six study spaces here in the Melville Building is occupied with students working on summatives and finishing their dissertations. Durham University is undergoing many changes: the two Stockton colleges â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Stephenson and John Snow â&#x20AC;&#x201C; are in the process of moving to Durham and an additional new 17th college is being built. Student numbers are increasing university?wide and the pressures this is causing on central library services have and will continue to have a knock?on effect on Hatfield, making the College Library more useful than ever before. Many thanks go out to those amongst the JCR and MCR who opted to pay the library levy this year: over 90% chose to do so. This provides necessary funding for book purchases and the student library assistants, without whom the library could not function. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Library Assistants are: Jack Dowell, Phillippa Edge and Olivia Ballantine?Smith, who are working their second year in the Library, and Alessandro Bouchs, Yi Rong Liao, Alexandra Organ?Voas, Florence Rayner, Melody Bishop, Sean Moran, Wing Chung, and William Doggett who started in October 2017. The student librarians have been doing a great job providing friendly service for Library users and helping me with various much?needed projects, such as relabelling our entire book collection. To remain useful and relevant to Hatfield students, the library has continued to purchase books, based on student requests for particular titles and information from the Main Library concerning what is in high?demand. In the 2016?17 year, 207 new books were purchased for Hatfield Library, and so far 120 have been purchased for the 2017?18 year. Additionally, 158 donations were also been added to our collection; many thanks go out to all alumni who have donated books,

and especially to Tim Burt, who donated several geography and geology texts to Hatfield Library upon his departure. The dissertation binding service for finalists (begun last year) was a great success: a total of 99 people used the service last year, and ÂŁ956 was earned for the library, more than the total cost of the machine and all the materials. The service is running again this year, and all profits will supplement Hatfield Libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget for purchasing new books.

As always, Hatfield Library is happy to accept donations of modern editions of academic books and/or financial donations, to expand our collection and ensure our relevance and importance to Hatfield College. Kevin Sheehan Librarian

The Junior Common Room Senior Man Chair Communities Officer Facilities Officer Secretary Social Secretary Sports & Societies Officer Treasurer Vice?President (Discipline) Welfare Officer

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Harry Dow Georgina Burford?Taylor Rory Flynn Isaac Rudden Chloe Sweetland Jadwiga Slomka Joe Norbury Dominic Berry Emma K Price Laura Swinton

These are effectively my closing words on what has been a fantastic year for the JCR, and as we move into the next phase with a new Exec, I wish the JCR all the best. I like to describe this year as a year of tying up loose ends. We now have three new college videos for prospective students, a new website, and new pages in the University prospectus, all showcasing Hatfield’s vision for the collegiate experience. We have invested heavily in technology, and we have organised and bought new equipment for the music room and gyms. Of course, we have also had another fantastic year of events and formals, and the welfare and communities’ teams have been doing their upmost to make sure the JCR remains an inclusive and encouraging space. Below is a detailed outline of the successes of the JCR this year which I hope you enjoy reading! Jevons’ Refurbishment, JCR Investment and College Facilities The previous Exec was committed to ensuring that students received significant influence in the refurbishments of Jevons block. The JCR has been thoroughly consulted on the refurbishment, facilities offered and allocation of college space. Many thanks must go to Chloe Sweetland, the JCR Secretary, and the entire welfare team, under the expert guidance of Laura Swinton, Welfare Officer, and Gaspard Jouan de Kervenoaël, the Assistant Welfare Officer, for their efforts to

make sure students allocated to Shoichi and Etsuko Halls are offered an equal Hatfield experience. The renovations of Jevons looks fantastic and I am sure will be one of the best bars on the Bailey!

JCR Executive Committee (L8R) Harry, Emma, Laura, Dom, Isaac, Rory, Joe, Jadwiga, Chloe, Georgina

We have continued the trend set over the last few years to invest heavily in technology for the JCR, to reduce long term rental costs. Over the course of the year we have invested ÂŁ10,764 in new JCR tech which now means that events like Hatfield Day, Sessions, Michaelmas Ball, Lumley Ball, and even LIWB have now become largely self? sufficient, with minimal need for the hiring of external companies at higher costs. With the help of the Hatfield Trust we have continued investment in the Music Room, having been given ÂŁ4000 to make sure the Music Room is tidy and fit for purpose. There are now communal instruments and storage facilities to maximise this space for students.

In addition, we have spent a considerable amount on new equipment for both gyms, following the direct requests from students who use the gym regularly. With the creation of a new group, the JCR Exec and Facilities Officer are now more in tune with what needs to be replaced and invested in. Furthermore, this year finally saw the replacement of the College video for prospective students. The JCR commissioned three videos for prospective students, so that those applying to the University can gain a better insight into what life is like as a Hatfielder! The JCR website and university prospectus pages have also been completely updated with more relevant and up?to?date information. Many thanks must also go to Isaac Rudden, the Facilities Officer, who has worked tirelessly to set up tech for social events and put together investment proposals for the JCR. Governance and Democracy One of our key priorities this year has been to amend the current structure of JCR Meetings, to increase their perceived relevance amongst Hatfielders. Alongside games, hearing reports and passing motions, a key focus of the JCR Meetings is the discussion of important issues which students are concerned about. Making money available at JCR Meetings for clubs and societies to apply for is one way to encourage a greater participation; the University’s Colleges’ Office has also organised meetings to bring all the JCR Execs together to discuss common issues on this topic which have been fruitful. Many thanks go to Georgie Burford?Taylor, JCR Chair, in continuing to work to improve the engagement with the JCR. Finances The JCR remains in good financial health without any concerns. The current JCR levy has not changed and currently stands as a single payment of £230. As this payment is for the whole length of the degree, the JCR Exec maintains this is extremely good value for money for students. The opening balance for FY17/18 was £123,765.

Many thanks must go to Dominic Berry, the Treasurer, for his great contribution to the JCR. The task of processing payments weekly and constantly amending budgets to maximise the efficiency of the JCR is a laborious process, and the JCR is grateful for his service. Sports, Societies and the Arts The JCR, as always, has experienced a phenomenal year for sports, societies, and the arts, all of which have been documented individually from captains and presidents. The JCR has supported the work of these sports and societies again, investing £25,845 so that they can purchase equipment and make activities open for all. Despite the bar renovations, the temporary bar has remained a key social space for clubs and societies, and this will only get better with the new renovation of Jevons. Thanks go to Joe Norbury, the first elected Sports and Societies Officer, for maintaining a fantastic link between the JCR, College and all of its sports and societies. JCR Events Freshers’ Week was a huge success once again this year, and my thanks go to Simon Jones and Lily Hollings for their fantastic work organising the week. The commitment of the Frep team was particularly worthy of note, and many Hatfield Freps even assisted other colleges with guiding their visitors from the station and on the science site. The entertainment in the evening was also very successful, with the relaxed atmosphere of the bar after formal, and everyone felt like there was an event they wanted to go to. There were always alternative events every evening, for example the Escape Rooms, which was a huge success with the freshers. The Post?Offer Open Days went very well this year, and my thanks go to Dominic Berry and Georgina Dunbar for their fantastic work organising the visits. The entertainment in the evening was also very successful; the relaxed atmosphere of the bar after formal and the silent disco minimised the numbers who left College. The arrival of pizza worked well to keep visitors in College for the duration of the visit, and the offer of a separate ‘movie night’ activity in the common

room, made sure that all attendees enjoyed their experience. Tea and Toast was possibly the busiest it has ever been! The Michaelmas Ball, with the theme of ‘Beauty and the Beast’, was a successful and enjoyable event and we raised money for both DUCK and for North of England Children's Cancer Research Fund; many thanks to Jadwiga, our Social Secretary, for taking a lead on this with the Ents team. Lumley Ball also took place in December; it was a huge success and was the best attended Lumley Ball for many years. With the theme ‘The Nutcracker’, Lumley Castle was spectacularly transformed and everyone was delighted by a great fireworks display at the end of the evening. Many thanks to Juliette Chinal and the Lumley Ball Exec for their hard work! Hatfield Sessions returned at the much later, but considerably more appropriate, time of June in the post?exam sunshine. Brilliantly organised by George Davies and Freddie Ager it included a brilliant range of live bands, and even better variety of draft beer and cider for all tastes. The Lion in Winter Ball was presented with an unusual challenge this year, as it took place outside of College grounds. With the bar refurbishment continuing into the summer term, LIWB 2018 took the brave move to hold the event at Hardwick Hall. As always, it was a truly fantastic event, complete with a delicious three course meal, casino, glitter stations, karaoke, and of course a complete timetable of fantastic university bands. The evening was topped off with the headline act and a silent disco. Many thanks for Johnnie Jackson (Chair), Fabian Krusa (Treasurer), and the whole LIWB 2018 team, for rising to the challenge and putting on a great evening! Particular recognition has to go to Jadwiga Slomka for her hard work in organising multiple events in the temporary bar, pre?/post?formal entertainment and the organisation of Hatfield Day. For Hatfield Day 2017, the theme was Now That’s What I Call Hatfield. The day included inflatable tennis court ents, some games and a photo booth in the bar and live music playing from 11:00am?11:30pm. Traditions including the tug of war, songs in Castle, the College photo and the water fight continued to take place.

JCR Relations: College Common Room relations The JCR has continued to communicate regularly with the MCR and SCR, and we feel this year has continued earlier improvements. Integration between the common rooms helps to make each one more efficient and cost effective for students, and improve the student experience in the College. The JCR has also kept good relations with the Studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Union on issues concerning all common rooms, and continued to liaise with various communities within College. Many thanks must go to Rory Flynn, Communities Officer, for working on this.

Hatfield for the past, and the future... The JCR would like to thank both the Hatfield Trust and Hatfield Association for their unwavering support of the JCR over the past year. Both have contributed hugely to activities of students within the JCR, ranging from contributions to sports and societies, to events like Freshersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Week and LIWB.

The Hatfield Trust has contributed £14,849 to new investments for the JCR in the gyms, music room and for new tech. This has considerably improved the facilities available for students, and made the JCR more cost efficient in the long run. We would also like to thank the Hatfield Association for their donation of £1800 to the JCR this year, mainly to make sure that the LIWB 2018 remained affordable whilst being held outside of College. A Personal Note A Common Room remains a fantastic place for students to contribute, innovate and improve. It is a place where everyone feels welcome and is encouraged ‘to be the best they can be’. A place that embodies the words of a previous Chancellor, ‘Don’t let your degree get in the way of your education’, in the most inspiring and productive way. For me, this is what makes Hatfield College, and Durham University, a truly special place. It has been an honour and an enormous privilege to lead the JCR Executive Committee into 2018. I have been supported by a fantastic Exec, which has made the work this year an absolute pleasure, and particular thanks must go to Emma Price, Vice?President Discipline, for her continuing support this year. Since my very first formal as a fresher, I knew I wanted to be elected Senior Man, and now that my term in office has come to a close, I am even more glad that I was. I wish everyone, staff or student, the best of luck for the future! Harry Dow Senior Man

The Middle Common Room President Academic Officers

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Andrew Smith Richard Williams Kleopatra Papa Ruaridh Ellison Emily Birchenough Bryony Davies Christina Smith Rebecca Staats Eléonore Vissol?Gaudin Chinmaya Bhargava

2017?18 has once more been a successful year for Hatfield MCR. Our dedicated Exec Committee has continued to run a full and diverse programme of events for the members including formals, trips, parties, exercise classes and research forums. With summer around the corner, the MCR will aim to make the most of the warmer weather and quieter city. The summer programme typically includes an evening floating down the river on the Prince Bishop River Cruiser, a couple of research forums, some farewell wine and cheese before all the MA students depart after dissertation deadlines, and the annual MCR BBQ at James Barber House, as well as a few informal film and pub nights. Induction Week for the new students ran smoothly and without any setbacks. Refining the programme of the last few years, everything was a success thanks to the hard work of our eight Induction Reps, and everyone agreed that it was an enjoyable and warm welcome to Durham. The Induction Dinner and inaugural MCR Formal both had high levels of attendance, and everyone was quick to adopt the famous Hatfield Spirit. The programme this year included a trip to Hadrian’s Wall in place of last year’s trip to Beamish Museum, and a BBQ held at the new MCR space in Hatfield cottage in place of the usual JBH BBQ. Other familiar highlights were the PhD Reception for new and old PhD

students, a boat party on the Wear together with students from St Chad’s, Josephine Butler and Grey College MCRs, a pot?luck dinner where everyone brought food from their own country, and the first MCR Research Forum of the new year. At the end of October we welcomed a new Welfare Officer, two Events Officers, two Academic Officers and two Secretaries to the Exec Committee. The successful candidates were Chinmaya Bhargava, Emily Birchenough, Bryony Davies, Kleopatra Papa, Richard Williams, Rebecca Staats and Christina Smith. They joined Andrew Smith (President), Eléonore Vissol?Gaudin (Treasurer) and Ruaridh Ellison (Chair), who were elected at the beginning of Epiphany Term 2017. Chinmaya has appointed Izzie O’Bryen as Assistant Welfare Officer, and Emily and Bryony have appointed Elsa Sha to the newly formed role of International Events Officer. Since then, Emily and Bryony have been busy organizing regular social events to keep everybody entertained. Regular Hatfield formals proved popular, especially in Michaelmas Term, and we have a number of MCR?only formals scheduled for Epiphany and Easter Terms. There has been a Chinese New Year dinner in JBH organized by Elsa, and the Inter?MCR Formal which was held earlier this term and, as per usual, proved to be hugely popular. There have been several more informal events held in JBH and the MCR common room in Hatfield cottage, including an official opening of the common room, some wine and cheese nights and regular film nights. The weekly welfare hours have been accompanied by regular events to ensure the wellbeing of students, including a new gardening venture in JBH run by Rebecca Staats (which has been somewhat dormant over winter but will begin fully in early spring) and the possibility of a Krav Maga workshop in the coming months. The MCR members also enjoyed attending the Lion in Winter Ball at Hardwick Hall. Academic activities have continued alongside all of this. The termly research forums are a popular place for MCR members to present their research and engage in intellectual (and often lively!) discussion. They began in Induction Week with an open forum for research postgraduates, in which a whole range of MCR members gave short whistle?stop tours of their research from Fusion Energy to Feminist

Dystopian Literature. Based on last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s applicants, the money that we dedicate to funding Hatfield Research Awards has remained constant, with continued generous support from the Hatfield Trust. Applications for the first round of awards were popular, and we are happy to be able to assist our members financially in their studies both within the UK and abroad. The Communal Research Fund is also still available for Hatfield students to use to organise research events such as conferences or workshops, as well as the New Durham Award specifically tailored towards postgraduates. The MCR is a wonderful community to be a part of, and is testament to the effort of its student members, College Officers and staff. I have very much enjoyed serving as President for the last year, it is an honour to be surrounded by all the fantastic people who make Hatfield MCR what it is. Elections are rolling around again after the Easter break, meaning that I and our Treasurer, ElĂŠonore Vissol?Gaudin will soon be passing on our roles. I look forward to seeing the direction the MCR takes in the future. Andrew Smith MCR President

Andrew Smith (MCR President) with Harry Dow (Senior Man)

The Senior Common Room President Social Secretary Secretary Treasurer

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Sophie Philipson Christine Kent Andrew Tibbs Paul Bennett

2017?18 has been a busy year for the SCR. Firstly, we joined the JCR and MCR in welcoming Professor Ann MacLarnon to Hatfield as Master of the College and, equally as importantly, as an SCR member. Some of us were thrilled to be invited to represent the SCR at Ann’s wonderful inauguration dinner and ceilidh and to witness her inauguration and robing ceremony. Ann has been very keen to work with the SCR and we agreed a number of actions early last term to benefit the SCR itself and the wider College community, such as regular meetings between the Master and all common room presidents, and activity to broaden the membership of the SCR. The SCR has been privileged to host a number of visiting IAS Fellows during their time at the University over the last few years. This year has been no exception and in Michaelmas Term we enjoyed the company of Professor Bill Thompson of Macquarie University, and his partner Pat, and in Epiphany Term we have enjoyed the company of Professor Sverre Raffnsøe of Copenhagen Business School, and his partner Dorthe. All have actively supported the SCR and regularly joined us for good conversation on high table. A key piece of work undertaken this year has been to tidy up the membership list and ensure that subscription payments are up?to?date. We have been encouraging new members of staff to consider joining our SCR and also trying to improve the number of academic staff amongst our membership, a group that we felt was under?represented. We have been looking at ways to enhance the facilities in the SCR Sitting Room, such as by continuing to refine the hot drinks provision and discussing the potential loan of artwork from the University’s central collections to provide new interest on the walls.

Our social events have continued. We have held monthly walks at Beamish, Morpeth, Shincliffe, Heighington, Bishop Auckland and Wolsingham. We also held a buffet for members attending the Durham Lumiere Festival in November, which was well?attended. A planned Madeira tasting event unfortunately had to be postponed due to a freak day of snowfall in November. Unperturbed, we will be rearranging the event in a warmer month of the year. I would like to thank members for supporting our activities and to thank the committee for their work this year. Sophie Philipson SCR President

Derek Crozier (outgoing President) handing over to Sophie Philipson, the first female President of the Hatfield SCR

Articles Abundemus in omne opus bonum Professor Burt’s Final Sermon as Master Hatfield College Chapel, 22 June 2017 May we abound in every good work. Or put another way: may we flourish because of all the good things that go on around us in our College and University. Most of you will have heard these words many times, even if you don’t recognise them – it’s the middle sentence from the Hatfield College grace. Good things are abundant at Hatfield College. May we abound in short sermons for one thing. Google tells me that a Florida pastor once preached for 53 hours and 18 minutes. No chance of that tonight! We abound in good conversation. Our founder, David Melville, encouraged eating together at the common table, which in turn helps to produce an integrated, engaged, involved community, sharing ideas and discussing matters of common interest. Conversation was everything to Melville, I am sure, and this is one of the reasons why today Hatfield dining hall is a device?free zone. Universities are here to encourage curiosity and colleges should encourage students to gather in conversation about what they have learnt, in terms that they can all share – however imperfectly – recognising the rich variety across knowledge’s forms and treasures. No doubt Hatfield students wonder why they may not text or tweet in hall but they probably do not realise how much they talk about each other’s studies – but they do! All this takes them well beyond the narrow confines of their own academic disciplines. We abound in courtesy, a form of behaviour that puts other people ahead of ourselves. John Cleese in his autobiography notes that genuinely good manners are a way of moderating one’s own egotism, often in the service of considering other people’s egos. Even if it’s done

mainly for show, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a start. Of course, there are always those who think the world revolves around them and that they must always be the centre of attention. But that arrogance is much less common than the unselfish regard that members of the College have for each other, putting others before self. This links straight away into volunteering and outreach, but we might add to that, â&#x20AC;&#x153;in?reachâ&#x20AC;? (if there is such a word), people working within the College community, running groups, teams, choirs. It is all this work that the SHAPED programme seeks to articulate, helping students to reflect on their personal development and achievements, however modest, from simply being polite to being Senior Man. We are a College community where learning, good manners and good sportsmanship guide the members, in other words, highly civilised. We abound in every good work from our loyal and hard?working College staff. Their loyalty and long service is what helps create our very special College community. I suspect none of us thank them often enough. That many of them have worked here for many years shows what a special place this is, and how they have helped to shape it. We flourish because College membership is for life. Student life lasts only three or four years, perhaps six or seven for the lucky few. But you all will remain alumni for as long as you live, so there is really no escaping! And just as people put a great deal into their student days, we hope alumni will continue to support, in whatever ways they can. Start by offering advice about the world of work and take it from there. The benefits of collegiate life are far wider than academic, of course, and to engage in them is to engage more fully in the life of a scholarly community. These benefits include students learning to take responsibility for managing their own affairs; seizing hold of the joys of creative leisure and recreation; and discovering how the world looks to people from significantly different backgrounds from their own. Our students benefit from all these experiences, and this feeds back into their own committed approach to study. Taken together, this is what being scholars living in a collegiate community means. And all this is excellent preparation for life as an engaged citizen, committed to your communities: local, national and global.

Finally, let me state the obvious: we abound in good music at Hatfield! Can I say a big thank?you on behalf of Liz as well as myself to the chapel choir for good music and good company over the years. This has been for us one of the highlights of college life at Hatfield. So, indeed, we do flourish because of all the good things that go on around us. May Hatfield College continue to do so for many years to come. Abundemus in omne opus bonum. Tim Burt Master 1996?2017

The Burt’s Retirement Celebrations Professor Tim Burt retired from Hatfield in July 2017, after 21 years as Master. A plethora of events were held in Durham and London to celebrate Tim and Liz’s retirement and to thank them both for all they have done for Hatfield over the past two decades. It was a very busy Easter Term! The range of events reflected the diverse and sustained contribution that both Tim and Liz have made to College life: events involved all three common rooms, the Trust, the Association, and Hatfield staff and the wider academic and university communities. In May, a Hatfield contingent travelled to London for the annual alumni drinks evening, held at the Alexandra pub in Clapham Common. An evening celebration of Tim’s 21 years at Durham was held in early June with contributions from Stuart Corbridge (Vice?Chancellor), Peter Warburton (Experience Durham), Tara Duncan (Greenspace), Fred Worrall (Earth Sciences), Louise Bracken (Geography), and Martyn Evans (Trevelyan College). Not to be outspoken, Tim also offered his own reflections on his time in Durham through a series of photos. A retrospective exhibition of Liz’s art was held in April.

The SCR organised a black tie dinner on 9 June 2017, which packed out the dining hall; a specially commissioned map of the College was presented to them (see page 37). At the Association black tie dinner at the end of the academic year, Tim and Liz were presented with a rugby shirt signed by all the JCR Presidents from their time in Durham. Events were capped off with a Garden Party in Hatfield on 1 July 2017, with music from Kinky Jeff, a BBQ and a ceilidh.

We all wish Tim and Liz every happiness in their retirement, although neither will ever be a stranger to Durham! Ellen Crabtree Assistant Senior Tutor

The Inauguration of the New Master on 31 October 2017 The address by Professor Douglas Davies FBA on the occasion to welcome Professor Ann MacLarnon. Delivered just before dinner under the portrait of Jevons in Hatfield. In welcoming our new Master, Ann MacLarnon, I wonder how many in this Hall have links with our first Master, Dr Frank Byron Jevons (1858? 1936)? His background include d Do ncas ter, Nottingham High School, and Wadham College Oxford – he went up aged 17, and then to Manchester Grammar School where he briefly taught Classics, before coming to Durham, aged 24 in 1882 – he remained for some 48 years. Jevons moved to Bishop Hatfield’s Hall in 1897 aged 49, some 120 years ago. Today he would have been 159. The Durham University Journal, for a long time a valuable publication of Durham University, congratulated him on his success and the students of the Hall on their good fortune. Then, in 1919, when the Hall became a College, he became our first Master, a post he held until 1923 when he resigned aged 65. The Hall had, previously, been led by Principals. Then, following the 1908 University of Durham Act, Jevons also became our First University Vice?Chancellor 1909?12, then Pro?

VC 1912?22. In 1910 he had became Professor of Philosophy, resigning his Chair in 1930 aged 72. Jevons was, according to the Reverend Canon Dr Edward Pace, genial, friendly, given to hospitality, always ready to believe the best of everyone. To speak of Jevons might, perhaps, be analogous to playing the Cathedral Organ – there are so many stops, but best neither deafen nor play too long! One key note might lie in the fact that Jevons found it impossible to define the word ‘god’, and the word ‘man’, and to that list we could also add ‘person’, yet both the notions of personality and character were basic to his way of thought. He was no pedant. In his day he could, for example, see no reason why engineering students should need to know Greek. Regarding teachers, he thought there were insufficient men entering that profession, so too for graduates. While, today, we might speak of role models his point was that older boys needed male teachers too. He also expressed the view that the quality of head teachers would decline if more men, of lesser quality than women, existed to take those posts. He had a low opinion of exams for exams sake, he also praised art – his wife was an artist – and thought the country should have dedicated funds for teaching art – his was ‘almost a social duty’. For him teachers and taught are closely knit in fellowship, with the influence of personal relations being paramount. As for his attitude to women and girls in education, Jevons would be very happy today with our first woman Master. While Plato would be downplayed for not providing a suitable profile for women, he praised Comenius the 17th Century Moravian – and perhaps we should explicitly mention the Protestant Reformation here since today is the 500 Anniversary of Luther and his 95 Theses. Comenius spoke to Jevons in that he framed women as equally made in God’s image, equal partakers of grace, equal agile minds, capable of wisdom, often beyond our sex, and with equal ‘possibility of gaining high distinction’. Jevons observed that to educate men only is to give only half the population opportunity for change. For him, education meant, change and, for

example, his brief text on The Education of Girls argues that experience is not, itself, the best teacher and to speak of the ‘university of life’ is a mistake. Here we must recall his role in aiding the inclusion of women in Durham University, finally admitted for degrees in Durham 1896 when Jevons was 38. His seventeen?page speech on Women’s Suffrage exemplifies his perspective as well as his rhetorical method. Addressing what seems to have been a female audience he argues: You know that men do not understand women – it is only a woman who knows what a woman feels. Of course he thinks he knows; and he tells you he knows what is best for women. But what do you think? Why! Any woman can take a man in. His only chance is to have another woman to take care of him... At least it would be laughable if it were not so serious. But it is serious. The miner …cannot understand that what she does in the house from first thing in the morning to last thing at night is work and hard work too. She risks her life in the bearing of children as much as a soldier in fighting for his country. For my own part I would like to show her a little more genuine respect. For Jevons ‘love must be the motive force. Love brings duty to its full integrity as a noble attribute of mankind.’ It is with these diverse aspects of Jevons’ thoughts I mind, and standing beneath his portrait, that we speak out of our College’s tradition into our present to say, ‘Ann, Master we wish you well’. Douglas Davies Honorary Fellow and Senior Research Fellow

Welcome to the new Master I think it is particularly appropriate to be standing under the portrait of Jevons this evening when I have the honour of presenting to College our new Master. The image of Frank Jevons captivated me from the moment I arrived in Hatfield as an undergraduate in 1977. It seemed to me to be the most human of paintings. A humble man, not dressed in academic robes, leaning out of the canvas with a look of intense interest. It is always the quality of a truly great person, that they can make you feel like the centre of their universe. Jevons has that attribute; clearly a great man. Professor Davies has given advice to the new Master, drawn from the writings and life of Frank Jevons, which simply reinforces the image we have of him from the portrait. I think he would be proud of what this college has become; he would look in admiration on the students and your scholarship; he would approve of the huge changes made since he was alive. I believe the one that would have struck him most forcibly and for which he would have given greatest approval is the arrival of women in Hatfield. Since my days here, that single, long overdue act, has made this an infinitely better, wiser, and more compassionate community. But now we have another major step. We have not appointed a new Master in nearly a quarter of a century, and it is a particular pleasure for that person to be our first female Master. We are a fortunate College to have someone with such an eminent academic background to lead us, as well as someone I know has the emotional strength to be our rock as well. So, Ann, I give to your care and keeping Hatfield, this precious jewel in our University, this little house in the great City of Durham. Hatfield, I present to you Ann MacLarnon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; our Master, our Magister, our Teacher. Richard Burge (Hatfield 1977?80) Chair of College Council

The Master’s Inauguration Speech It is a tremendous honour to be entrusted with the Mastership of such a great College, to join the company of my eminent predecessors depicted around this hall. As I learn more of the history and traditions of the present day Hatfield, it is evidently a wonderful embodiment of John Henry Newman’s classic treatise on ‘The Idea of a University’, written around the time of the founding of our College in the mid?19th century. He declared that a perfect university is seated in colleges, in which students and staff live and learn alongside one another, dining and conversing together. Hatfield was the first college in Durham to have communal dining, something we continue as core to our College life, and which all colleges now emulate. Through this means our College family of students, staff, other College members and friends regularly gather together in mutual support, as we do this evening. We all stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before us, our parents, our teachers. In my case, I am a third generation science teacher, following my father, and his mother, both of whom were science graduates from Queen’s University Belfast. In the case of my grandmother, who was born in the 1890s, this was pioneering for a woman of her time, and I trust she would have been proud that I am the first woman Master of Hatfield. She became a secondary school science teacher, and amongst her pupils was Ernest Walton, who went on to win a Nobel Prize as a member of the first team to split the atom. Who knows what greatness one of our students present here today will go on to achieve. Thank you to Douglas Davies for his kind words of wisdom from Jevons, and to Richard Burge for his trust and welcome. My promise to you all, as the College motto, ‘Vel primus vel cum primus’ urges us, is to do the very best I can. I propose a toast, ‘To Hatfield’. Ann MacLarnon Master

Mapping Hatfield Many are aware that our previous Master, Tim Burt, has a keen interest in and is an avid collector of antique maps, several of which have graced the walls of the Senior Common Room for many years. Knowing that Tim was soon to be retiring after twenty?one years of service to College, Sophie Philipson and Andrew Tibbs (respectively the SCR Events Secretary and SCR Secretary at the time) thought that an old map of Hatfield College would make a fantastic retirement gift for Tim and Elizabeth from the SCR. Finding that there are no antique maps specifically of Hatfield College, they decided to commission such a map; as fortune would have it, in addition to being the Hatfield Librarian, I am also a self?employed artist?cartographer with a business called Manuscript Maps. Over a few months in early 2017, I drew a map of Hatfield College and its environs in Durham, as pictured over page. The original map, roughly A3 in size, was drawn on calf?skin parchment using calligraphic dip?pens and black ink, in an antique 18th/19th?century style. The map was gifted to Tim and Elizabeth at Formal on 9 June 2017, and they were thrilled. While Tim and Elizabeth have the original map, it seemed a shame not to share the creation with all of Hatfield. Two?hundred prints were made of the map, slightly modified to include our new Master, Ann MacLarnon. Print No. 001 has been hung in the Senior Common Room, and another in the Porters’ Lodge. Prints are also available to purchase from Manuscript Maps, and £12 from every sale goes to the Hatfield Trust. Hatfield Map Prints: • £25 or £28 with a mount. • Open edition, numbered and signed by the artist. • Printed on high?quality 200gsm off?white textured paper. • Measure 297 mm x 400 mm. Available from www.manuscriptmaps.com/product/hatfield Kevin Sheehan Librarian

Professor Chris Burn, DSc An Award Well Deserved ? 11 January 2018 As a writer for the Manor Park Chronicle, I had the privilege to interview one of our residents who recently received a prestigious award. Let me introduce you to Chris Burn, a researcher and Chancellorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Professor of Geography. [Carleton University, Canada]

Chris Burn (right) outside Durham Cathedral, northeast England, in the academic robes of a Doctor of Science. He is accompanied by Professor Tim Burt, formerly Master of Hatfield College of Durham University, who also happens to be an alumnus of Carleton University.

Chris was awarded the rare designation of a Higher Doctorate of Science (DSc) in Geography from Durham University in the United Kingdom on Jan. 11, 2018. As Chris says, “The award of a DSc from a British university is a great academic honour, and is only earned on the recommendation of international examiners. A DSc is an earned higher doctorate, awarded in recognition of a body of work that has been submitted for examination. This comprised over 100 scientific papers and two books.” His primary research focus is on field investigation of permafrost environments in north?west Canada. Chris believes that his knowledge and experience gained from 35 years in the field, contributed to being recognized for his achievements. “Receiving this honour is not a source of pride”, says Chris; “it is a source of humility. What I have been doing does not puff me up: it is really about how what has been done has proven to be valuable. With your research in universities, you are there to serve your students, your most important responsibility, as well as your colleagues and the world. When you are recognized, you feel your service has been of value. To help us, as a society, understand the permafrost environment: that is my role.” What makes Chris’s work so enjoyable is working with students and people from the North, listening to their concerns and trying to solve problems to make progress. “We live in communities and communities work only when people contribute,” says Chris. Presently, he is in charge of the Northern Studies Program at Carleton, which he started. The intensive, one?year Master’s programs have an interdisciplinary approach and are designed to get students into the workplace. “No other Northern Studies program in the world does that,” says Chris. His research goal, which he is passionate about, is to help us understand the consequences of the changing climate, particularly for infrastructure in the North that is built on permafrost. Chris’s word of wisdom for all of us: “If opportunities come your way, you can do nothing or you can use them for others to benefit.”

Chris’s immense contribution to our world is, without a doubt, invaluable. His enthusiasm for his field of work is contagious and makes us reflect on our role and responsibility towards the environment. Congratulations to you, Chris, for your remarkable accomplishments and for achieving wonders for all of us. Christiane Kirkland ©Manor Park Chronicle, March 2018

Founder’s Commemoration Hatfield College Chapel, 2 February 2018 A collegium of violence; a collegium of peace At this evensong, we celebrate the life of David Melville, the founder of our College in 1846 and arguably the creator of a collegiate Durham University. It is a moment to consider and reflect on the nature of collegiate life and of colleges, and their purpose and place in the world. Colleges are an admirable concept but that does not mean that they are inevitably forces for good or progression in the world. In the desire to create communities where individuals can bond, commune, and collaborate, the result is often an echo chamber of homogeneity, and a lack of critical thinking. At best these sorts of colleges are fossilised, vapid retreats from reality. At worst, they reinforce the extreme components of an ideology. Group think becomes group prejudice. Reluctance to accept difference becomes intolerance to challenge. There is a form of collegiate life that takes these characteristics of homogeneity and isolation from the world to an extreme. The world of the violent extremist exploits need and vulnerability to create intolerance. Obsession is justified. The “other” is seen is a sub?human to which the norms of human decency, relationships, and rights do not apply. And in the end, acts of violence against the “other” are seen as visceral and necessary expressions of loyalty to a group and its ideology. In conflict, especially unconventional violence between state and non? state forces, this idea of a collegium that puts itself into a different

category from the opposition can manifest itself very quickly. The acceptance of the collateral deaths of non?combatants because of their association with the enemy become acceptable. The use of rape as an acceptable reward for battlefield victory, the mobilisation of sexual violence as a means of subjugation through fear and demoralisation as legitimate, and human trafficking and exploitation as unremarkable because the victim is unworthy of care or concern. So, in the face of all this, why am I still an enthusiast for the concept and reality of college life? How can it do the reverse of what I have just described? How can a college bring out the best in us; lift those who are burdened and feeling adrift in an uncaring world? How can a college deploy the virtues of those who lead, yet guard against the risk of charismatic tyranny? How can the whole of a college make us greater than the sum of our parts? There is one over?riding requirement and one over?riding condition to pursue an effective and positive collegiate life aimed at peace in its broadest and most profound sense. The over?riding requirement is that of loyalty to the openly expressed values of the college. The over? riding condition is that the college needs to be diverse and dynamic; its boundaries and its people need to be permeable to the outside world, welcoming of critique and reasoned argument, confident and comfortable with uncertainty; bound by the willingness to share what draws them together with others. What binds a college is its values; the loyalty is to them, not individual members or leaders. A college is not a fraternity or sorority where loyalty is to the body. Nor is it a think tank or political party with a commitment to unalterable dogma. The values of a college are the guiding light by which we seek a path through uncertainty towards truth and understanding. It is a light we share with others, not keep to ourselves. And those values are founded on integrity, honesty, and honour. A college is not a permanent community. The reason they can and do work so well in universities is they enable us to put our experience on a human scale but without isolating us from the whole. Its values are upheld because they are constantly examined and re?interpreted by

new generations of people passing through the house. The values are enhanced by the diversity in the origin of college members, and the power of the college is maintained by the diversity of lives they go on to pursue. So how does a college fulfil this purpose and aspiration? How does our new Master create and sustain a community where the membership changes by almost a third every year? How does she hold fast with consistency to what the college holds dear and precious, yet enable changes in wisdom, knowledge, and understanding to permeate its life and be reflected in its future? Fundamentally, it is constantly to state and examine our college values; repeatedly checking that, as a community, it is our shared adherence to what is good that binds us, and not our temporal friendships nor our following of dogmas that brook no contest. That can be achieved only if we are a diverse community; one that does not just challenge prejudice but one that opens us up to the joy of unexpected companionship. Bluntly we must not all come from the same place, we must all follow different paths when we leave, and we should hold ourselves and our House in high esteem for that quality. As we step out into the world, a college â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this college, this Hatfield College â&#x20AC;&#x201C; must remain in reality and in our minds as a thriving living place. The wheel to which we can lash ourselves in a storm?tossed world. A place we recognise in the demeanour and actions of others because we share a common core of virtue to which we constantly aspire. In the end, a college is its people. It is not a glittering intellectual palace set apart on a fortified peninsular. A college should be beacons of light and hope in a darkening world. And this is where a college, where we, express and live the ultimate act of Christian virtue. The ultimate act of collegiate loyalty in any form of conflict and in the face of despair. The unconditional act and gift of love. Richard Burge Chair of College Council

Quinquereme Ties Previous numbers of the Hatfield Record feature a number of reports of the renowned/notorious boat races/battles on the Wear that formed part of Hatfield Day. These developed from punt races in the late 1940s to races and then battles in boats in the 1950s until Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boathouse got fed up of their equipment being abused so and homemade rafts became the norm.

The 1949 edition of the Record describes in some detail what must have been one of the first such races in fancy dress between Arts and Science first years with fusillades of soot and flour and attempted sinkings even then being features. In the 2013 edition, Malcolm Yorke

recounted his somewhat more gruesome experience of the 1958 version of the event with offal now the ammunition of choice. Steve Bassnett in the 2014 edition described how the 1971 and 1972 events had become raft races. The wonderful 2007 DVD features the exploits of various 1950s such occasions, edited by and with commentary from Mike Nicholls. It is not proposed here to add to this canon, except to offer a couple of further images of the boats and rafts in action, but rather to reveal that a couple of the consequent Quinquereme ties are now held with the Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s archive. These were butterscotch yellow and embroidered with a Q, crossed blades, and the year. They were apparently the entitlement of the victors of these affairs (who decided who were the victors?) and were created by girlfriends. But were these ties ever actually worn, and what occasion might have been deemed suitable for them? The 1950 edition of the Hatfield Record states that the Quinquereme Club organised what was then called a semi?piratical joust on the river, and this seems to have been when these became Quinquereme events, and perhaps when such ties were first produced?

If any reader can enlighten the archivist further about this peculiar Hatfield tradition, he would be most grateful. Please contact m.m.n.stansfield@durham.ac.uk. Michael Stansfield College Archivist

Celebrating 30 Years of Hatfield Women The academic year 2018?19 marks an important milestone for Hatfield College: the thirtieth anniversary of the first women to be formally admitted as Hatfield students. The first 41 female students arrived in Michaelmas Term 1988.

Whilst the emphasis will be on celebrating women, events will be for everyone, highlighting and supporting Hatfield as an inclusive, diverse community of students, staff and alumni.

We are planning an exciting calendar of events and initiatives to celebrate this important milestone, beginning with a formal dinner to be held in Hatfield on Saturday 20 October 2018. Reception drinks will be held in the newly refurbished College Bar at 6:00pm, followed by dinner in the Dining Hall at 6:30pm. The College band, Kinky Jeff, will be playing 80â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s?appropriate music in the Bar after dinner. The menu and a selection of wine is available for pre?ordering on the booking form (please see the link below). www.dur.ac.uk/conference.booking/details/?id=995 As part of the weekend, alumni and SCR guests are welcome to take part in an array of student?led events and experiences, including sport, music and archives. During 2018?19 the College is raising funds for the next generation of Hatfielders in two ways: to establish a Lioness studentship for a woman from a less?developed country where women do not have equal access to Higher Education, and also to commission an outdoor sculpture of a lioness within the College. We invite you to make a donation to our Lioness Fund in return for participation in these activities. We are also planning an exhibition charting the history of Hatfield women, including alumni, students and staff, to take place during Epiphany Term 2019. The exhibition will draw on material from Hatfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s archives and oral history interviews with key figures. If you have an anecdote, photographs or suggestion(s) for an event as part of Celebrating Thirty Years of Hatfield Women, we would love to hear from you. Please contact hatfield.assistantst@durham.ac.uk. Ellen Crabtree Assistant Senior Tutor

College Awards & Prizes We were delighted to celebrate the many academic and extra? curricular achievements of graduating Hatfielders at the annual Floreat Formal dinner, held on 22 June 2017. 253 Hatfield undergraduate students completed their studies in the summer of 2017, 76 of whom gained first?class honours. Many of these students accepted their invitation to dine on High Table at the formal; it was good to see the SCR and their guests winding around the hall. In addition to celebrating academic successes, College Colours and prizes were awarded to students who have made a significant and sustained contribution to the Hatfield community during their time in Durham. Full colours were awarded to 81 students; half colours to 90 students and a further 124 Hatfielders received a special recommendation. Congratulations to all our graduates and prize winners!

Emily Husband, recipient of the Michael Crossley Shield, June 2017, pictured right returning the Shield after a yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s custodianship!

College Sport Basketball Club It has been a memorable year for the Hatfield Basketball Club. We have recruited over 25 new members, and most of the players from last year still remain in the team and are always keen to attend training and matches. Both the Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team and the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team have had some great games together this year which most of our club members have joined in, either by way of playing or spectating.

The highlight of the year was the last game of season against Hild Bede. We went to over time and won the game by two points to get promotion into the division above. Our players are so dedicated to

playing for the club that we always have sufficient people on the court. This allowed us to win all our five games in the second part of the season. We also have organised some social events by both ourselves and with other colleges. We had a great friendly game in the first term with Castle. On Friday nights we always do scrimmage games against other colleges in Hild and Bede gym. By the end of the term, ten of our members had signed up for a formal dinner in the College to celebrate this tremendous year. Richard Sheng Basketball Club President

Boat Club It is with a sense of pride that I write this annual report sharing some of the activities and successes of the past year. We have seen an increase in active member numbers across all squads and the standard of rowing has been consistently very high. The club is now in a strong position for continued growth and performance whilst encouraging participation and development for all Hatfielders. We have had an exciting year in terms of purchases and the club is very grateful for the support from the Hatfield Trust and the Lonergan family. With the generous funding we received we have been able to purchase two new Wintech International boats, The Hatfield Trust 4+ and the Burncourt 8+. Welcoming these new boats to the Hatfield fleet has put us in the fortunate position of having some of the best equipment on the Wear. I would like to thank alumni and the Hatfield Trust for their ongoing support. We held a successful boat naming ceremony (see page 55) to bring the new boats into the fleet in the traditional way. Plenty of envious rowers from other clubs looked on at our two shiny new boats on the landing stage. The regatta season was full of exciting and close racing for the squads. This all kicked off after exams at Hexham Regatta with six crews

competing. The Men’s 1st 4+ missed out on a win against Lancaster University and the single was just pipped to the line by a canvas length. The club didn’t go home empty handed thanks to a great win by the Men’s Double. This was an enjoyable event for the club to get together after exams and appreciate rowing in the summer weather.

Men’s 1st VIII HoRR 2018. Racing in the Tim Burt 8+

We saw nine crews competing at Durham Regatta. The Men’s Senior 8+ and 4+ got through several rounds but no pots. The College Women’s Maiden 4+ crew got through to the final in their first regatta, narrowly missing out on the win. The Women’s Senior 8+ had a tough draw against the overall winners Durham University so this was put down to experience and we just hope that Durham Regatta 2018 has a better draw for us. Admiral’s Regatta was a fun day of racing for the club and the Senior Mixed 8+ perhaps wasn’t up to our usual standard but the fancy dress theme ensured the enjoyment of the crew. The Cox’s 4+ knocked out all the competition and brought in a win for Hatfield. The club also

entered the Aidan’s Sprint Regatta and smashed all the other colleges with a win in the Open 4+, Mixed 2x and 1x. The squads enjoyed a week of pre?season training before the Michaelmas Term in preparation for head season. The term could not have got off to a better start with our first race at Durham Autumn Head. The Women’s 4+ won and not to be outdone the Men’s 4+ finished as the fastest four of the whole day meaning the College dominated in two of the biggest categories. We had four other crews entered so it was great to see this number of entries at the start of term. The following weekend the Men’s 4+ went on a trip to Tees Head and crossed the line as the fastest four of the day. This was an exciting race with plenty of bends in the river and lots of overtaking. York Small Boats Head was a good event for the club and success was measured in participation as the college with the most boats entered. Results were extremely good with the Men’s 1st 4+ finishing a close second fastest four of the day after City of Sheffield RC and the women came second to York University’s 1st IV. Considering the size of the event and standard of crews competing this really shows that Hatfield College is putting up some tough competition for the region and beyond. This was also a great race for our other crews and was the first race on ‘foreign’ waters for some of our newer members. Rutherford was as usual a very cold and long experience but our Men’s four won the DCR Pennant for the fastest College 4+. This rounded off racing for the club for 2017 and focus turned to the spring. Epiphany Term saw some exciting races starting off at Tyne New Year’s Head. We entered two 4+ and two 8+. A few clashed blades meant the Men’s 4+ came second to Lancaster University and the second four was very close behind despite the tough conditions. As a break from training in eights the club entered six boats into Durham Spring Head. Impressively the Men’s 4+ cleanly finished the whole event as the fastest four. The usual Hatfield Boat Club spirit and excitement of watching crews attempt to clear Elvet Bridge at pace

made for a good day for the club. The club also had a win in the Single Sculls event showing the depth of ability. Tyne Head saw the Men’s 8+ and the Women’s 4+ race in preparation for the tideway races. The men finished as fastest college eight and was only beaten by a strong Tyne crew.

Winning Women’s 1st IV Durham SBH 2017. Racing in the Mentes Inflamma 4+

Unable to stay away from the Tyne for too long the Men’s 4+ and Women’s 8+ headed to the British Universities and Colleges Sports Head. This was the perfect opportunity to see how we stand against universities from across the country. I am proud to say the Women’s 8+ impressively came 28/42 and the Men’s 4+ finished 14/38. In the Epiphany Term the top crew’s focus is towards WEHoRR and HoRR on the Thames. The training plans saw plenty of sessions on the Wear and Tyne complemented by tank sessions, ergs, circuits and

weights. The women raced fantastically at WEHoRR and the club, alumni and family cheered from Hammersmith Bridge. They placed highly as the 4th college out of 13 and 191st out of 318 overall. From the start, the crew’s determination to make the most of their final head race and really step up from BUCS meant the crew committed to a speedy start rate 34 and settled at a long and loose 32 – a new rhythm for the crew and made for strong progress down the Tideway. At HoRR, the men’s eight put in a phenomenal performance finishing 2nd fastest college out of 12 and 131st out of 306 overall. The hard work and dedication of the crew paid off and the boat felt controlled and speedy as we came down the Thames. This finishing position is believed to be the highest Hatfield has ever placed so we are extremely pleased with this ending to the season. It really has been a pleasure being Boat Club President over the past year and I’d like to thank the Executive Committee who put in the hours behind the scenes to ensure the smooth running of the club. My thanks must also go to every member in the club as the atmosphere has been overwhelmingly positive and this is a credit to the College. This year the club must say farewell to valued members John Dent (Press and Sponsorship ‘17), Ryan Shields (Social Sec ‘16 & ‘17), Amy Leigh?McCarthy (Women’s Captain ’16 and Social Sec ‘17), Freya Tracey, Annie Estlin and Jonny Messling. Adam Kirk Boat Club President

Boat Naming Ceremony (L8R) Mia van Diepen, Kathryn Rogers, Ryan Shields, John Dent, Adam Kirk, Bill Lonergan, Gemma Perry, Will Panton

Cheerleading This year has been another amazing one for the Wildcats! Our cheerleading team is joint with Hatfield and St Cuthbertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Society. With large involvement from both colleges, we went to the Intercollegiate Competition with 29 members on the squad and gave an amazing performance, scoring a huge 9.5 out of 10 for our dance. Despite lots of hard training sessions and only being a relatively new team (founded just three years ago), our cheerleaders have pushed above and beyond every challenge they have faced. The talent on the squad just keeps growing every year!

We have also had many fun socials and will be going on a mystery tour in third term! Our tour secretaries have planned a beach holiday to create some lifelong memories. After our returning cheerleaders had an amazing time in Benidorm last year, the tour is something we are all really excited about.

Finally, none of this would have been possible without the help of a fabulous Exec, with a special shoutout to Beth Mellefont and Eve Denwer Smith who have made their last year on Wildcats a year to remember! Katie Thompson Cheerleading Club Captain

Football Club (Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) The year has been another good one for HCAFC. In addition to many memorable socials, the club has had success on the pitch also. Despite two early exits from the cups, the A team went unbeaten in 90 minutes up until their final league title match. Stand out players included Thomas Isola, Milos Christoforou, Ben Gould, and young left?back Josh Pena. Similarly, it was a rather mixed bag for the B team this season. With a team packed with talented freshers, the side took a while to adjust in a league full of high quality A teams. A draw from 4?2 down against eventual league winners and floodlit semi?finalists Aidan's A was a highlight, with safety having been guaranteed before the final game which is played after Easter. Perhaps the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best performing side this season was the C team, who have enjoyed a fantastic season. With the best defence in the league and a potent strike force, they are league leaders with one game to go, and are looking forward to a title decider next term. The D team have had a solid season also, winning six of their 11 matches, ensuring a 4th place finish. Lastly, it has been a great season for the E team. After agonisingly missing out on promotion last season due to goal difference, this season the team were able to secure a comfortable promotion. It was looking like an easy canter to the title at first with six wins from their opening six games, but a couple of bad results against Mildert and Mary's saw Mildert clinch the title. The highlight of their season was definitely in the cup against Trev's C. 5?2 down with 10 minutes to go, they managed to

get it back to 5?5 and take it to penalties which they subsequently won. Congratulations to the team for a great season! Archie Prew Men’s Football Club Captain

Football Club (Women’s) Overall, 2017/18 has been good for HCWAFC, with a large team this year due to an influx of keen freshers (including a number of enthusiastic third years!) in addition to returners. We started with players of all levels of experience, who all improved so much as well as bonding as a football family (is it cheesy if it’s true?) who play to have fun. It is clear how keen we are as a team given that we had our largest turn?out of the year for a 9:00am match!

We took a few games to find our footing and figure out how we played best, never staying down for long, whatever the end score. Once we did, the progress was remarkable, going from the bottom of the league to third place after a 9?0 win against Cuth’s and advancing to the

Trophy quarter finals where we faced off against the formidable Collingwood A. Our most exciting match (even the ref really enjoyed it) was our Cup game against Grey, a tense game where we very narrowly lost on penalties, but enjoyed immensely regardless. Returning in second term, we were hampered by the weather and many trainings and matches were cancelled either due to rain or the persistent snow. Despite this, we managed to end the 11?a?side season with a clean sheet win and played a fun few matches in a new 7?a?side league set up this year. Thank you to players leaving us this year: Sabrina, Celine, Rebecca, Haylie and Katy, and thank you to all those who showed such dedication and played in almost every match! I would also like to thank the Exec for their work this year in running this team with me: Alice (Vice?Captain), Bea (Treasurer), Jess (Social Secretary) and last but certainly not least our Manager and treasured Coach, Bernice. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think an overall MVP can be named as we all played an essential part in every match, but special mentions to our goalies Steph and Holly for their great work. MIP goes to Katy and Georgie for their outstanding progress into two highly dependable players. Thank you all for an amazing season! Sabrina Ki Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Football Club Captain

Netball Club Hatfield Netball this year has continued to be hugely successful. We had an enormous first year intake to refresh the club and these new faces added to the success it has enjoyed. The A team, after being relegated from the premiership division came second in the league and will be back in the premiership again for next year.

Last year the B team was promoted into division one and has enjoyed the more challenging matches that this has brought. They have been tough competitors in their league ending in a strong position.

The C team has remained a force to be reckoned with in division two and have had some fantastic wins throughout the season. Overall, it has been a prosperous year for Hatfield Netball and Annie and I have loved captaining it. Elizabeth Streatfeild?James & Annie Estlin Netball Club Captains

Rugby Club (Men’s) An interesting season for the boys in blue and gold culminates in a giant test under the lights this evening (16 March 2018). After a strong 2016/2017 season the Hatfield Rangers had a difficult start, narrowly losing to Hild Bede in the dying moments of the game. We returned to our winning ways in a win over Stephenson College, giving us the momentum to take a comfortable win in our first floodlit match of the season against Josephine Butler. Later in the term HCRFC welcomed in our newest members with a night of fun and games on the hill, fuelled by a delightful 2017 vintage cider and copious amounts of blue cheese. Mixed results at the end of the Michaelmas Term gave us a fresh motivation for a new year of rugby. Epiphany Term began with a quiet weekend catching up with some old friends (metal bollard 1 – Seb Clark – 0). One of the closest matches of the season followed but the Rangers pulled through at the last minute. After this we had a comfortable win in the floodlit semi?final against Cuth’s, who, despite their best efforts, couldn’t stand up against the very well rested Rangers. An away trip to York proved to be a tough fixture ruined by awful chat from the side?lines and even worse form from the York referee. A period of tough training followed led by fierce captain, Barney Sampson, made even tougher for Lightowler, Thomas and Mitson by Schur’s fitness regime. We had a brief break in focus in the form of a social which Seb and I enjoyed very much. After the Collingwood game on Sunday Hatfield are more pumped than ever to make their mark on the biggest stage in college rugby. Guy Bailey?Williams Men’s Rugby Club Captain

Rugby Club (Women’s) This year has been an exciting one for HCWRFC. Some girls have played rugby for the first time and others have been able to develop their skills further during college training and games to make them even better players than they were last year.

Regardless of experience, everyone has benefited from the expertise of our coaches, Seb Clark, Barney Sampson and Nick Whitehead, to whom Lily and I are very grateful for their help.

Although not every Saturday morning game has been ideally timed, the team have shown relentless enthusiasm, and those who have dragged themselves out of bed to play in the cold, mostly wet, mud have always given it their all on the pitch. Enthusiastic tackles, strong communication and impressive lineouts characterise the team and I am very proud of everyone for smashing the long season. Games have not always gone Hatfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way, and a number have been rearranged because of the poor weather conditions this year, but the team has fought on â&#x20AC;&#x201C; winning three games, with one still to play in the Easter Term. Special appreciation must go to Daisy Gould who has not missed a single match for the team! The list of other players is too long to name for fear of missing people out, but those who have committed their time to Hatfield rugby this year know who they are and I hope you continue to do so next year.

Christmas dinner with the rugby boys presented the opportunity for a celebration of what we achieved during the first half of the season, whilst our June tour to Prague will be a good chance to wind down and celebrate the end of the rugby season and academic year. The Hatfield rugby girls have made this season the best yet, and I have every faith they will continue to make big tackles and big tries, climbing further up the league table next year. Phoebe Smithdale Women’s Rugby Team Captain

Squash Thanks to a very strong contingent of freshers as well as a number of returning players, the men’s team have finished the season second in Division 1, gaining promotion. The season started with a loss, but we soon got into our stride winning eight games, a streak only interrupted by two defeats by Collingwood and Van Mildert. In the Easter Term, we have the Cup competition to look forward to, in which we have a good chance of getting to the last stages. Unfortunately, at the end of the year we have to say farewell to some of the team’s most talented players including Ian Duff whose dedication to the club has been outstanding. This year we were very pleased to be able to field a women’s team for the first time in over four years – a move especially appropriate as Hatfield celebrates the 30th anniversary of women in the College. At the beginning of the season, it looked as if the team would top the table having won nine consecutive matches. However, after a few difficult games against Collingwood and Hild Bede, the team’s luck seemed to run out! With one game to go it is likely they will finish fifth in the league. The club looks forward to a successful season next year. Rupert Bates Squash Club Captain

Volleyball Durham College Volleyball changed their structure this year, to coincide with the creation of a new role â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the College Volleyball Officer. This was also brought in alongside college?wide training offered in the first term by Team Durham. We are happy to report that Hatfield was always in strong attendance at these sessions and it showed in the placement tournament. We placed well, and Hatfield has fought valiantly unfortunately ending in scorecard just in the red, losing four but with three victories. However, with a respectable middle placement in the table, the team is poised to build on a great start this year. Simon Jones Volleyball Captain

Members of the Ultimate Frisbee Team recruiting at the Freshersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Fair

College Societies Chapel Choir Auditions for this year’s Chapel Choir took place in the week following Freshers’ Week and with a high standard of applicant, 22 of the finest singers in Durham were appointed. There was a large intake of talent from the freshers with 11 new recruits from first year. We were also delighted to welcome back returners to the choir, both from last year and also those returning from a year abroad, along with a few others. After just three services together, the choir enjoyed a concert performance of Purcell’s ode for the birthday of Queen Mary, Come Ye Sons of Art, which we performed in the chapel with orchestra. This was to celebrate the inauguration of the new Master in College, Professor Ann MacLarnon. Continuing the celebrations, members of the choir also provided some music, including some Finzi and Viadanna, at the formal dinner which accompanied the official inauguration. At the close of the term, the choir were also pleased to provide some music and sing Carols for the Christmas Formals. Second term has thus far been a busy one for the choir and its members. On Ash Wednesday, the choir travelled to Ripon Cathedral, where we were invited to sing the Ash Wednesday Eucharist in place of the Cathedral Choir, who were on their half?term holiday. The service included Palestrina’s stunning Missa Brevis, and Byrd’s tricky Peccantem me quotidie. It was a wonderful and special occasion for us all, and we are delighted to have been invited back to sing festal evensong for All Souls in November. Immediately following the trip to Ripon, the Chapel Choir celebrated its annual Reunion Weekend. A massed choir of singers from generations of Hatfielders as far back as the 60s joined forces. The weekend began with a rehearsal and welcome from the Master and Chaplain. A wonderful Black Tie dinner was enjoyed by all in the College dining hall, followed by a sing?along of some fond favourite canticle settings. It was wonderful to have so many returning for the weekend. Despite all the fun on the Saturday

night, there was still work to do! The weekend climaxed in the singing of the two Sunday morning services in Durham Cathedral. Our organ scholars all took part in the College’s Epiphany Term Organ Recital Series, which this year, celebrated English Organ Music. They all performed wonderfully and very skilfully crafted programmes alongside performers from Durham and Westminster Cathedrals, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. The Chapel Choir also took part in a concert in Hild Bede College Chapel to help raise money in support of the Syrian refugee crisis. The Choir opened the concert with a programme of Howells, Stanford, Wood, and Parry, followed by sets by the Chapel Choir of Hild Bede College and St Cuthbert’s Society Choir, and a Massed choir for a performance of Parry’s I was Glad. The concert was very well attended and we raised over £400 for the chosen Charities. The choir will have a busy term ahead with another concert, Floreat and Bishop Hatfield evensong, and to end the year, the choir will be travelling to sing in venues in Tallinn in Estonia in July 2018. Matthew McCullough (University College) Director of Music

DUCK Hatfield DUCK’s charity this year has been Heel and Toe, a local North East charity that provides therapy and support to children with Cerebral Palsy. They are currently trying to raise money to build a new hydrotherapy centre. Hatfield DUCK kicked off in Freshers’ Week with a very popular pub quiz, and providing the face paint and glitter for the end of week carnival. This was followed by the annual Awkward Formal, the best way to get the

latest freshers’ gossip. Our biggest fundraiser, however, was Hatfield’s first ever naked calendar, with netball, rowing, darts, hockey, men’s and women’s rugby, lacrosse, and the Exec all taking part. Thank you to everyone that got involved, and we hope you had a lot of fun! Amy Saunders & Dularee Goonetilleke Senior DUCK Reps

Environment Team This year Hatfield’s Environment Team consisted of Senior Environment Representatives, Christina Dahl Andersen and Simran Chopra, Junior Environment Representatives, Chloe Dancey, Bradley Sims and Joyce Wu, as well as JCR Facilities Officer, Isaac Rudden. An important highlight this year has been the Waste Awareness Week, part of which was the Love Food Hate Waste Competition, where we send a huge thank you for the help provided by the Hatfield Catering Staff in helping us put up posters and spread the message in the dining hall. The Environment Team in this week worked hard to make students aware of their food waste, and throughout the week the Environment Team were present at dinner times to count the number of students who finished all the food on their tray. This included a competition between genders, and this year more boys than girls managed to empty their plates during the Love Food Hate Waste Competition (although every day counted, the difference between the genders was down to less than a handful, so it could be a different story next year!) As part of Waste Awareness Week, we also had the Green Formal, in which the two attendees best dressed in green won a beautiful ‘Lion in Green 2017’ sash; we hope this ‘Lion in Green’ competition will continue in the years to come and we thank all the students who did their best to be dressed in green from head to toe.

Another successful event this year was the Hatfield Environment Pub Quiz. This quiz included questions to remind students to help eliminate energy wastage. At the quiz, money was also collected so that Hatfield College will be able to adopt a lion from WWF and help secure a future where lions continue to be able to exist in the wild. With this adoption comes a lion teddy bear, which will be placed in the Pace Common Room, hopefully a reminder to all Hatfielders of how important it is that we continue to fight for a sustainable future, for all humans and animals.

Lastly, as part of Fairtrade Fortnight, we invited Hatfielders to join us in the Pace Kitchen to help us bake cakes using Fairtrade sugar, flour, and bananas. We thank everyone who attended any of our events throughout the year and who has supported Hatfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s continued work to be an environmentally friendly College. Christina Dahl Andersen and Simran Chopra Senior Environment Reps

Kinky Jeff and the Swingers Kinky Jeff and the Swingers, Durhamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier college band, has had a very successful year with a multitude of gigs, socials and adoring fans. Following exams, in fact the evening after they had ended, we set off on our yearly tour to Cologne. We had a great time, and we are very grateful for the Hatfield Trustâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support in getting us there! While on tour we played a couple of gigs, one at a town fayre and another at a beer festival. The Germans really seemed to take to our music with encores at both, a definite highlight for the year.

Following on from tour there was still time for a Castle June Ball and Champagne Society Summer Ball performance before the year was finished and we had to say goodbye to a few old Kinky Jeffians. With a new Exec in place, Jonathan Whitaker as MD, and the double bass added to the band, the new academic year began with some careful recruitment of freshers to join the crew. With the addition of

new keys, brass and saxes some early socials were needed to give the band its signature chemistry. Some highlights include the crowning of “Kinkiest Fresher” and the new “Second Best Social” organised by Misters Schnabel and Kennedy. By the end of the first term we were ready for gigs, Hatfield Michaelmas Ball and Formally Lost in the Castle were the perfect opportunity for the band to get going again. In the midst of this was the Kinky Jeff 15 year reunion with Kinky Jeffians from all around the country and world descending on Durham for a weekend of music and merriment organised by our producer Natsaha Mulley. More gigs followed in Epiphany Term with the band becoming popular at fashion shows including Durham University Charity Fashion Show, the largest of its kind in the UK. We continue to improve and grow as a society and we look forward to a tour to Belgium later this year. Stay hydrated Kinkies! James Petley Kinky Jeff President

LGBTQ+ Association This past year, Hatfield LGBTQ+ Association, also known as Hatfield Circle of Pride, has seen many new members with even greater representation through events and campaigns each year. The new Senior LGBTQ+ Representatives, Rosiered Brownson Smith and Danielle Silverman, and our new Junior Representative, Dom Cornfield, started off their year with the annual Pride Week including a successful Pride Formal and participation in Durham’s annual Pride march. Some of our exciting events from this past year include a social to see the DULOG play Rent, hosting two pub quizzes for World AIDS Day and LGBTQ+ History Month, and having more chilled trips to the Alington House Saturday LGBTQ+ café. We have had a great year and hope that everyone has enjoyed our events and will continue to support our LGBTQ+ community which is full of Pride at Hatfield. Danielle Silverman Senior LGBTQ+ Rep

Lion in Winter Ball 2018 Whilst the renovations of Jevons have created some issues which have had an impact upon the day?to?day life within College, for the Lion in Winter Ball 2018 it provided scope for new features not previously seen. The decision was taken to host the Ball outside of Hatfield College for the first time in its illustrious history, with Hardwick Hall Hotel chosen as the perfect location to whisk the Hatfield students away for the most magical night in the College social calendar.

This year’s chosen theme was ‘Speakeasy’ providing a spectacular opportunity to transform Hardwick into a 1920s wonderland of illicit prohibition?era antics. The scene was set for the largest ever Ball in many regards that Hatfield College had ever seen. However one spanner was yet to be thrown into the works – ‘the Beast from the East’.

Unfortunately, the snow?laden roads prevented us from having even more impressive entertainments than otherwise with the funfair rides being cancelled on health and safety conditions. Despite this, the Hatfield spirit rallied and the show had to go on with the Exec working tirelessly throughout the week running up to the event to ensure the highest quality night was achieved. The night’s activities started with an elegant three?course meal for those opting to dine. Music, entertainment, photographers and the occasional glass of wine were enjoyed before the incredible evening ahead. Nearly 750 students and alumni descended upon Sedgefield as the night got into full swing. Attendees were able to go in search of various activities for whatever suited their tastes. In spite of the disappointment of the cancellations of the funfair rides, a wide range of entertainment was on offer. From glitter to blackjack to virtual racing, there was never a dull moment to be had at the Ball with entertainment spread across the premises throughout the night. This was all accompanied by a huge variety of high quality food, both savoury and sweet, to satisfy all taste buds. A lot of anticipation and excitement was of course centred around the headliner of the evening – The Pigeon Detectives. Founded in the early 2000s, this well?established indie?rock band brought high?energy and lots of enthusiasm to the main stage, where students went wild for a decidedly different style of headliner to previous years. This was preceded by the extremely enjoyable student band, ‘The Lost Degree’. The evening was then topped off by the ever present silent disco, wrapping up the event in style. I would like to thank the attendees for braving the cold and the snow for what I hope you all agree was undoubtedly the best night within the Hatfield calendar. However, none of this would have been possible without the incredible hard work of those involved within the running of the Ball. Be that as a Junior Exec member, Senior Exec member or a College Officer, all your work was greatly appreciated. A specific thank you must be made to Fabian Krusa, who was my Treasurer, and in effect Vice?Chairman, and stood by me throughout the whole process, providing advice and support whenever called upon. It has been an

absolute honour and pleasure to organise this year’s Lion in Winter Ball, and my best wishes go out to the Chairman and Exec of next year’s Ball in trying to outdo this one. Johnnie Jackson Chair Lion in Winter Ball

Music Society The Hatfield Music Society has organised three concerts this year – the Freshers’ Concert, the Christmas Concert and the Spring Concert. The goal for the Music Society was to increase the breadth of music performance across a wider range of genres and so far, in each of our concerts, we have been able to achieve this, thanks to the enthusiastic involvement of so many Hatfielders. In the Christmas Concert we were treated to performances by a variety of college members including impromptu carol singing at the end. The Spring Concert took place in the last week of Epiphany Term. It was terrific to see so many people come to the concert and for so many talented musicians to play for us. We also heard some of our own students’ compositions. We really enjoyed hearing our Master’s solo and trio performances at our concerts this year and are looking forward to her being a regular contributor to future concerts. As part of the weekly Music department’s lunchtime concert series, members showcased the very broad?based talent we have in Hatfield, including Hatfield Voices. We have been discussing setting up a Hatfield Orchestra from 2018. Lauren Newbould, our incoming JCR Societies Officer, will be taking this forward this term. Watch this space. Our final concert this year will be taking place in the last week of the summer term. The programme is being shaped and we look forward to seeing lots of you there. Will Harrison Music Society President

Painting Society Hatfield Painting Society has enjoyed a busy year, and it has been wonderful to see the creative juices of so many Hatfielders flowing. Working in conjunction with Hatfield Welfare Team was high on our list of priorities, and we successfully collaborated in projects such as Welfare’s Stress Less and Wolfpack campaigns, creating colourful banners to capture the eye of Hatfielders and raise awareness for chosen issues.

We also worked closely alongside Hatfield’s Assistant Senior Tutor to create a banner celebrating the Burts’ many years at Hatfield, which was displayed during their garden party in the summer. The Freshers kicked the Michaelmas Term off to an enthusiastic start, with many personalising their white t?shirts with bold splashes of paint and the

true Picassos among us impressing all with their beautiful designs. Painting Society is not solely about creative prowess, however, and we all showed our taste for fun at the first social of the year. We look forward to seeing the creativity that the new academic year brings! Charlotte Way Painting Society President

SHAPED This year SHAPED has experienced tremendous growth and change, and with the new addition of a Marketing Officer to the SHAPED Exec, SHAPED has ensured its presence on all social media platforms. Throughout the year we have extended our social media presence to Twitter, LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/company/hatfield shaped), Snapchat and Instagram, and therefore it is now easier than ever before to keep up?to? date with SHAPED talks and events, for both students and alumni. A special thank you goes to Christye McKinney for designing SHAPEDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new logo, which has been received with great enthusiasm and many compliments by students and has been used to help the branding of SHAPED across our many new social media platforms. This year SHAPED has also further improved our online presence by updating our existing website (www.hatfield?shaped.com) to ensure that SHAPED has a central, easy?to?find platform for all communication. We have also worked hard to continuously build the SHAPED blog and encourage students to participate with their own submissions. This has proven to be a great success with students, with all blog posts experiencing a high number of visitors and consistently high traffic.

New for this year were SHAPED attendance cards, which have proven extremely popular with students. These cards have been handed out to students at events, and students have received stamps for engagement with SHAPED activities, such as attending talks or writing blog posts. At the end of the academic year, students who have received the highest number of stamps will have a chance to win some great prizes, and students have received this new way of encouraging engagement with great enthusiasm.

The SHAPED Team (L8R) Katherine He (Development Rep), Bradley Sims (Marketing Officer), Patricia Hu, Quinn Higgins and Jonathan Birkett (Junior Reps), and Christina Dahl Andersen (Coordinator)

Throughout the year weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had many events, and we extend our thanks to all the speakers and who have helped us make these events possible. Special thanks go out to the Alumni who attended our annual Lionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Buffet, and to Senior Tutor, Anthony Bash, for his continued support of the programme. Lastly, following yet another year with a record number of recipients for the Hatfield Award, we have introduced new components, to

recognise studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; efforts in preparing for employability after university, and to help students more easily recognise their own accomplishments in areas such as academia and volunteering. As a result Hatfield stands out as a College that recognises the hard work of its students. Christina Dahl Andersen SHAPED Coordinator

Star Wars Society The most exciting thing to come out of Hatfield since Jeremy Vine, HCSWS has had a great first year with over forty people attending the screening of The Last Jedi at the Gala Theatre. With stash circulating, and reviews of the prequel trilogy pending there is still a lot to look forward to. Subs are a different matter howeverâ&#x20AC;Ś as there are currently no subs organised or being paid by any Hatfielders. Despite this, the Exec will persevere, and with the pending release of the new Solo movie â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Star Wars appreciation in Durham will take on new, giddy heights. Simon Jones & Michael Young Star Wars Society Presidents

Student Community Action Student Community Action (SCA) is the largest volunteering organisation at Durham. SCA runs over 50 projects to suit all interests, from tutoring local school children, running tea parties for elderly residents or supporting adults with learning disabilities through conservation work. The best thing about Student Community Action is that it is a student?led and community?focused organisation. SCA is here to respond to the needs of the local community, and to offer unique volunteer opportunities to Hatfield students.

With over 1000 student volunteers across the entire university, there is a whole host of things to get involved in, along with numerous leadership opportunities. Student Community Action works closely with Hatfield's college volunteering to provide the training and resources they need to make a real impact in the local community. SCA supports Hatfield's School Mentoring Programme by training students in the University's safeguarding policies, social media policies and they also process DBS checks to facilitate child outreach projects. This year the Hatfield SCA representative has been Chloe Dancey. The events in the Michaelmas Term were attending a SHAPED panel on volunteering and promoting the Shoebox Appeal in Hatfield, which was a joint project with all the colleges for SCA. Epiphany Term centred around Student Volunteering Week, which is always the highlight of the year. SCA did over 700 hours of volunteering — that is over 100 hours every day of the week — during Student Volunteering Week 2018 alone! In promoting this, a Random Acts of Kindness stall was set up in Hatfield dining hall, with the Random Acts of Kindness being attached to lollipops. Other than that, the focus has been on pushing SCA’s new logo and making a new ‘Hatfield SCA’ Facebook page. SCA is a fantastic student?led organisation with a variety of projects that cater for all, and it is never too late to help. To find out more visit: http://community.dur.ac.uk/community.action/ Chloe Dancey Hatfield College Ambassador for SCA

Hatfield Welfare It has been an absolute pleasure to work with Team Welfare this year. The Team has 21 dedicated members, who are committed to making sure every Hatfielder feels as at home and comfortable in College as possible from the moment they arrive. Throughout the year we have run some fantastic campaigns, which we could not have done without the help and support of such an amazing team. We are incredibly lucky that the college system provides the opportunity for student?led support, and we have loved being a part of such a unique and effective support system. The first campaign of our time in office was Worksmart, which took place during the exam season in May, and promotes self?care during what can often be a stressful period. As well as running events such as smoothies, banner?painting, yoga and a stress?less boxing session, we saw the return of the ever?popular therapy, dogs and cats, from Pets as Therapy. After exam period, applications for Senior Welfare Representatives were opened and we appointed three Senior Welfare Reps (Georgina Dunbar, Lucy Irving and Rachel Merrick), two Senior Campaigns Reps (Meg Mitcheson and Martha Payne) and a Senior Livers?out Welfare Rep (Kathryn Rogers). From running weekly welfare drop?ins to organising campaigns and making sure livers?out feel connected to College, they have all worked extremely hard in their roles, and we simply could not have accomplished anywhere near what we did without them. The year kicked off with the arrival of a new year group of freshers, and Welfare was introduced to them through food and information events during Freshers’ Week, as well as parenting night in the first week of term. For the first time this year, Welfare was able to obtain some information about new students’ hobbies and interests, thereby enabling college families to be matched based on more than just academic subject alone. The feedback we received from this was overwhelmingly positive, and we felt we made a significant improvement to the system in this way. In the second week of term, ‘Refreshers’ Week’ was run, with food events, yoga and sign up to the

NHS ‘C?Card’ scheme. A few weeks into term, applications for Junior Welfare positions were opened. Selecting Junior Reps was one of the toughest decisions we made this year owing to the large number of applicants and the high quality of applications we received. The Junior Reps we eventually selected were: Tamara Barker?Privalova (Treasurer), Thavish Annal and Mia Connor (Tea and Toast Presidents), Ellie Gibbins and Ellora Sen (Social Media Reps), Ciara McEvoy and Hannah Thomson (Livers?Out Reps), Gilah Allardice, Daniel Brooks, Drew Mitchell and Poppy Metherell (Campaigns Reps), Emily Shailer (Secretary) and Balqis Raja Mazuir (Marketing Rep). Our first campaign with a full team was Wolfpack, which focused on safety on nights out, incorporating aspects such as alcohol and drug awareness, river safety and staying with your group of friends (your ‘wolfpack’!). As usual this campaign featured a themed formal, as well as plenty of safety?related information delivered by campaigns reps in person and on social media. In the last two weeks of term we ran our ’12 days of Welfmas’ campaign, which aimed to lift spirits towards the end of term in the run up to Christmas during summative season. We left a Santa sack with a different supply in the dining hall every lunchtime, providing students access to earplugs, sexual health supplies, stationary, and sweets, just to name a few. The first campaign of Epiphany Term was new for this year: Men’s Mental Health week, which tackled an incredibly important topic. The main feature of the campaign was a video involving Hatfield men talking about their own experience of stigmas and issues surrounding mental health, and was led by our Campaigns Reps, Meg Mitcheson and Martha Payne, and edited by Guy Trevellyan. It was a poignant and touching video and we are incredibly grateful to everyone involved, especially those who took part in the video since men’s mental health is a subject that is rarely talked about as much as it should be. We also gave out ‘Don’t bottle it up’ bottle openers to students to serve as a reminder that it’s okay to talk about any problems they may be facing.

Hannah Thomson helping to promote Mental Health Week in College

In the third week of term, SHAG Week (Sexual Health and Guidance) returned in full force, promoting sexual health to members of the JCR. Social media was used to advertise good sexual?health practice, as well as information about the nearest places you can be tested for STIs. At the end of the week, SHAG Formal took place, with a variety of sexual health?themed decorations, supplies and information sheets; a memorable as well as informative event. Following this we ran a body confidence campaign to coincide with various Durham fashion shows as well as Lion in Winter Ball. Another video in a similar style to the Men’s Mental Health campaign video was created, with members of the JCR discussing their insecurities with friends and addressing reasons for them, as well as talking about the aspects of the other person they most admired. This video had the effect of allowing a large range of JCR members to get involved directly with a welfare campaign. We also made pancakes in the Pace kitchen for Pancake Day, a hugely popular event as usual. We ran a Mental Health Week in the penultimate week of term, which raised awareness of mental health problems, an issue close to many of our hearts. As well as campaigning via social media, we gave out hot chocolate, ran a movie night, took pictures of students sharing how they look after their mental health and gave out stress balls at mealtimes. Throughout the year, we have held welfare drop in sessions (run by us and the Senior Welfare Representatives), which give students a chance to talk about any problems they may have and collect supplies. We also have an anonymous messaging service which allows students to talk to a Rep or have supplies delivered completely anonymously. Tea and Toast was run after every formal, organised by Mia Connor and Thavish Annal, our Tea and Toast Presidents. Other important achievements include the creation of a bespoke two? hour active bystander training course for Hatfield which we developed with the help of Ellen Crabtree, Hatfield’s wonderful Assistant Senior Tutor. This was developed with the aim of combating sexual violence and was delivered to the Freshers’ Reps. We hope that in the future this training course will eventually be open to everyone in the JCR.

We have had a fantastic time and are so grateful for everyone that took part in Hatfield welfare in any way this year. It has come to the point when we must hand over our roles to the fabulous Kathryn Rogers (incoming JCR Welfare Officer) and Ciara McEvoy (incoming Assistant Welfare Officer). Whilst we are sad to be leaving the positions, we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to see what Kathryn and Ciara have in store for Welfare in the year to come and we wish them all the luck for the future.

Laura Swinton JCR Welfare Officer Gaspard Jouan de KervenoaĂŤl Assistant Welfare Officer

The Hatfield Trust Notes from the Director of the Trust It has been a very busy year in the Trust Office with large numbers of applications for funding from the student body matched by generous donations from alumni, parents and friends of the College. The Trust has provided academic prizes, bursaries, financial support for clubs and societies and awards for travel throughout the world. Among the societies to benefit from financial support was a grant to the drama group who performed at the Inter?University Drama Festival in November 2017 in London. We also financially supported a Hatfield student to attend a coaching camp in Seville. The Travel Awards, the most popular of our awards, received a record of over 120 applications this year. The applications will be reviewed by a committee from the JCR Executive and the Director in May. An interesting development this year is a new initiative from the Durham Rotary Club who will finance a grant to a Hatfield student to travel abroad and who will report back with a 20?minute presentation to the membership of Rotary in Durham. The Fiver Fund continues to help those students who come from low income families. The Trust contributed to two students to enable them to attend the Edinburgh Fringe festival. Another award was for a crew member of the rowing squad to travel and stay when competing in the Thames Head of the River event. The Trust is involved with supporting the College Choir with funding (air travel and accommodation) for their summer tour of Estonia.

The Trust is happy to play a part in reunions, and in particular advertising a get?together at the “Coat and Badge Pub” Putney after the men and women’s Head of River Race on the Thames in March this year attended by the Hatfield crews, supporters and their parents. Representatives of Kinky Jeff have requested a contribution to their annual European tour. They will be travelling to Brussels this year. Elizabeth Foster, who the Trust has supported, has now achieved National recognition for archery and made the national finals this year in Bristol. The Trust administers the “Justin Browning Hardship Fund” and this year supported the cost of specific learning disability assessments to enable a student to receive exam concessions from the University. The Trust continues to support MCR students in their field study courses. In June this year we are providing funding for a student to attend a European Conference on Computer Mechanics. The Trust is also providing funding for a student who has secured a six?week internship in Paris this year. The Trust met with two of the MCR Executive members to review four applications for funding. The awards ranged from £100 to £250 and totalled £850. The Trust has a representative at the JCR Finance Committees which meet three times a year to review applications from clubs and societies generally financing a percentage of their requests. Finally, I would like to acknowledge our Sabbatical Development Officer, Lydia Coldicott, who has worked tirelessly to raise the profile of the Trust in College. We wish her all the best for the future. Ian Curry Hatfield Trust Director

Notes from the Sabbatical Development Officer On sitting down to write this report, I had no idea what to say. The groundwork that Julia Raszewska (my predecessor) set up for me was phenomenal, and attempting to live up to that has proven to be somewhat of a challenge. However, I like to think that I have managed to put some small stamp on this role, and that the work I am doing will be carried forward to benefit Hatfield for years to come. One of my first challenges was to advertise the Hatfield Association Winter Dinner, and somehow we managed to surpass the numbers of previous years and had 40 people in attendance. Hopefully we can continue to raise the profile of this wonderful event. Further work with the Association has involved organising an After?Hours event on 17 May in the Banker, London. This is a slightly new event for the Association, which is replacing the ‘Clapham Reunion’ which has taken place for the last decade. Further planning is currently underway to celebrate 30 Years of Hatfield Women. Celebrations officially kick?off next academic year but the bulk of the planning and organisation needs to take place now. Part of the celebrations will involve an exhibition, and we are currently working on developing research and resources for this initiative. We are also conducting research in Hatfield’s own archives, with the help of History PhD student, Lindsay MacNaughton, and College Archivist, Michael Stansfield. Our preliminary findings have made very interesting reading. We have started the ‘oral history’ project which involves contacting the women that were actually here at the time. This has been a fascinating opportunity to learn what Hatfield was like, and to see just how much it has changed over the last 30 years. I have also worked on launching the new Hatfield Alumni Website. This website will be relevant to all alumni in every way they may wish to participate in college life. There is a link for the Hatfield Trust, where alumni (and parents) are able to read testimonials and donate;

we have information on the Hatfield Association, and a link to their very own website; as well as information on SHAPED and any?up and? coming events (www.dunelm.org.uk/hatfield?college/dunelm?home). Working for the Trust has certainly been a learning curve, and one that I hope will set me up for whatever I decide to do next. Thanks must be said to all those that have helped me along so far, and who will no doubt help me along a little further. Lydia Coldicott Sabbatical Development Officer 2017?18

Once a Hatfielder ? Always a Hatfielder Starting out at Hatfield two years ago I would never have imagined the great journey this would take me on. Not only have I secured an outstanding degree and got to know the behind the scenes work of the College through organising events and working for the Hatfield Trust; I truly made friends for life. Hatfield is unique in the range and number of opportunities available â&#x20AC;&#x201D; you only have to reach out and grab them. And it is not just the opportunities but also support, emotional and financial, offered by the College staff and the Hatfield Trust that break the barriers to becoming the best that you can be. I am now happily settled in London, the destiny of most of our graduates it seems, continuing to work as a Development Officer to make the access to education, and the sort of opportunities I had at Hatfield, available to others. Of course I miss the place tremendously. I am sure that many of you will recall the walks by the Wear, the bashing of the spoons at formals and Durham Cathedral that emerges from the trees as you reach the train station. I think because of all of this it is crucial that we stay in touch, and that is what I am looking forward to the most. A new chapter in my Hatfield diary. Julia Raszewska Sabbatical Development Officer 2016?17

Hatfield Trust Awards and Bursaries Georgina Burford?Taylor (Fiver Fund Award) I have been learning Mandarin for around 14 years, and wanted to continue studying it throughout University. To continue Mandarin in my second year before going on to Stage 5 in my final year, I needed to audit the module, and pay ÂŁ350. The Hatfield Trust was very helpful and contributed some money towards the fee, and I was able to audit Stage 4 again for my second year of study. The course was very different to my first year, and invaluable to take. We focused largely on words, grammar and tone, going through a number of topics, all with relevance in everyday life. We had lessons twice a week which allowed us to solidify our understanding of concepts and key vocabulary, and completed homework that used our knowledge of the vocabulary in a number of different circumstances, some simple translation, sentence structuring, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;likeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; words and so on. Since we were learning a large volume of vocabulary and the appropriate ways of using it, I feel like I have developed more of a technical understanding of Mandarin. The course in my first year was less structured, focusing more on learning Chinese history through Mandarin than the technical aspects of the language. The teacher made an effort to make sure our classes were diversified, sometimes we would be studying the language but we also had a lot of opportunity to do our own research on topics such as the job market for new university graduates in China, and present either by ourselves or in groups. I found that this kind of learning allowed us to apply the knowledge we had learnt in a wider setting and to use Chinese websites and resources to find the information we were looking for. Overall, I feel like this course has prepared me well and developed my understanding of Mandarin, encouraging me to continue my studies. I have a greater understanding of the language, and have been able to use this understanding in research, conversations, and writing.

Genevieve Burns (Fiver Fund Award) Thanks to the funding of the Hatfield Trust, I was able to attend the Stage One New Producersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Workshop held at the Society of London Theatre in the heart of the West End. Stage One is a charity set up in order to support commercial theatre producers in the UK. It is a fantastic organisation that acts as a network for producers and also has a number of schemes of which the course I attended was the entry?level foot?in?the?door. As soon as I got the schedule for the three?day course, I realised just how much I was going to learn. The group of 30 participants had so much information thrown at us and it was fantastic. We learned about everything from finding investors, marketing your show, budgeting for a West End production, contracting the theatre and securing rights. It was so exciting to be in an environment where the commerciality, finance and business negotiations of theatre was of primary interest rather than a dirty afterthought. It confirmed my passion for producing and has made me confident that the commercial route is the one that I wish to pursue. Everyone involved with the running of the workshop, leading the sessions and milling around was a theatre producer at the top of their game. One of the main workshop leaders, Jon Bath, turned up a little worse for wear one morning rather happy with the five?star reviews his production company had just received for the opening of Young Frankenstein the night before. One of the most exciting things was how all the delegates were ready to answer questions, no matter how successful in their careers. They all spoke so warmly of Stage One and the importance of making the most of the connections it provides. I felt very lucky to be one of youngest attendees, giving me access to this wealth of knowledge and people at an early stage in my career. Many others were already well established in the theatre industry and had worked for organisations such as the Royal Court Theatre, Underbelly Productions, the Donmar Warehouse and Leicester Curve Theatre.

In terms of my next steps, the Stage One Workshop has placed me in a brilliant position. Since September, I have been undertaking an internship at the Finborough Theatre in Earlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Court for which I was assistant producer for their new writing festival and a production in January. I have been asked to produce one of these new plays for a proper run in March which is incredibly exciting. The Stage One Workshop has given me a fantastic understanding of the fundamentals as well as access to a network of established producers all more than willing to help. I plan to apply for the Stage One Producer Placement scheme in January. This gives you the chance to work in a commercial production company, soak up as much as you can and learn really fast. They made a specific point of emphasising it was not grunt work but a highly valuable experience for which you are also paid. When I met the Stage One Programme Manager at the TheatreCraft careers event, she offered to meet up and go through the application which will be so valuable. I cannot think of three days better spent. Not only did I learn an incredible amount, but I gained access to a platform that has the potential to accelerate the growth of my career an inordinate amount.

Lizzie Foster (Fiver Fund Award) From the time I joined Hatfield College in 2011, Archery has always been a major part of my life. Maintaining a busy weekend competition schedule throughout my degrees, along with all the relevant training, travel, preparation ? and dare I mention ? academic work has been something of a juggling act for a long period of my life! Throughout my time at Hatfield I have felt nothing but support and encouragement to pursue excellence in my sport ? even when I was not yet at the elite level I am now. Hatfield was always willing to support in any way it could. I will always credit Hatfield College with being a major part in my sporting success, and I really want to express how indebted I am to the Hatfield Trust for all its help and support over the past few years. Attending international events such as the European

Championships, World Cup events and Commonwealth Euronations would simply not have been possible without the support of the Trust. The belief and enthusiasm that the staff express is unrivalled, and I can easily understand now why the College has had so many elite sportspeople throughout the years as members: the pursuit of sporting excellence runs so deep into the Hatfield DNA. I'm so proud to continue to be a part of it. Recently I have won Bronze at the National Indoor Championships held at Stoneleigh, near Coventry, and have been invited to be a member of the Archery GB Elite Compound squad for the second year in a row.

I have a full tournament diary planned out for the 2018 outdoor season that will see me travel all over the UK, from Aberdeen to Bristol, competing in the biggest domestic tournaments. I know that

I can dominate the tournament scene for a second year in a row, and aim to represent GB at the European Outdoor Championships in Poland in August. I know all I need to do is simply apply the Hatfield motto to each aspect of my Archery, from training to tournament, preparation to performance; Vel Primis Vel cum Primus. To be first, or with the first, in every aspect of my Archery ? the results seem to follow naturally!

Jenna Graham (Fiver Fund Award) In November, I attended the UK Security EXPO in London with the help of the Hatfield Trust. As I am completing my dissertation on the topic of biometrics in the context of the border, the conference provided a great opportunity to listen to some leaders in the field of security, get involved in networking and participate in workshops. The conference is large with multiple areas specialising in certain forms of security. The area of the conference I was interested in was â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aviation and Border Securityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Across the two days there were 15 talks from specialists in their fields. The talks themselves were also quite varied, from an analysis of the newly imposed UN resolution 2309 to a focus on improving data quality and regulatory compliance whilst facilitating the passenger experience. Specialists in the conference also varied. Of particular help to my dissertation was a talk on the future of digital borders, presented by a London?based think tank. Despite the individuals specialising in public services more broadly, the talk presented a futuristic plan for the Irish border post?Brexit and a wider outlook on the ongoing implementation of the digital border. Biometrics ultimately played a part in this future, as it does now. Moving beyond just electronic facial recognition chips in our passports to an integrated approach of artificial intelligence and blockchain for ID management. The Hatfield Trust helped fund my conference ticket and as a result helped me attend a conference I would not otherwise have been able to attend. The experience was invaluable to my dissertation but also a

potential career path within technology and security. The conference helped situate my dissertation in the wider context of security within the UK, how supranational organisations such as the UN influence the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s security and understanding of the possible futures for the border and technology. Whilst at the conference I also made valuable contacts that I am now following up for interviews. Therefore, exposure to the speakers and their research has provided multiple opportunities for me to find further research opportunities. Overall, the help of the Hatfield Trust has been brilliant and I would like to thank Lydia Coldicott and Ian Curry for their help.

Catherine Hinson (Floreat Scholarship) I am currently studying an MSc in Business Management (Entrepreneurship) at Durham Business School, having graduated from Durham with a BSc in Anthropology. Many have questioned why I decided to change discipline, particularly considering how much I enjoyed and was fascinated by anthropology. My primary motivation at the time that I submitted my application was that I aimed, at some point, to start my own business. I wanted to expand on my knowledge of the business world and believed the course would help me to put my ideas into action and build a respectable, well?managed business. Although this initial motivation has now taken somewhat of a backseat in my career aspirations, the course has provided me with skills and knowledge that are relevant to any future role that I might play within an organisation and, indeed, life in general. The modules that I have enjoyed the most include Accounting, Organisational Behaviour and Strategy, each of which has given me an entirely new perspective and way of thinking about the corporate world. The course is incredibly international and I have thoroughly enjoyed meeting and exchanging ideas with individuals who have a different mind?set to my own. I also work part?time for an exciting start?up based in Edinburgh that has created a robotic massage bed for individuals with chronic back

problems. I manage their social media and provide input on branding, marketing and strategic decision?making and I have been able to translate knowledge gained from my course into this practical experience. Above all I have relished the opportunity to continue being an anthropologist, just in a different context. It had not previously crossed my mind that anthropology and business should be so compatible with each other. Yet, what is the business world if not another dimension of human behaviour? Throughout my course, I have been able to apply the theoretical foundations of human behavioural studies to subjects as diverse as marketing, firm culture, leadership, strategic environmental analysis and social entrepreneurship. The course has inspired me to move into a career path that will allow me to continue my love of anthropology within the business world, something that I had not thought was possible. I will admit that alongside this academic motivation was a desire to remain in Durham for just a little longer. Durham Business School consistently scores highly in UK rankings and offered far better value for money compared to other schools across the country. More importantly, however, I have been able to immerse myself in Durham life for a final year, something that I will miss greatly. I have continued to participate in the realisation of the infamous â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hatfield Spiritâ&#x20AC;? through my work in the College bar, attending formals and giving advice to undergraduate anthropologists where I can. I am so very grateful for the Floreat Scholarship I received from Hatfield because it has allowed me to develop both academically and personally. It has helped me to establish a more credible and confident presence in regard to employment and has provided me with another year in a city that, in my slightly biased opinion, is inimitable. I would recommend anyone to take up the opportunity because there is so much to gain from it.

Mengchu Li (UK Bursary) Last summer, I was fortunate to get an independent research bursary from the Hatfield Trust, which enabled me to work with Dr Camila Caiado from Durham Mathematics Department and Paul Ormerod from UCL Centre for Decision?Making Uncertainty to study how different consumer behaviours can have an impact on the market structure. We focused on markets in which consumers do not have sufficient knowledge to specify their preferences over all products. For example, in mobile phone markets, few people can articulate the difference between different brands and their products to determine which one gives them a higher utility. Instead, they use heuristic and behaviour rules, by either ‘copying’ others choices or ‘innovation’ in our case, to make decisions. Agents are also allowed to re?enter the market after their product ‘expires’. We took an evolutionary perspective to simulate how the market structure evolves over time with new agents joining the network at each time point with heterogeneous choosing behaviours. This approach is fundamentally different from the prevalent methodologies in neoclassical economic theories and falls broadly into the agent?based simulation framework. During the project, we exploited some modern statistical techniques such as Monte Carlo and Latin hypercube sampling to conduct network simulation and analysed the simulated data via the locally weighted non?linear regression, and interpreted the economic intuition based on the result. Through our analysis, we found that the initial distribution of the market share has a defining impact on the final market structure, which suggests if a company manages to attract more customers in the first period compared to his competitors, it will have a higher chance of outperforming its rivals in the long run. Also, the ‘loyalty’ parameter assigned to each agent to specify how likely they will choose the same product when they re?enter the market plays an interesting role during the process. Roughly speaking, it will strengthen the innovation effect and add further randomness to the market structure, and hence leads to more intense competitions between companies in the market, which can usually increase the consumers’ welfare. A number of policy

implications could be made based our results and we plan to proceed our analysis for an academic paper in the near future.

David Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Farrell (UK Bursary) Last July, I attended a week?long summer school and conference in the area of inorganic chemistry thanks to the financial support from my Bursary for Independent Research. My PhD research focuses on the design and synthesis of luminescent transition?metal complexes for use in the next generation of energy?efficient thin film display technologies such as the OLED (organic light?emitting diode) whose range of applications, for example in consumer electronics, will continue to grow over the next decade. The 4th Dalton summer school in Practical Electronic Structure Calculation was held at Edinburgh University from 3?5 July 2017. The three days were taken up with a range of lectures, workshops, and problem sessions delivered by specialist academics in the field of co? ordination chemistry. All of the lectures were on fundamental principles relating to my research and the deeper theoretical understanding I gained during the summer school has been extremely useful when I have been trying to make sense of all of the photophysical, electrochemical and computational data I have collected so far on my complexes during the first two years of my PhD. The summer school was a great opportunity to get to know a lot of other PhD students from different universities who are also working in a similar field to me. The evening poster session was a great opportunity for me to showcase and discuss my research with my fellow colleagues; I came away with so many new ideas to pursue and my work has significantly progressed thanks to their suggestions. The Applications of Photoactive Coordination Compounds (APCC) conference directly followed the summer school â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it took place at the University of St Andrews and I was pleased that many of my friends from the summer school were also attending the conference which took place from 5?7 July 2017.

The APCC conference attracted a wide range of high profile speakers from across the world including America, Canada, Japan and Australia, in part due to the fact that it was a pre?conference to the main international biennial conference on co?ordination chemistry taking place in Oxford the following week. However, there were only about 100 delegates attending the APCC so this meant I had the opportunity to speak to the vast majority of them over the course of the three days. All of the speakers gave really interesting talks; I particularly enjoyed the plenary lecture given by Mark Thompson from the University of Southern California because he was one of the first people to really ignite interest in the area of iridium chemistry in the last decade or so and all of my research is based upon the archetypical complexes he synthesized in the early 2000s. Whilst listening to the talks and presenting my poster I was able to find out about all of the latest cutting?edge research in my field. I also made several useful contacts which will undoubtedly come in very useful after I finish my PhD because I hope to do a post?doc position elsewhere. Finally, I really enjoyed exploring Edinburgh and St Andrews in my free time and I would definitely recommend these places to anyone who hasn’t visited Edinburgh or St Andrews before. One morning before the summer school in Edinburgh I ran up Arthur’s Seat for a lovely view of the city. I also went for a nice run along the Fife coastal path in St Andrews in the evening as the sun was setting. The fish and chips in St Andrews are also worth a try!

Kleopatra Papa (Floreat Scholarship) I am currently in the first year of my PhD in Biosciences, studying the role of nuclear biomechanics in breast cancer metastasis. Having been an undergraduate in Hatfield for the past three years following Biomedical Sciences (2014?2017), I was not ready to give it up just yet! Thanks to the Floreat Scholarship by the Hatfield Trust I didn’t have to! During my final undergraduate year, I received the Philip Robson Cancer studentship by the JGW Patterson Foundation covering the

expenses of my PhD for years 2, 3 and 4. I always knew that I wanted to be a researcher but without the financial aid from Hatfield, my first year would have been very hard. My research focuses on nuclear biomechanics as a parameter to define cell metastasis. Since nuclei are the stiffest and bulkiest organelles in the cell, the properties of the nucleus can physically impede cell migration through restrictive spaces. Cell movement is an important feature both during physiological conditions and in cancer metastasis. Signal and force transmission as a response to stimuli is mediated through the mechanical tethering of the nucleoskeleton to the cytoskeleton through the LInker of the Nucleoskeleton and Cytoskeleton (LINC) complex. The quaternary structure and interactions of LINC complex components and LINC?associated proteins are a crucial determining factor of nuclear envelope architecture and cell stiffness, restricting cell migration through confinement. Additionally, deregulation of the LINC complex is found in a plethora of human diseases, including cancers. Ultimately, we aim to identify novel protein targets that regulate the higher order structure of LINC complex?based nuclear stiffening, and thus inhibit or reduce cancer cell migration. Targeting nuclear stiffness could be a potential therapeutic target for cancer metastasis or could perhaps be useful in cancer staging and treatment planning. By not having to take on a part?time job, the Floreat Scholarship has also enabled my involvement with non?PhD related activities. I am currently the co?Academic Officer for the Middle Common Room Executive Committee, organising events and workshops for both postgraduates and undergraduates. I believe that research should be communicated, not only at conferences, but at research fora, informal gatherings, over food and drinks. I think research should be made accessible and comprehensible to the wider public, and that the researcher should be open to discussion and healthy criticism. Additionally, I am currently the Higher Education Volleyball Officer (HEVO) and College Officer on the Executive Committee of Durham University Volleyball Club, responsible for making recreational volleyball more accessible to students, organising the intra?mural college volleyball league as well as introducing other aspects of the sport, such as sitting volleyball, to the local community. I am also the

Captain of the Women’s Volleyball Third Team. On Thursdays, I have been previously spotted enjoying a reel or two at Caledonian Society practices (highly recommended!). Overall, I am immensely grateful for this opportunity and feel extremely lucky to be involved in this community. I have grown to love Durham and Hatfield and I aspire to get even more involved with the College in the years to come.

Sophia Patel (Floreat Scholarship) I am currently studying for an MA in Museum and Artefact Studies in the Department of Archaeology. Having studied Anthropology and Archaeology at Durham for my undergraduate degree, I wished to continue my studies at a highly distinguished university and, of course, at the best college! My familiarity with the Archaeology department, the style of teaching and expertise of the staff encouraged me to further my studies in this stimulating environment. The flexibility of the course has allowed me to broaden my understanding on specific aspects I am particularly fascinated in, such as the conservation and care of museum collections. This Masters has enhanced the development of my analytical and independent research skills, which has allowed me to gain a critical understanding of contemporary debates and professional principles relating to museum and artefact studies. The course has been more challenging than I expected, however, it has prepared me for the constant pressures in this sector, along with both the theoretical and practical skills needed to pursue a career as a museum curator. The course has enabled me to improve my professional skills in the care, management and display of collections through curating an exhibition with five other masters’ students. We were given the theme of ‘Women in Archaeology,’ to tie in with 2018 marking the 100th anniversary of some women getting the vote. The exhibition explores the diverse achievements of women in archaeology and aims to challenge perceptions about what archaeology involves and who does

it. It will showcase the many different aspects of archaeology, including bone analysis, experimental archaeology, excavation and community archaeology, as well as women who shape history through their exceptional work. This year I am the student representative for the Masters course and on the Archaeology Board of Studies, which enabled me to ensure the students have a voice in raising areas for improvement to the course or expressing new ideas. Outside of academic interests, I volunteer in the Special Collections at Palace Green Library cataloguing and archiving David Brooksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; anthropological research, documenting content on their database. Being the College Warden at Shoichi and Etsuko Hall looking after first years at Hatfield, my experience being a postgraduate has allowed me to be a liaison point between the JCR and MCR and act as a role model for other students. The Floreat Scholarship has secured my financial situation and allowed me to stay in Durham to study a Masters. It has enabled me carry out museum placements with fewer financial worries. I encourage any Hatfielder wishing to stay in Durham for postgraduate studies to apply.

Pawel Rudnicki (Fiver Fund Award) On 25 November 2017, I took part in the first round of the maths competition organised by Imperial College. It was the first contest of this kind held across the UK. The competition (similar to the American Putnam competition) was open to undergraduates of all levels. The first part of the selection was done locally, organised by MathSocâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. In total, about 250 students from different British universities participated. Although the Mathematics Department in Durham arranged training sessions for its students preparing for the first round, the exam paper turned out to be still both challenging and interesting, with a mix of problems from various areas of mathematics. It was a great surprise combined with excitement and happiness when I found out that I qualified for the final round of the competition.

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In December, the Hatfield Trust kindly provided me with a grant from the Fiver Fund which enabled me to participate in the final in London. The competition was organised on 4 March 2018 at Imperial College. On the final day, 25 British undergraduate students took a test and encountered each other. The exam paper looked similar to the previous one. The only difference was that the problems were much harder, and the time limit was shortened from three hours in the first round to two hours in the final. We had to solve six problems and all the questions were from a wide range of mathematics. After the stressful two hours of constant problem?solving, all the participants were invited for some refreshments. It was a great time to socialise and make new friends, and, in particular, relax. The results were announced a few hours after the competition. It was a huge pleasure to find out that I achieved third place considering the level of difficulty of the exam and the fact that I am just a second year student. I am happy that I could proudly represent Durham University at the competition. The trip to London and the participation in the final round of this maths contest were an unforgettable experience. I would like to thank the Hatfield Trust for making it possible.

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Eleanor Robson (Fiver Fund Award) This January, DUBC’s winter training camp commenced in sunny Seville, on New Years Day 2018. I was lucky enough to join 60 other athletes, for a hugely successful 12 days of intense training, on a stretch of water that runs right through the middle of the city of Seville. For the men’s squad, this camp was aimed at selecting our top eight athletes to race at Men’s Head of the River (HoRR) in March. The first four days consisted of at least two seat racing sessions a day – this means getting down to the water for 8:00am, and boating in two coxed fours, that are raced line to stern.

Following every race, two athletes are swapped between the two fours, and the same race is run again. The men are not told how many seat races they are going to do, and so these sessions can get rather gruelling (one day we were out on the water for just over three hours!) Once the combination for the eight quickest athletes is selected for the first eight, the rest of camp is about building a strong unit and using the amazing conditions that Seville provided us with. The river in

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Seville is an ideal place for a camp of this format. Not only does it have no stream, meaning the seat racing is as fair as possible, but it provided us with a 10km stretch of water to build our units on. As a cox this camp allowed me to develop tremendously over 12 days. The intensity of the camp, and the sheer volume of coxing that we are able to do in a week really enables you to develop your boat feel and technique with your eight. By the end of the week I was able to pick up on much subtler and finer details in the boat, and in the athletes. Without the generosity of my college, I would not have been able to go on this camp, and develop as I have. Our success in Seville has been instrumental to our progress. It has been a hugely successful season all round, and now we turn our focus towards the summer, and Henley Royal Regatta.

Arya Thampuran (Floreat Scholarship) I am currently pursuing an MA in English Literary Studies, having graduated in 2017 with a BA in English Literature. I embarked on the MA as a stepping stone towards a future PhD; I intend to specialise in African trauma literature, researching in the field of medical humanities for my proposed interdisciplinary project, which focuses on cultural memory and the gaps in Eurocentric trauma models as an interpretive framework for collective colonial or cultural trauma. I was keen to pursue this MA in Durham because I enjoyed the research?led teaching at undergraduate level, which gave me the opportunity to truly delve into more esoteric areas of literary studies. This strand of the MA has offered the breadth and flexibility to engage with an eclectic variety of literature, and I have chosen to do modules on the short story genre, the contemporary American novel, and Victorian thing theory. These modules have given me fresh perspectives on intersectionality, race and space, which will be particularly useful for my proposed research.

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This research builds on my undergraduate dissertation, which centered on Chimamanda Adichie’s Nigerian fiction and paid particular attention to the way war and colonial trauma shape her narratives. While researching her work, I encountered studies on trauma theory applied to Adichie’s Biafran war novel, Half of a Yellow Sun, and found much of current trauma analysis lacking as an explanatory prism for doubly marginalised groups. This has, in turn, inspired my desire to pursue the subject as a PhD thesis, as the scope of such a project would be more fitting for greater theoretical engagement. This is a relatively under?researched field, and there is a conceptual void in intersectional analyses of postcolonial trauma. I hope to use my Master’s dissertation as a theoretical foundation for the PhD, looking at African cosmology and the role of the supernatural in constructing historical counter? narratives of slavery. This year, I also published the Durham English Review, an international undergraduate journal run annually by the English Department. As the editor of the Review in my final undergraduate year, I selected, edited and formatted high?quality submissions from undergraduates for publication, with the support of an editorial board who helped in the initial blind reviewing process. It was a challenging task to narrow down the selection from such a vast range of exceptional submissions. This process, whilst at times tricky to manage alongside my studies, was a greatly rewarding one; the opportunity to read across a wide range of literary fields opened my mind to the plethora of approaches to literary criticism, and reinforced just how much I appreciate the subject and Durham’s research?led teaching. It was indeed a relief to see a year’s worth of work come to fruition in the form of this publication, and I think it is a great opportunity for undergraduates to receive feedback for their work and recognition for outstanding literary research. Aside from academic commitments, I have also been serving on the Yoga and Pilates Society’s Executive Committee as the Secretary. This is a role I have held since my second year of undergraduate studies, and I was happy to continue with it this year. Yoga has been a big part of my life for many years, to help me relax amidst all the academic stress. Being on the Executive Committee has also given me the opportunity to participate in charity?based events like the university?

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wide Fairtrade bake and charity bake sales in the last three years. Just recently, we collaborated with Durham’s Pink Week to organise a Yoga and Cake event, with all proceeds from the class and bake sale going to the research charity Breast Cancer Now. It was definitely rewarding to be able to combine my love of baking with yoga for a good cause. The Floreat Fund Award has been a great help in purchasing secondary resources for my Master’s and PhD research, some of which are quite difficult to obtain. I am immensely grateful for the award, and have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Hatfield.

Andrew Tibbs (UK Bursary) The direction that a Roman fort faces is often presumed to face either the enemy or east, towards the rising sun. However, the forts of the northern frontiers of Roman Britain appear not to follow this advice, with many facing bodies of water (such as rivers or lochs). To date, there has been no serious research into the orientation of Roman forts, so my research aims to identify the direction of each fort in north England and Scotland (c. 150) and why they face that way by taking into account the topographical and geographical settings. By studying a frontier zone of the Roman Empire, it may be possible to discern a methodology for identifying potential sites of ‘lost’ forts, and the military and civil structures in the nearby vicinity of each site based on the local topography. I received funding from Hatfield to undertake fieldwork in the north of Scotland, near the site of the most northerly Roman fort in the world. I had previously undertaken some work on the site last year, and I came across a previously unrecorded site which may have been connected to the nearby Roman fort. The funding enabled me to return to the site, with a colleague and record the stone structure. Our conclusion was that the site was not Roman, and that the stones appear to have been deposited in the river, having been moved from another location.

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The fieldwork also enabled me to enhance the initial findings of my PhD research, and helped to strengthen my proposed methodology by identifying sites on the ground.

Church at Stracathro, on the site of the most northerly Roman fort in the world

The fieldwork helped towards making a substantial contribution to original research on Roman archaeology, but also facilitated further research into Roman activity in the far north of Scotland, an area which is rarely studied and understood.

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Hatfield Travel Awards Tom Anderson (Trust Award) LIV village is a place where children are being restored and nurtured with the goal of releasing them as stars to change South Africa, Africa and the world. There are an estimated 3.7 million orphaned children in South Africa. Through a holistic community with Jesus Christ at the centre, LIV village is working to provide for some of the most vulnerable of these children. On 29 June 2017 I set out on my journey, hoping to get a picture of how LIV village achieves success in providing for so many children. I was to spend a total of seven weeks in the village, which is home to almost 200 children. Going out there I had very little idea of what I would be doing. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know much about what it would look like. But I was ready for something special. I served in a variety of capacities whilst there, building chicken houses and setting up horse paddocks; running holiday clubs with sports, games and movies; regularly meeting with the running team to train; helping with kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; church, Promiseland, which is quite a major part of LIV church since the whole village is about raising and restoring children. Amidst these responsibilities, I had many opportunities to spend time simply playing with the kids, from basketball and playing music with the older boys to being a climbing frame for the younger ones. These were my favourite times. LIV village taught me how to care for people exceptionally well. It requires men and women to lay down their lives, prefer the needs of others and raise up a banner, championing people to be all that they were made to be. There were ample opportunities to exercise and practise leadership skills through construction projects and activities with kids. I found that the most significant times were when there wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t much structure,

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leading younger volunteers in how to live in a community, considering other people’s needs before your own and teaching kids to respect one another, through mutual celebration and insisting on sharing. To anyone looking to go on a big adventure, I would strongly encourage you to step out of the door. Book your flight. Decide. Too many times I have heard friends say “I would love to go to …” or “Wouldn’t … be amazing?”, without any action to try and make the experience a reality. As young people, there are so many opportunities available for us to travel or try something extraordinary. This is even more so as students of Durham University, with funding available from College and many societies running trips to other countries. I would also suggest, to anyone considering an adventure, that your time away will be much more profitable if you have a vision. What is it that you ultimately want to see, do, learn? I would give two practical pieces of advice for the adventurer. First, listen to people’s stories and second, learn some of their language; it will mean what you do is more relevant as you work from a better understanding. Also, what you say is better received, since you will be heard as one who is willing to hear. For me, I went to LIV village with the vision of being inspired and equipped to be involved in work caring for the unprivileged and meeting their biggest needs. I wanted to see how a loving family can be used to restore broken children to being whole.

Rupert Bates (Gant Award) Thanks to a generous grant from the Gant Fund, I spent much of the summer conducting independent geographical research in Burma. The task I set myself was to research planning regulation as a potential method of environmental protection and of encouraging economic development.

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My project took me to Bagan, the capital of the region between the 9th and 13th centuries. Bagan is an incredible place situated on the banks of the Irrawaddy and is known for its extraordinary landscape scattered with over 4000 temples, stupas, pagodas and monasteries. In response to increased tourism and associated infrastructure the authorities have brought in a system of zoning to protect the landscape. The zoning system segments the area into zones with different planning restrictions, for example a hotel zone, an archaeological zone, a monument zone and a protected zone.

Documenting the location of a rubbish dump by a Temple in Bagan

Getting to Bagan was an adventure in itself. The 380?mile rail journey from Yangon took a total of 36 hours as we crawled through flooded railway cuttings and passed landslides in the monsoon struck southern region â&#x20AC;&#x201C; at least unlike one of my later journeys, we remained on the rails! The journey was beautiful and interesting for it gave an insight into rural Burmese life, such as ploughing with oxen.

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On arrival in Bagan I decided that the best way to evaluate the success of the zoning was to map all the construction sites within the historical area so I set about hiring an electric motorbike. After rather a lot of wobbling around I soon got used to my bike. I attempted to systematically drive along every road and track in Bagan, stopping to take photographs of construction sites and to take coordinates using a GPS device. I spent a week bouncing along the unmarked dirt tracks often in 35oC heat searching the landscape for development. During the early stages of my research a correlation between the zones and the construction sites became apparent. Of the 19 hotels or guesthouses under construction none seemed to be outside the limits of the defined urban areas or hotel zones. The finding was later verified when on my return I was able to use ArcGIS software to accurately map construction sites in relation to the zone boundaries. As I explored the landscape I noticed that informal waste management was a significant pressure on the environment and was undermining the success of the zoning. Within the area I surveyed, I located a total of 121 informal rubbish dumps ranging in size from those used by just one household to those used by most of a village, most of which were situated in protected locations. My research showed that in the case of Bagan, zoning has been successful in protecting the environment from structural development though it would be much improved if it extended to waste management. I observed that in other regions of Burma, waste management schemes were being implemented so hopefully the litter problem will be solved in the near future. The opportunities for zoning as a management strategy appear numerous and I believe my project illustrated that its use should be extended. I am very grateful to Mr Gant, for his kind donation.

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Eddie Bentley (Trust Award) The Summer of 2017 took me to a new continent, three new countries and the most uninhabited places I have ever been. Over the course of five weeks, myself and three like?minded individuals undertook a journey through the sub?Saharan countries of Namibia, Zambia and Tanzania. The first three weeks of the trip were spent self?driving around Namibia, covering 4000km, including 600km of driving through the Namib desert. Etosha National Park, in the north of Namibia, gave us an opportunity to get up close with animals including elephants, zebras, giraffes, gazelle and lions. Originally, I hadn’t been particularly excited about seeing the animals, relative to my excitement for the landscape that Namibia had to offer. However, I can now say I was blown away by the sheer size and uniqueness of the animals and given how close we were able to get to the animals (within a few metres), it was an opportunity not to be missed. A self?drive safari was definitely the best way to do it, giving us the freedom to explore anywhere in the Park. We were lucky enough see all of these animals multiple times within a single day. Following on from the safari, we embarked on a 450?mile journey south to Sesriem, which is located at a central boundary of the Namib desert. We visited Deadvlei and Sossusvlei, ‘vlei’ translating as ‘marsh’. Deadvlei is a white clay expanse, scattered with tree skeletons which are believed to have died approximately 800 years ago, which have now been charred to a dark brown colour by the intense sun exposure. Deadvlei was the highlight of the trip for me, due to its mysterious nature and beauty. The next leg of our journey took us deep into the Namib desert, in the form of a six?day driving tour up the west coast of Namibia. Here, we encountered sand dunes hundreds of metres high, which got progressively higher throughout the tour. In addition to this, we were lucky enough to have the opportunity to visit the Eduard Bohlen shipwreck, a container ship wrecked in 1909 following heavy fogs along the inhospitable Skeleton coast. The coastline is scattered with

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shipwrecks including the Eduard Bohlen and Shawnee, which is where the very appropriate name (Skeleton coast) comes from. In addition to the shipwrecks, the coastline is scattered with animal skeletons, most commonly jackals that have perished due to the lack of food and the harsh conditions.

Dunes near Sassusvlei

After three weeks in Namibia, Victoria Falls just outside Livingstone, Zambia was the next stop on our tour. Typically, people visit the Falls from the Zimbabwean side so you can see them in full view, However on the Zambian side, you can actually swim in the Falls. Devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pool is a plunge pool located on the very edge of the Falls, which allows you to appreciate the aggressive nature of one of the seven Natural Wonders of the World. This was a breath taking experience and not for the faint? hearted. The final week of travelling was spent in Zanzibar, Tanzania which offered a whole new culture altogether. With plenty to offer from extensive food markets to spice farms, snorkelling and giant tortoises, it was an action?packed week.

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To conclude, the trip was certainly the most worthwhile piece of extended travel Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever undertaken. It was a truly educational and rewarding experience which I would do again without any hesitation. I am very grateful to the Hatfield Trust for making this experience possible.

Hannah Day (Trust Award) Over four weeks of summer, I travelled to India in order to expand upon my existing knowledge of the complex inter?weavings of religions and spirituality in the country. My dissertation idea at this point was already concerned with empathy and the importance of literature in conveying this. I intended to explore this further, reading widely around the traditions of Indian poetry and speaking in depth to the people we met along the way about their own views on this. One thing that stood out was that almost every young Indian I asked agreed on the same favourite novel; The Alchemist by Paul Cohello. An impulse led us to travel into Kashmir, drawn by the natural beauty and its relative lack of tourism and all that comes with the tourism industry in India. It was here that I finally decided upon the subject for my dissertation. We stayed in a homestay with a young man around our own age, Sabeel, who spoke passionately and in depth about the atrocities and injustices that he had grown up experiencing in the Kashmiri state. This led me to an interest in displacement and the plight of refugees, something very prevalent in Indian history, with Partition particularly a source of great upheaval. In our meeting of Sabeel and our stay with him, we learnt about the human, emotional side to these political events that were barely reported to us in the UK. I began to think more upon the importance of reclaiming personal, human, raw narratives from the cold statistics and broad sweeps of the media. During the month in India I saw, smelt, and ate such a wide spectrum of things so far removed from my own experiences in the UK.

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The travel award not only enabled me to explore an interest that led to my decision on a dissertation that I believe ambitious, challenging and interesting, but gave me the opportunity to travel further, see more and experience everything I set my heart on.

Rajinder Dhesi (Trust Award) Last summer alongside one other Hatfield Student, I embarked on a six?week trip to Kathmandu, Nepal to teach at the Hindu Vidyapeeth (HVP) school. I will always treasure this experience and the lifelong friends I have made. At the school, we taught English, Maths and Science. Teaching classes of up to thirty?five students who learnt English as a second language was sometimes challenging, but always highly entertaining. The students were incredibly hard?working, yet also incredibly funny â&#x20AC;&#x201C;

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there were times at which I had to stop myself from laughing too much whilst marking stories written by the class of 11 to 12?year olds to whom we taught English. In order to make our lessons informative, we planned imaginative activities such as group Maths competitions and Science experiments. Trying to keep control of 35 students in a laboratory containing an array of harmful chemicals was very memorable. We stayed alongside the 20 or so boarder pupils, who came from other parts of Nepal or as far away as Thailand. What amazed me was how each student seemed to have a talent aside from the academic. Outside of study time, students often devoted time to practising musical instruments and even engineering miniature helicopters out of card and a small motor system. One of the most joyous parts of the day was the prayer sessions, this was a time for both the boarders and volunteers to reflect upon the day. It also involved lots of singing and energetic dancing. Sometimes the students would ask us questions about our lives back home in a Q&A style session; one of the most difficult I was asked was what would be the first thing I would do if I was elected prime minister of the UK. The other best part of the day was each mealtime. Every meal was a feast of delicious dishes and the school’s cook always prepared huge amounts of food; saying no to more food was always difficult. The staff helped us so much with everything, in particular Vishnu Dangi, the school’s Principal, with whom we would often have very long discussions about current affairs, religion or life in general. He encouraged us to join in with his 5:30am yoga sessions. The students (and ex?students) were also incredibly kind and took their time to show us around Kathmandu on days off, this included historic temples and monasteries and gruelling hikes up the peaks enclosing the Kathmandu Valley. Another stand?out experience was spending four days alongside the five other volunteers working at the school from Oxford and Cambridge in Pokhara, a city 120 miles away from Kathmandu. A highlight of this was watching the sunrise over the Annapurna Range of the Himalayas, which includes some of the world’s tallest and most dangerous mountains to climb.

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Overall, the experience allowed me to learn more about the amazing culture of Nepal and to grow in confidence in public speaking, through the teaching experience. I am grateful to the Hatfield Trust, not only for providing me with funding to make this trip possible, but also for having a long?term relation with the HVP schools’ foundation meaning Hatfield students can participate in volunteering at schools in Nepal every year.

Hannah Dickinson (Trust Award) In November 2016, I applied to take part in one of DUCK’s many expeditions; later that term I found out I had been selected to go to Thailand in August. The expedition involved two weeks volunteering with elephants and two weeks at a wildlife sanctuary before a week of travel, but before that I had to raise the money and donation required for the trip. This was the most challenging part for me. One of my favourite fundraising events was when I went to a school that helps children with learning difficulties and disabilities. I held a short lesson where I explained where I was going and why the elephants needed help, and then held a competition where each student could decorate their own elephant drawing. I also raffled off a chocolate basket for the staff and asked parents for donations. This greatly helped me to build my confidence for the trip, and it was amazing to work with the children. As Easter Term ended and the trip grew closer and closer I began to feel more nervous about the fact that I really didn’t know any of the eight people I would be travelling with. I knew that they all also went to the university and that it was an all?girls group but we had only really seen each other in passing and at very short meetings; we had managed to do most of the organising for the trip through messages and emails. So, what else could I do but hope for the best, they wouldn’t have been chosen if they weren’t lovely people, right… As it turned out they were superb, but I still learnt that it is important to always be yourself and not worry if others do not get on with you. I know it’s not ideal if you do not get on but I believe it’s easier than

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pretending to be someone you are not. Everyone on the trip had their own reasons for being there and their own ideas of what they wanted to get out of it. Although this did mean that we clashed sometimes, clashes are bound to happen when eight different people are living, working and travelling together for five weeks. An average day at the elephant sanctuary consisted of getting up at 5:40am to start working at 6:30am. You had to feed the elephants breakfast before you could have your own. First you would meet your group and team leader for the day and find out which elephants you were working with (there were 18 at the sanctuary!) so that you could collect the correct baskets of fruit and take them in a cart to the relevant enclosures. For breakfast, elephants have banana balls, which are made from mashed up bananas, bran flour, and dried grass pellets. After hand feeding these to the elephants we would clean their enclosures of leftover food and poo, and then head to breakfast. Afterwards we would cut up the rest of their fruit (usually pineapples, watermelon and corn) and use about half of it to take the elephants for a walk around the sanctuary. This gives the elephants a chance to scratch their backs on trees and stretch their legs and trunks. We would also shower them because the elephants throw mud onto their backs with their trunks to use as sunblock. Showering them allows them to effectively reapply it. As well as more banana balls and cleaning up in the afternoon we would make enrichments for the elephants. Enrichments were great fun for us to make and a real challenge for the elephants. We used them to encourage natural behaviours such as foraging, breaking things and stretching. It was highly gratifying to see the elephants acting â&#x20AC;&#x153;wildâ&#x20AC;? in order to get to their food. Work in the wildlife sanctuary was very similar, early start, feeding and cleaning first. It would just depend on which animals you were working with what size you would chop the fruit. The sanctuary had all sorts of animals from bears and monkeys to rabbits, pigs and even a three?legged cow. These animals were often freed from the tourism industry, being used as photo props or made to dance, or they were being sold as pets. There were also many animals which were rescued from temples; these animals were mistreated simply because the monks

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at the temples are unable to feed them properly. They are not allowed to buy food, so the animals living in the temples can only be feed using what is donated to the monks; this is often rice and sweet foods, not the ideal diet for a bear.

It was deeply saddening to see wild and potentially dangerous animals wanting to be touched by humans. There was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;hands off policyâ&#x20AC;? at the wildlife sanctuary to encourage the wild animals to see us as dangerous. Humans are not something they should be interacting with.

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One of the saddest stories for me was the slow lorises. They have a poisonous gland in their armpit containing a toxin which they have to lick to activate. They then bite predators as a deterrent, but many slow lorises, which are often sold as pets, have their sharpest teeth removed, so they cannot bite. This means that their food has to be chopped into small pieces and their natural behaviours are difficult to bring out. We even saw a slow loris being used as a photo prop during our travel week which was terrifying and heart breaking since we had been working so hard to help them. Overall the experience was absolutely amazing. I learnt so much about the dangerous situation that many species in Thailand are in and the suffering that many elephants and other wild animals go through as part of the tourism industry. I had never done a volunteering expedition before but it was truly heart?warming to see your hard work paying off. If anybody is planning on going on a trip like this, by yourself or through an organisation like DUCK, I would highly recommend it. You learn a lot about yourself and the way you handle situations. I believe it is a great opportunity to truly become in tune with yourself and the way that you see the world; whilst simultaneously exposing you to different cultures and values.

George Goddard (Trust Award) Durham University has a fine reputation in the world of debating, and so it was a pleasure to represent them, and specifically Hatfield on the international stage. Each year there are two major tournaments for European teams: the World University Debating Championships (WUDC) and the European University Debating Championships (EUDC) and Tallinn represented my third successive tournament following Warsaw EUDC and Dutch WUDC. Since commencing my time at Hatfield, Durham has twice had teams rank in the top 10 in the world, reaching the quarter finals on both occasions, whilst two separate teams reach the world octofinals. Even

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more incredibly, Durham achieved a top 10 in the World speaker, on top of teams ranking 1st and 6th at Warsaw EUDC. This not only shows the level of competition on offer within Durham to make a place within the squad, but also how unbelievably proud I am to have been a member of the larger team on those occasions. For Tallinn, I acted as a judge for the tournament; deciding what rank teams are placed in the debate, a skill, which itself is judged (confusing I know!). The competition itself lasts a week, with three debates per day for the first three days, before the top speaking teams and judges progress to the knock?out rounds. During these debates, teams have to argue, sometimes against personal opinion, on issues varying from the WTO to female?only tech companies to lethal autonomous robots, whilst judges must make sure that they enter the debate with a completely unbiased mindset. Although I personally endured a disappointing competition, where I performed below my usual level and so did not progress, the experience was a very useful one nonetheless. Throughout any debate, one can learn a number of new fascinating facts that are beneficial about oneself; however the most important aspect was my own personal development. In one respect, though I have been debating for a short while, I am still improving, so to be around world class debaters in this environment has been very useful for my development in the world of debating. Moreover debating provides many transferable skills, like quick thinking, and analytical nous, which without the help of the Hatfield travel award to fund my flights, I would have missed out on. Furthermore, debating is a very sociable activity, which forces you to engage fully with sometimes complete strangers of varying nationalities. As such, it provides an excellent opportunity to be more comfortable around fresh faces, whilst enabling a deeper understanding of many peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s different cultures ? something that the world certainly needs more of these days. For people partaking in the future, I would strongly advise that they fully throw themselves into it. The whole experience is far more enjoyable when you enable yourself to make new friends. I would especially advise others to make friends with people outside of their

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normal circuit, as they can often be far more relaxing and help take your mind off whatever a stressful day you may well have had. Most of all, enjoy the experience ? these kind of events are very rare, and I would push you to find anything quite like it which manages to have both such a great positive impact on personal development as well as being such a sociable environment.

Daisy Gould (Trust Award) Over the summer I was lucky enough to travel to New Zealand for two months. The main reason for this trip was to carry out a six?week independent mapping project in Alexandra, Central Otago. This exercise is a major component of the third year dissertation for geology students. I used my Hatfield travel bursary to help fund travel and activities throughout my stay in New Zealand. It took three separate flights to get to Christchurch and then a further eight?hour bus journey to get to Alexandra, which was to be my home between July and September while undertaking my project. The task of mapping ten square kilometres felt very daunting as I set out on my first few excursions, but soon I settled into a routine in the unfamiliar, beautiful, sometimes topographically challenging country and managed to work through the challenges of the area as well as explore the small town. Never in my life have I done so many consecutive days of walking over such long distances. There were also endless hills to contend with, some without paths and others with such extensive overgrowth that I had to fight my way through thorn bushes in order to reach certain localities. It was definitely a learning curve in both my geological education as well as in the development of my planning skills and ability to make hard decisions. This trip gave me a great opportunity to learn about the rocks and features of a vastly geologically different place to the areas I have studied in the British Isles. This difference is mainly due to the geologically young age of New Zealand relative to England, plus the fact that New Zealand is tectonically active, making it a dynamic and thoroughly fascinating country to study geology in. The particular area in which I was collecting data and mapping was dominated by a metamorphic rock

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known as schist. There were also a number of hard to identify faults, linked to the larger scale tectonic features found in Central Otago, which made mapping some areas rather difficult as many of them did not outcrop and had to be identified by looking at the topography. I felt an overwhelming sense of achievement on my final day of fieldwork, especially when completing that evening’s work and looking at my completed field slips and notebook. To celebrate the completion of my project I went to Queenstown to spend a few days surrounded by mountains and appreciating some new scenery. Here I took part in a ziplining ‘ecotour’, which was both exhilarating and provided unique yet stunning views of Lake Wakatipu and the mountains beyond. After returning to Alexandra for a few more days I then took another exhaustingly long bus journey back to Christchurch to meet up with my parents. I was anticipating two weeks stuffed with journeys and amazing adventures but I was little prepared for the bombardment of amazing sights and the sheer amount of experiences that New Zealand has to offer. We started our journey by visiting Akaroa, a small town with charming French influences that turned out to be very quiet over the winter. It is situated on the Banks Peninsula, which is an ancient volcano that has been joined to the mainland by extensive sedimentation (of course I took particular interest in its geological history). From here we travelled north to Kaikoura, which proved a long and hard drive as the main route was still closed due to damage caused by the recent earthquakes. Here we had intended to go out whale watching, but harsh conditions out to sea prevented our excursion from occurring. Our travels on South Island were short and, following the arduous journey back to Christchurch from Kaikoura, we caught a flight to Auckland on North Island. From here we had yet another long trip to our next destination: Coromandel Town. This place is by far one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. We experienced the Kauri forests through long walks and by riding the Driving Creek Railway, an attraction in the area that I happily stumbled across while researching the area for things to do. It provided a peculiar way to present the history of Coromandel Town and was like nothing I had done before.

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Rotorua was our next destination, but on the way there we visited the Hobbiton Movie set in Matamata, which is something I have wanted to do for so long. To be in and recognise such a place from a film series I enjoy so much was really the highlight of my trip. Even if you have not watched the films or read the books this place is definitely one to visit if you come to New Zealand, the attention to detail is stunning and the knowledgeable guides provide great behind the scenes information and amusing anecdotes. After leaving this amazing place we carried on to Rotorua. The thing to know about this place is that it really smells. Rotorua is known for its geothermal activity, including mud pools and geysers, however, this causes it to have a constant sulphurous smell that you cannot seem to escape from. After Rotorua we went to Taupo, with a quick dip in the Kaikite Valley thermal baths along the way. Taupo was definitely my favourite town that we visited, but I almost wished we had gone in summer, when all the water sporting activities would have been available and the town would have really come alive. We visited the Haka Falls, the Craters of the Moon geothermal park and the Lava Glass gallery, where we got to watch and learn about glass blowing. (I am very glad my parents dragged me along to this as it is not something I would have considered doing otherwise, but it turned out to be very interesting). We returned to Auckland following three days in Taupo. My parents had limited time in the city, but together we got to experience the Civic Theatre as we went to watch Matilda. The performance was very funny and the interior of the theatre was a spectacle in itself. We also went up the sky tower, which was terrifying and wonderful at the same time. I returned there that evening once my parents had left for the airport to see the city all lit up. My final few days in New Zealand were spent wandering around Auckland and visiting as much of it as possible, including getting the ferry across to Devonport where I took full advantage of Mount Victoria to get some great views of the Auckland city skyline. I was very upset to leave New Zealand and come back to England, I definitely needed another two months to do everything I wanted to. For those thinking of travelling there do lots of research beforehand and be decisive about the things you want to do. Planning is key, leave

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time spare just in case you cannot do something on a certain day (I wish we had done this in Kaikoura as an extra day could have allowed us to go whale watching). Food is generally quite expensive there, so be prepared to hunt around for bargains. I recommend travelling to some of the less touristy places as well as the main towns and cities as you can stumble across amazing sights and quiet walking trails. Doing this also allows you to learn lots more about this enthralling country. Although there is a lot to do in New Zealand in the summer I also recommend visiting in off?season as we did because the lack of tourists provides a wonderful serenity in which you can fully enjoy the sights (it also means you are more likely to get free hotel upgrades as we did on several occasions throughout our trip). It is safe to say that I will be returning to New Zealand as soon as possible, there is so much more to be experienced and learned from this place.

Helen Griffiths (Trust Award) The five weeks I spent in Cambodia during July and August constituted possibly the best experience of my life. My time was spent with 11 other students in three locations across Cambodia; volunteering and exploring the country during our time off work. The first three and a half weeks were spent in the bustling city of Siem Reap where we undertook a toilet?building project in a small and extremely poor local village. This involved digging a two?metre deep hole in the burning sun, mixing cement by hand and learning how to build walls â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this was both physically and mentally challenging, but thoroughly rewarding when completed. This project taught me the importance of maintaining a positive attitude when faced with a challenge; especially when you consider the wider challenges that Cambodian people living in poverty struggle with on a day?to?day basis. Our afternoons in Siem Reap were spent teaching English in a local free?school. The energy and excitement that the children had for our lessons really highlighted their appreciation for the time we had given up to help them. Although communication was often difficult as the children spoke basic English (and we spoke almost no Khmer), we still managed to form a special connection with the children over the weeks and it was difficult to say goodbye.

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After working long and hard days during the week, weekends were spent either relaxing by the pool or going on excursions as a group in the surrounding area. Particular highlights of mine included the trip to Angkor Wat, a boat trip through the floating village on Tonle Sap Lake and swimming under the waterfall in Kulen National Park. From Siem Reap we travelled to Phnom Penh and stayed there overnight before travelling on to Sihanoukville the following morning. We then spent four days volunteering at Sakura School where our work included painting the school buildings and teaching lessons about climate change to the students there. When we had finished working, we were able to spend time as a group relaxing on the beach, fishing and visiting the beautiful island of Koh Rong Samloen. Sihanoukville was hugely different to the busy city life of Siem Reap and afforded me insight into the differences in Cambodian culture across different regions. Our final two days were spent back in Phnom Penh visiting the killing fields and the museum of S?21 (Security Prison 21) learning about the harrowing regime of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. I was incredibly moved by Cambodiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traumatic past and I gained further admiration of the strength of the Cambodian people. Both museums are an essential part of any trip to Cambodia and I could not recommend a visit more highly. I had an incredible time in Cambodia learning about its fascinating culture, getting to know the local people and making a positive contribution in local communities. I was also lucky enough to visit some of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most beautiful landmarks, whilst making life?long friends along the way. The trip pushed me completely out of my comfort?zone, but I am a more mature and independent person for it. I strongly advise other students to undertake similar excursions and I hope to do more volunteering in the future.

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Thea Hatfield, Chloe Hawes, Hayley Lund and Olivia Reid (Trust Award) Thea Hatfield: My time spent in Vietnam and Cambodia was eye opening and rewarding in many ways and I would like to share a few of my highlights. As I met the other girls in Vietnam, I was faced with the challenge of travelling alone from the offset and after a nine?hour stopover in Dubai airport I was most certainly sick of my own company and happy to see their familiar faces! We really wanted to understand the sad histories of the countries and found visiting museums such as the S?21 Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh and the Vietnam War museum in Ho Chi Minh overwhelmingly sad. It was also somewhat fascinating as these relatively recent events barely featured in western education despite their significance to global politics and relations today. The sheer differences in landscape both rural and urban were also overwhelming as we saw on one of my favourite excursions of the trip: visiting a ‘floating village’ about an hour’s drive out of Siem Reap. We took a long boat down the river and passed hundreds of buildings constructed on bamboo stilts. Everything from schools to restaurants to homes were built in the same way; one lady had even started a shop from her boat and sold us beers and snacks to enjoy whilst watching the sunset. We saw people fishing, children playing and swimming and others relaxing on their elevated porches. This completely different way of life was captivating and left me to reflect on the breadth and variance of culture across the world, which is easy to forget when living in a capitalist globalised state. With aspirations in micro finance, sustainable business and NGO work this trip left me inspired and thinking about effective programmes and interventions that would be appreciated, worthwhile and relevant. I would definitely love to return and if I were to offer any words of advice for anyone planning a similar trip I would say to stay flexible and do not plan too much! It is good to have a brief idea of what you would like to see and where but for us, some of the best days were unplanned and organic. Chloe Hawes: In the earlier part of our trip, we travelled to Phong Nha?Ke Bang National Park to explore the UNESCO world heritage site based here. The Park itself contains the oldest karst mountains in

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Hayley Lund: For me, the most educational element of our trip to Asia was our time in Phnom Penh, due to the atrocities that occurred there. What stood out for me in particular was our visit to the S?21 Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. Despite being a history student, my understanding of the Khmer Rouge regime was extremely limited, thus this museum was a true eye?opener. To this day I still remember the account of Rob Hamill delivering his testimony in court in 2009, seeking justice for his brother Kerry. Kerry, born in New Zealand, was imprisoned and killed by members of the Khmer Rouge in 1978, after straying into Cambodian water. This poignant account helped me attempt to comprehend the suffering that occurred in the prison and made me reflect on how blessed I am personally. In terms of giving advice to someone considering embarking on a trip around Asia, I would advise them of three things. First of all to plan their route through the country of choice carefully, taking time to visit places that aren’t your typical tourist destinations. Day trips however can be spontaneous and sometimes using local recommendations allowed us to explore sites that were far more undiscovered. Secondly, to research the cultures and histories of the places you are visiting. Both Vietnam and Cambodia take pride in their heritage and to fully understand and appreciate their uniqueness, a certain degree of awareness is crucial. And, finally, to push yourself to try new things. Travelling is a great way to meet likeminded people; things like staying in hostel rooms can be a great way to meet people you would not otherwise meet. It is a way to make memories with people from around the globe. Olivia Reid:: During our time in Vietnam we were very lucky to take part in a home stay in the Mai Chau Province. On the first day we took a bicycle tour around the picturesque region and learnt the local trade of silk scarf?making. We spent the night sleeping in a bamboo–style family home on floor mats, having sampled traditional dishes the hosts had created for us. The next morning we stopped off at a bamboo factory where chopsticks were made – these types of chopsticks are no longer often used around the world, but bamboo remains of huge value to the Vietnamese community and particularly to Mai Chau, (above all as a profitable commodity). A six?hour hike was the highlight of the trip. Our guide thought it would be hilarious for us to trek barefoot through the rice paddy fields;

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it was certainly a shock to find a dead snake floating around given the swamp?like water was up to our knees and we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see what was beneath our toes! It was humbling to walk through the village and be able to interact with local children curious to see such strangers. Mai Chau itself is largely remote and westerners are not a common sight. It was a reminder that community and family were integral to the happiness of the people we were lucky enough to meet. I thoroughly enjoyed this once?in?a?lifetime experience. It was amazing to learn so much about such a rich culture that I had known so little about.

Lily Hollings (Trust Award) Last summer, I decided that I wanted to find out what it is like to entirely submerge myself in a country whose language I did not speak and even if I knew some words I could not read them, as well as a place which is entirely opposite of Western culture. This lead me to volunteering in China. I was assigned to the Guangxi Province, in a tiny little village called Chao Yang near Yangshuo â&#x20AC;&#x201C; there was no sign of tourists anywhere. I was teaching English to children from the ages of 8 to 14, with a great range of abilities. Some children could have clear and literate conversations with me and express how much they loved Mao, and others could barely answer how old they were. Now, teaching English is hard enough but to a group of 12 students that can just about tell me they are from China and what their name is was beyond challenging. Not only did my creativity and intuition abilities have to massively increase, but my stamina and patience were tested at great lengths too. I found myself endlessly working on new lesson plans and ideas to help the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s understanding, on top of the six hours I was teaching a day. Meanwhile, I was attempting to teach myself Mandarin in order to be able to converse somewhat with the children who were clearly struggling with the fact they did not understand a word of what I was teaching them. On top of this we had to deal with the fact that our classes changed every week and we got told of our new class and their

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ability at 2:00am on Sundays, in order for lessons to start at 9:00am on Monday morning. Then, combining this with 96% humidity and rice for every single meal really pushed me further than I have ever felt before. I quickly had to adapt to the language barrier and this new way of living; there were other English volunteers, but even buying water from the shop was a new challenge. I soon had tried all the different food China had to offer including chicken head, snake and pigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feet. My Mandarin slowly improved, and soon enough the children appeared as if they were finally learning something from me. The endurance needed for those two months in China was massive, and my tiredness levels and enthusiasm were definitely affected. But after settling in, and especially now that I am in a position to look back at my time there, it was one of the most humbling and interesting experiences I have ever had. I was able to travel parts of China after my volunteering which was also very useful to improve my understanding of Chinese culture. I was volunteering in a tiny village in the countryside of China which was extremely different to Sanya, Shanghai and Beijing. Travelling to Sanya, known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chinese Hawaiiâ&#x20AC;? was definitely a shock to the life I had become used to in China. There were palm trees, high?rise buildings, white sandy beaches and a much more free?spirited population. This may have been due to the fact they were separate from mainland China but the animosity most Chinese people had to the outside world did not seem to exist here. Knowledge of what actually happened in China in the past century had increased and a lot of the population seemed to love America, a viewpoint definitely not shared in mainland China. I discovered, when asking people who were comfortable discussing the topic of Chinese history, that there was no knowledge of the situation in Tibet, the student protests in Tiananmen Square or the millions of people killed because of Mao. Whereas in Sanya this knowledge seemed more common. Moving onto Shanghai and Beijing I was now met with the serious levels of pollution that China suffers from. Seeing the parallels of inequality in Shanghai was interesting, how on one road there were shops such as Rolex, Cartier etc, and on other there were homeless people and barricaded shops in darkness. This made me realise that

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despite the great progress China is making, it is leaving the majority of its population behind in order to experience the growth it requires to become a leader in the World Economy.

Overall, my cultural appreciation has improved greatly and although it was one of the hardest times to adjust to, this has developed me as a person more than I could have imagined. I would recommend anyone to travel outside of their comfort zone and say ‘yes’ to whatever opportunity comes your way – whether this is eating something, visiting somewhere or talking to someone new – it is massively worthwhile!

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Katherine Hough (Trust Award) I think it is fair to say that before embarking upon my Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) placement with Raleigh International Citizen Service (ICS) in Nicaragua, I was rather oblivious as to what I was taking on. I had chosen to do ICS to challenge myself and do more with my summer than eating crisps. It presented the opportunity to travel to the other side of the world and test myself in circumstances I had never encountered before; culturally, physically in terms of climate, and the daunting duration of the project. I was also highly intrigued by Nicaragua as the fourth most affected nation by climate change in the world, and sought to witness and experience the exact impact of this on the everyday lives of its inhabitants, and indeed how we could try to alleviate these stresses. A further aspect of the ICS programme I was particularly interested in was that we would be living with a host family for 10 weeks; dunking us in the deep end with full cultural immersion into the Nicaraguan way of life. It is not often that you can truly integrate into the society of a country other than that which you live in; the chance to do more than just more than dip your toes in, and go for a rather prolonged paddle. Without meaning to be cheesier than a block of mature cheddar, I cannot express how grateful and lucky I feel to have participated in the ICS programme. It was one of the most difficult things I have ever done but also one of the most eye?opening. It challenged our perspectives and perceptions of what matters, both to us and in the grander scheme of everything if that is suitably scalar. Bracingly cold bucket showers, much rice, many beans and terrific tortillas. A life entirely different to that in the UK, but one from which I have learnt so much and carried it through into my â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;civilianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; life once more. Having returned to the UK, I feel like a woman reborn. Joking aside, being pushed to my mental and physical limits has made me feel much more able to take life in my stride, not to panic or stress over silly things and to just enjoy the simple things, such as ham sandwiches. Sitting writing this, the ICS Nicaragua experience feels almost surreal. I still cannot quite believe it all actually happened and was not just a highly detailed, rather long dream after eating too much cheese before bed. A world apart, taken into the homes and hearts of complete

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strangers, who became our families. Before the project I spoke nearly no Spanish, yet by the time we left the community I could hold a coherent conversation and upon returning to the UK found it entirely disconcerting speaking English once more. Every day was the chance to learn and to experience something new, the opportunity to develop and to push yourself to help the community.

In terms of our impact upon the community, our primary task was to conduct baseline surveys to investigate what the people needed us to do, and indeed we found the greatest issue facing the community to be that of waste disposal. Before the project families relied on the tried and tested methods of burn and bury. The burying method in particular was found to be an issue when during latrine construction we spaded upon familiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; long lost crisp packets. Whilst providing a fascinating insight into changing snack packet design, this showed the level of damage these disposal practices were wreaking on the environment. So it became our goal to change both attitudes and practices toward waste disposal in our community. With the help of

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local entrepreneurs we constructed a rubbish collection point and set up a bin bag collection service. We also built a network of bamboo bins around the community so avid snackers could dispose of their litter en? route. Towards the latter stages we also undertook awareness raising exercises at the local school and on a house?to?house basis to show local people how to and indeed why they should use the collection service. By our departure, there was a visible difference in the community, and it felt very special to be a part of a project that would continue to help people for years to come, on the opposite side of the globe. An experience I could never forget.

Jake James?Falconer (Trust Award) On 22 June 2017 I flew out to Ecuador. This was my first time in another continent on my own, and a daunting new experience. For the first year of university I struggled to engage with my community and make new friends, I have always been lacking in confidence. I heard about an opportunity to travel to Ecuador with VESA to volunteer in a local community and explore the surrounding area. VESA is a company that organises volunteering opportunities for students at university across the country and globe. The programme I was on meant I would be interacting with people I had never met before from different universities. This was scary as a prospect, but throwing myself out of my comfort zone ended up being the best thing for me. I integrated really well with the fellow volunteers, and made fantastic new friends! This really helped me to improve my confidence. The program was split into two parts, one week volunteering and one week excursions. I arrived in Ecuador a couple days early and spent time in a hostel in Quito. The most rewarding part of this was that it was just me having to organise myself in a foreign country. I met other travellers at the hostel I stayed at, and heard a lot of great stories! It definitely made me eager to travel more. The city of Quito was wonderful. After those days I met up with the main volunteer group and we took a bus to the village of Missahualli.

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The first week started, and I had to wake up early to take a canoe from Missahualli to a village called Tuyano. This village was very different. They had no electricity, and not many facilities, and many families had no toilets. Our mission was to build toilets from scratch for the families as well as provide educational support for the children. The toilet? building involved digging holes, laying girders and manually mixing cement. It was basic, but tiring and exceedingly rewarding. I spent most of my week with one family and a few other volunteers, building their toilet. I did not know much Spanish and they did not know much English, but we still connected. There was a massive sense of pride once the toilet was completed; it felt good to do something for them and they were incredibly grateful. They grew all their own food and offered us some fresh fruit from their garden. For me, it really put into perspective all the things I take for granted back at home. On our final day the community put on a show for us. The kids dressed up, they cooked food for us served in palm leaves, and we all had a great time. This trip was also interesting for me because I accidentally lost my phone quite early on. I was devastated! How would I keep in contact with the outside world? Although I was sad I had lost pictures and would not be able to take any new ones, this ended up being a blessing in disguise. It meant I was fully immersed in this different culture and way of life. I have been to other countries before, but never a third world country, in a very rural area. This made me appreciate that you do not need material possessions to make you happy. Although I had little material goods to keep me entertained, I ended up feeling much more at peace. I was not stressed, I was just happy and relaxed. I had never properly understood this before, but now I do. I had a great time socialising with the locals too, albeit my Spanish skills were very poor. This also gave me a massive appreciation for learning another language, and it is now something I really want to do! There is definitely a difference between talking to someone in your native tongue, and talking to someone in theirs. I felt envious of the few volunteers who could speak Spanish.

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During the week we also had the incredible opportunity to engage on VESA organised activities. We visited a waterfall, and went white water rafting! These activities really helped the group to come together, and provided a fun way for us to wind down after a hard day of volunteering. The second week involved travelling through the rainforest and learning more about some of the local communities and cultures. We trekked through the Amazon rainforest for a day, escorted by a local tour guide, and came face to face with some exotic rainforest wildlife such as scorpion spiders. This was a lot of fun, though I found I actually enjoyed the volunteer week more. It felt amazing to give something to someone else, and without typical first world entertainment building those toilets gave you something to do and gave you a sense of purpose. I really enjoyed the volunteer work and would be eager to get out there and do it again. Overall this experience opened my eyes to a different way of life, and helped me to step outside my comfort zone. I definitely feel like I have grown as a person, and I would highly recommend such an experience to anyone who is considering it. I truly believe it has broadened my mind.

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Hannah Janmohamed (Trust Award) Although people often talk about university opening your horizons, I could never have envisaged the opportunities that I have had since arriving at Durham. Filling up part of a fifteen?week summer with exotic travels is an opportunity that few are fortunate enough to receive but this year I was privileged enough to be granted money from the Hatfield Trust to put toward a trip to Asia, touring Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand over the course of six weeks. Although I could write in depth about each and every place that I visited, I have decided to touch on those which to me were the most significant in terms of my personal development and experiencing culture. Having never been to Asia before, nothing had prepared me for the array of eye?opening experiences which took place within the first few days of the trip. Even driving from the airport to my first hostel I could tell that the country would be like nothing I had ever experienced before. Despite at first being overwhelmed by the relentless traffic (and finding it difficult to even cross the road!), I soon acclimatised to the city and set about exploring. On the streets, vendors aggressively hassled passers?by in an attempt to sell their goods, sometimes making even a short journey through the city a challenge. Despite the distinct tourist areas there were very few shops touched by western culture. Being thrown into such a different environment really expanded my horizons. Perhaps one of my highlights of the trip was a trek in Sa Pa, Northern Vietnam, through the rice paddies where I stayed with local families in their homes. During the day we would hike for a few hours through mud and uneven terrain and in the evenings we would talk to the families we were staying with and learn about their ways of living. What struck me above all was their immense kindness and hospitality. Despite normally only eating meat for special occasions, whenever they had guests they would prepare a feast in order to welcome them. We stayed in what would seem like basic accommodation? a concrete room with a sleeping bag and a mosquito net, yet that was far nicer than the rooms that the families themselves would stay in (often sleeping 7/8 to a small wooden shack). All the food they ate was grown themselves, from

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bamboo shoots to lychees and of course the rice from the paddies. This self?sustained lifestyle helped to create a real sense of community and unlike the increasing anonymity in western culture, all of the local families helped each other out and welcomed each other. By contrast, a more upsetting experience for me was witnessing the number of people with disabilities and deformities born in the villages. Although at first we did not realise, it later became evident that this was a visible consequence of the chemical attacks by the Americans in the Vietnam War; still to this day children are being born with deformities due to the lasting chemicals in water supplies and food. On the other hand, the women in the villages were normally forced into arranged marriages, with little or no choice as to whom they married. Our guide Ban told the modern â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Romeo and Julietâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; story of a boy from her village who poisoned himself with berries because his parents would not allow him to marry a girl with whom he was in love. The education and career opportunities were also few; many of the villagers have never left Sa Pa: the majority simply work in the fields for the rest of their lives. It was sobering to see how some people have very little freedom in their life choices. Despite the strenuous walking, my visit to Sa Pa was one of the most awakening experiences of my life and one that I will never forget. It is impossible to sum up the experience as each day was so diverse and so vivid â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from the pagodas and citadels in Hue (Eastern Vietnam) to the great temples near Siem Reap (Cambodia), there was never a site that failed to impress. One of the most distressing experiences was visiting S?21, a prison set up during the reign of the Khmer Rouge under Cambodian dictator Pol Pot, and seeing the atrocities and war crimes committed there. That the Western world had such little knowledge of what went on made the history behind the museum all the more shocking. There were also incredible nature expeditions such as Bach Ma National Park (Vietnam) or Kuang Si Falls (Laos). If I could give any advice to somebody embarking on such a journey it would be to not waste a minute. Asia has so much to offer and such an abundance of experiences that you have to make every moment and embrace even the things that are out of your comfort zone.

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I feel extremely grateful to have tasted the vibrant culture of Asia and had such an array of memories on the trip. The Hatfield Trust making a significant contribution to the trip made it much more achievable and I am very appreciative for their help.

Eloise Judd & Anna Osborne (Gant Award) First and foremost, we would like to thank Mr Gant for the funding we received in order to complete this incredible trip. With a passion for international development and a desire to make a real difference to lives, we initially planned to travel to Kenya in pursuit of a community development project. However, plans were changed for reasons outside of our control, including price fluctuations to key elements of the journey, and crime, conflict and terrorism threats. We regret that we were unable to travel to Kenya, however we were instead able to make an incredibly positive impact in Surin, Thailand, through a voluntary teaching project. Upon arrival at Bangkok airport, we met a group of volunteers, all travelling to Surin for various projects, such as teaching, day care and community development. After a short amount of time in Bangkok, experiencing the sights, smells and lifestyle of the city, we travelled to Surin, a place of great contrast. The journey took seven hours and a great disparity of wealth was visible from the window of the bus as we travelled across the country: the tall buildings of Bangkokâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business sector were quickly transformed into small huts and street vendors. Upon arrival, the team of volunteers were given a short briefing on the surrounding area and the lifestyles of the locals within it. We would begin teaching at Kunsang School on the Monday. That night, we explored the area, taking in the sights and smells of the street vendors and even an elephant walking down the street. The way of life and sources of income in Surin were, as expected, very different to both Bangkok and England.

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We spent two incredible weeks teaching English at a school in one of the most rural areas of Surin, Thailand’s poorest province. We were met with an itinerary for the two weeks, with classes ranging from groups of 10 to 25, and between the age range of four and 12. The Kunsang School was colourful and vibrant, from the creative work on the walls to the laughter and smiles of the children. The school is a wooden balcony style structure, with open windows and doorways to allow for cooling in the hot climate. Within the school grounds was a small temple and many beautiful Buddhist artefacts. The school was one of very few that were free of charge, with the only expense being varying versions of a subsidised school uniform. Many of the children were from households with little to no disposable income, and many walked great distances to attend classes. The impact of this was particularly seen on a day of heavy rain, when only 10 children out of over 100 students were able to access the school due to unsuitable dirt track conditions for those travelling both on foot and by bike. One of the initial obstacles we had to overcome was the language barrier. This was a particular problem with the youngest class of children, aged four to five, as they had little to no English skills, and we knew very little Thai. This problem was innovatively addressed through drawings as the primary form of communication – animals, shapes, body parts and everyday objects were drawn that are evidently universally recognisable. This was a successful solution as it engaged the children further in their learning, as we found that thrived on the creative aspect, and brought a smile to their faces as they watched us struggle to draw fruit we had only recently encountered – durians. While at the school, we spent free time crafting resources for the children based on this knowledge of their positive engagement with arts and crafts. Small hand?crafted books were made to teach them about numbers, letters, animals and shapes. Posters were also made with bright colours and a Thai translation of the fruit or vegetable name beside it. We received a very positive reaction from the children when these were put to use or hung on the walls.

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One of the highlights of our experience was experiencing unprompted recall of a question and answer activity we had taught two days before: a group of children approached us, asking “teacher, what do you want to be when you are older?”. Upon redirecting the question to them, they showed clear understanding and provided answers such as “a teacher”, “a doctor”, and even“an astronaut”! The children each showed a passion for learning and a genuine inspiration for their chosen future career.

It was an honour to meet such inspiring children, teachers and community members in Surin. We hope each child achieves their aspirations and that the Kunsang School continues to thrive. We left the project with a true sense of happiness. We were proud of the progress the children had made with their English skills, which we learnt is essential for future development and progress. Furthermore, we were able to acquire great communication skills and encounter experiences we would otherwise had never known possible. We would once again like to thank Mr Gant for the award, which has put a smile on over one?hundred faces.

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Sabrina Ki (Trust Award) In June 2017, I travelled to Vienna, Austria for a few weeks to gain the work experience necessary for one of my third year archaeology modules (Advanced Professional Training). I had signed up for the bioarchaeology placement, and with the help of the Hatfield Trust Travel Award, I was able to work at the Austrian Archaeological Institute and learn a great deal about bioarchaeology, especially concerning palaeopathology. We (myself and a fellow student also on the placement) worked in the new bioarchaeology laboratory at the Institute, and were supervised by Dr Tina Jakob from Durhamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department of Archaeology, and Dr Michaela Binder, the lead bioarchaeologist at the Institute. We laid out, examined and catalogued 28 skeletons from a cemetery in Hemmaberg, southern Austria. There were quite a number of babies and children in the cemetery â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an estimated 22 alongside one estimated teenager and five adults. The cemetery was dated (using grave goods) to the 7th century AD, when it would have been under Frankish reign. We would firstly lay out each individual and place (as far as possible) each bone in its correct place and order. Ideally bone fragments would be pieced together, although I learned after trying to match fragments with maddeningly almost?perfect fits that sometimes this just could not be done, as not all fragments are preserved. Then we would record the bones, for example metric measurements, age and sex estimations where possible and pathological changes in the bones. This was fascinating as I had not done much on palaeopathology before this placement, and Dr Jakob was wonderfully accepting of my endless questions. I also learned so much about sub?adult skeletons, especially those of the very young, many of whom seemed to have been very sick. This was rather sad but also very interesting from an academic perspective. We also visited the Pathology Museum in Vienna and had a guided tour of the rooms and corridors full of wax casts and models of different diseases. It was very realistic and more than a little horrifying

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and I think I definitely prefer looking the scenes tour of the anthropology Museum (as well as visiting the rest of the roof, which had stunning views Quarter.

at bones! We also had a behind section of the Natural History the Museum), and got to go on of the city and the Museum

This placement was so rewarding, and the practical experience helped solidify what I currently want to specialise in, which is forensic anthropology. I had learned some basics of f o r e ns i c anthropology in one of my second year anthropology modules, and it was so cool to see the age and sex estimation techniques being applied to skeleton after skeleton, as well as learning about new methods that were not covered in my second year practicals. [Photo credit to the Austrian Archaeological Institute Twitter account]

My advice to anyone embarking on a similar journey would be to just enjoy being in such a beautiful city and learn as much as possible! Especially for Joint Honours students (like me), even if you are not taking the Advanced Professional Training module in third year, the placement offers are still open to you, and it would be a shame to miss out on one of most fun and educational experiences I have had at university so far â&#x20AC;&#x201C; especially as you get to have so much hands?on experience!

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Georgina King?Smith (Gant Award) I feel extremely grateful to have been able to travel to Australia this summer after being awarded part of the Hatfield Gant Fund. This extra money made it possible for me to be able to complete the trip that I had planned for my gap year which, due to unforeseen circumstances, had to be cancelled at the time. I have always been fascinated by the relationship between economic and social development and having a strong and thriving natural environment. I am lucky enough to know someone who works as a tree conservationist just north of Cairns near the town of Port Douglas. I spent over two weeks shadowing him in his work which is focused specifically on conserving the flora of the Daintree Rainforest, learning about the incredible relationships between the original Aboriginal inhabitants and the myriad plants, insects and animals that inhabit it. This area contains some of the most biologically diverse rainforest on the planet making it an area of incredible research potential to reveal valuable insights into the past, provide foods and medicines and yield knowledge that will help to ensure preservation into the future. However, the traditional landowners encounter constant battles with the Government over its conservation. I spent some time talking to local business owners about the issues of energy poverty and pollution that they face due to the Government refusing to supply their area with energy infrastructure. Every household and business in the Daintree is forced to run its own generator, costing them as much as 28 times more than if they were in Cairns. Another battle they face with the Government is in helping to protect their land from the possible detrimental impacts of tourism. One example of this is the Blue Hole, a beautiful and deeply spiritual water hole. The traditional people claim government inaction over the past decade has allowed the Blue Hole to be trashed by visitors many of whom are unaware of its cultural significance to women descendants of the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first inhabitants, the Kuku Yalanji people. I was lucky enough to be taken to this sacred place, and saw at first?hand the destructive impact of tourism that is so hard to prevent with the lack of state support.

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This part of the Queensland coastline is the only place in the world where two world heritage sites meet: the Daintree Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef.

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I spent a couple of days on a dive boat with a marine biologist who taught me about the deterioration of the reef and about the current efforts to help fix the reef and preserve the ecosystem.

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A study last year found the largest die off of corals ever recorded with about 67 percent of shallow water coral found dead in a survey of a 700km stretch, and the sheer scale of this damage was shocking and saddening to see first?hand. I was also lucky enough to spend a few days driving and flying around Fraser Island, the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest sand island which is situated just off the East coast of Queensland. It has an extraordinary ecosystem and is the only place in the world where rainforest grows on sand dunes, at elevations of over 200m. It has over 100 freshwater lakes which all have their own character and unique formation. It was fascinating to learn about the islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mysterious environment and rich Aboriginal heritage and was an incredible way to finish my trip. I am incredibly grateful to have been given the opportunity to have such an enriching experience and I hope to one day travel back out to Australia to continue learning about its incredible landscape and cultures.

Rory MacMillan (Trust Award) I travelled as part of the Durham Triathlon Club to Mallorca for a week?long training camp. Most of us took the train from Durham to Manchester, staying over night in the airport and took an early morning flight on 18 March. We staying in an aparthotel with half board which was great before and after a hard day of training. At the end of the week I flew back home, sufficiently tired from all the training. Over the week I planned a bike session each day for the slower and faster members of the team and led other sessions for running and swimming as well. I personally did a run in the morning before breakfast, a ride with the club, and an open water swim in the afternoon. I also spent time each evening sorting out admin tasks as I was organising the trip. This was the make up of my week. This was a very challenging trip for me both mentally and physically because I organised the hotel, transport and training during the week for 20 people.

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It was physically challenging as I expected. I wanted to see how much I could push my body after all the training I have done throughout the year. I ran 50km, cycled 700km (just over 100 per day) and swam around 6km in the sea over the week. This included some monumental rides, including a time trial up the famous Sa Calobra climb. By the end of the week I was certainly pretty tired after 35 hours of training. As much as I enjoy the sport, it was immensely physically challenging at times and allowed me to see how far my body could go before breaking down.

It was mentally challenging on two fronts. Firstly, the mental challenge related to the sport was important in developing me as an athlete, and the three races I have competed in since. I have found the extra â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;mentalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; gear to push on and keep the speed up when my body is

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telling me to stop. This has been a marked improvement since before the camp. Second, organising 20 people meant there were many different opinions coming at me throughout the week. Beyond honing my organisational skills I needed to be authoritative and coordinate movements for everyone during the week for rides â&#x20AC;&#x201D; this can be challenging when there are a range of abilities in the group, but I established a routine that everyone was happy with. I also had to organise admin tasks such as paying tourist taxes for everyone which required collecting money off everyone, organise and coordinate transfers to and from the airport, as well as the hotel. This meant I needed to be in contact with the hotel and our club treasurer regularly and establish when people would be travelling. One of the members injured herself during one eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s training and so I took her to hospital. Throughout the week there were always organisational challenges thrown at me unexpectedly but I took them one at a time and made sure that the week went ahead smoothly for everyone. Nutrition during and after training was a crucial part of the week because it is the fuel for the body. This meant having a good breakfast, eating and drinking consistently on the bike, having some kind of recovery drink after a hard session, and a big dinner in the evening. I would be using over 4000 calories a day so those calories needed to be replaced. Healthy eating and eating at the right time is crucial and is severely underestimated by people, and so it was something I really emphasised to all the younger members on the team. I made the most of the week for myself and hit my own goals and targets for training. I feel very satisfied and stronger physically and mentally as a result.

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Merce Majo?Ribera (Trust Award) Last summer, 24 other young people and I travelled to Abancay, Apurimac, Peru. We began our journey in Barcelona airport believing that we would be helping a local girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; orphanage. However, after nearly 24 hours of travel we discovered that only two volunteers were needed there, and that there was a much greater need for help in the old peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home. Thus, most of us were placed to work there for the first three weeks (Monday to Friday). Nonetheless, we all had the opportunity to visit the orphanage for at least a day. The first day at the old peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home was an eye opener to third world living conditions and old age, both realities that for the most part I had chosen to ignore. The home is run by the Carmelita nuns, however most of them have opted for the cloistered life. Thus, the home depends on one nun, 10 paid workers, four volunteers and one nurse on a yearly basis to care for 85 elderly patients. This includes, cleaning, cooking, changing beds, and caring for the elderly patients. It will be no surprise to the reader when I say that this was not enough staff to keep the home at an even below average European level of cleanliness. Therefore, on the first day we arrived armed with bleach, mops and determination to sterilise the building from top to bottom. We were divided into pairs, and assigned two rooms. Within those rooms, we needed to feed and change those who could not do it for themselves, change all the beds (which were often wet), and mop and sweep the floors. As I grew to know the elderly patients this no longer became a chore; it became one of the most joyful experiences of my life, one which I did not mind getting up for every morning at 5:55am. After feeding the elderly patients their lunch, we would often have two hours to eat, and get a bit of sleep (the group was Spanish, so we needed our siesta). In the afternoon, we provided the patients with a bit of entertainment, by taking them out to the local square and dancing and playing games with them. This not only brought them joy, and gave them an opportunity to leave the home, but it offered the overworked staff some respite time.

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There are many things that I arguably learnt on this trip but the one invaluable lesson I will take away is a favourite phrase of the Peruvians: ‘de reprente’. This translates to ‘all of a sudden’. There were many occasions, from the outset, where our plans were completely turned upside down. The clearest example being the change from looking after the young to the very old. Seeing the grandparents deteriorate, when we were expecting to teach and see children improve. This has taught me how to adapt in unexpected situations with a positive outlook, and how to grab an opportunity by the horns and make the most of it. It would have been very easy for my team mates and I to have become fed up with the change of plans and then the elderly not having the care they deserve. The deterioration of those who I was looking after also taught me patience and composure, as it was often difficult to go back day in and day out, as I would see things like: those who could at the start of the volunteering experience now unable to dress themselves, illnesses worsening and memory and skills declining. Nevertheless, the negativity was always masked by our enthusiasm and the immense thankfulness of the grandparents. Without the funding of the British and Foreign School Society, Hatfield College Trust and the Sarah Walker Legacy Fund this trip would have not been possible. I am eternally grateful to them and would definitely recommend volunteering abroad to anyone. This experience has been a real eye opener and have made me grow as a person in ways that would not be possible back home.

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Fiona Matthews (Trust Award) As I was researching ideas to fill my summer after first year, I came across a company called Gotoco, an organisation that takes unwitting British and American university students and launches them across the world to a school in China, to spend the summer teaching English. I received the news that I had been accepted to teach in a school in the Fujian province, near Quanzhou, a small city of about eight million people. Before I headed into the depths of China I spent a week in Hong Kong, ticking off the tourist bucket list of climbing Victoria Peak, the helpfully placed mountain with a legendary viewing platform across the HK skyline, familiarising myself with the local food (including a never? to?be?repeated attempt at chicken feet) and braving the night markets, an ecosystem fuelled by curried fishballs and the shaky haggling skills of unwary tourists. My visit coincided with the 20th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong to China, and witnessing the reaction of the Hong Kongers to this milestone, ranging from state?sponsored spectacular firework shows to streets lined with protestors, was an interesting experience. After a week in Hong Kong, it was time for me to head into mainland China. I have done a bit of travelling before, so I naĂŻvely thought the journey to Julong Foreign Languages School would be fairly straightforward ? but I had not bargained for the chaos of the station and absence of anyone who spoke English. With no seat booked on the train I ended up in the passageway, attracting more and more attention from passengers as we got further into the depths of China. There was only one English speaker, a student from Xiamen, and the five?hour journey was spent answering questions fired at this unofficial interpreter from around the carriage. My five weeks at the school were a whirl of overexcited, chattering children; exploring the nearby mountains and national park on electric scooters; drinking tea with anyone who could persuade me (I was not hard to convince); and teaching my English classes. After a very sketchy training session we were cast out to begin teaching, as well as taking the children to play badminton, swimming, and do arts and crafts. It was a steep learning curve ? each class had 40 students between the ages of

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8 and 12, with a huge variation of skills, ranging from the children who would happily chatter away to you in English to those who would avoid eye contact and not utter a single word. It was lovely over time to see them come out of their shells, and even though I was only there for a month, I saw a huge change in confidence. The Chinese teachers helped to steer my teaching in the right direction, and taught me some valuable advice ? including never leave your bag within reach of the nosy students, how Wii?dance works as an incredible bargaining tool, and how flyswatters and flashcards can be turned into a vocabulary game. Our weekends were free so we took the very unreliable public buses and explored the towns around the school, and usually got lost and had to be rescued by a kindly Chinese grandma. I loved my time in China, and I was amazed by the overwhelming kindness â&#x20AC;&#x201D; everyone was so keen to share their culture and ask me questions about my own. At times it was a challenge, as I could not speak a word of Mandarin before I went out, and an English speaker was a rare find in that remote part of China. Often the meat we ate was pretty unidentifiable, and sometimes the cultural rules and norms seemed baffling to me. But to anyone considering a similar trip, I would fully recommend it as a really worthwhile experience.

Felicity McCallum (Trust Award) Thanks to the financial support of the Hatfield Trustâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Travel Award Scheme I was able to volunteer in Cambodia, through the American company Ubelong, teaching English for two weeks to children in Phnom Penh. I was assigned to a charitable school set up by a Christian family within their home for local children whose parents were unable to afford to send them to school. The family also provided a feeding centre for additional children, sometimes up to 70, to provide lunch to those who, again, were unable to afford it themselves. I found it incredibly inspiring to be around local Cambodian people who recognised their privileges, compared to those around them, and opened their homes, hearts and pockets to help support their fellow man.

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Over two weeks I spent eight days within this school teaching English to between 6 and 12 children per day approximately aged 4 to 12 years with a range of abilities. The younger children had some basic vocabulary whilst the older children were moving towards speaking in fuller sentences, so trying to find a balance that ensured that every child was engaged and challenged, given the range in abilities, presented some difficulty. Similarly, it was easy to forget that when I learnt French at school the alphabet was the same, these children were also working with a completely different set of letters and even shapes to that of their language, Khmer, so I had to remember that some might need longer to form the letters themselves. I found the entire experience really inspiring and humbling. The family that had opened this school were certainly an inspiration, reminding me that in a world that, at times, can be full of hate, remembering to give time and energy to help those less fortunate than myself was a worthwhile and valid exercise in order to help make the world and society better for all. In a similar manner, I thoroughly enjoyed joining the family for lunch each day in order to gauge better the culture and everyday life in a country that differed so greatly from my own. This opportunity was one that I would love to repeat again. I met other volunteers from a range of countries, through living in a central house, and then travelled around the country at the weekends. I met lots of likeminded people who were looking for an opportunity, like me, whereby they could fully immerse themselves in a culture and become part of a community. My advice when embarking on a project like this would be to go with an open mind and to enjoy the opportunity presented to you.

Katy McRae (Trust Award) Thanks to a Hatfield Travel Award, I was able to complete my fundraising expedition up to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in September 2017. I completed the expedition to raise money and awareness of the water aid charity Dig Deep. This charity works to provide clean water and

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sanitation to rural communities in Kenya, and is doing amazing work out in Kenya to provide these communities with not just excellent clean facilities, but training on how to use them efficiently. Being able to do something to raise awareness for this charity was an extremely valuable experience, as well as climbing the tallest freestanding mountain in the world. The expedition itself took six days, with a five?day ascent and a one?day descent. The first day took myself and my team through rainforest, which thinned out towards the end of the day to reveal the summit of Kilimanjaro in all its glory; an amazing and equally frightening sight at the time. By the time we arrived at camp, our porters had already set up our tents and a big mess tent which we were served amazing food in. I am proud to say that Dig Deep hires their porters with the help of the Kilimanjaro Porters Association Project (KPAP); a non?profit organisation that work to assist companies with implementing procedures that ensure fair and ethical treatment of all porters on the mountain. Our porters, working for Trek2Kili were equipped with suitable clothing, were checked to ensure they were not carrying too much weight, and were fed as much as we were. I would recommend to anybody considering climbing Kilimanjaro to ensure their porters are hired from a KPAP approved company. Day two of the climb gave us our first taster of the chilly early mornings, delicious breakfast (pancakes with Nutella included) and by far my favourite day of the climb. On this day, our trek in the glorious sunshine took us above the clouds to Shira Camp â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a camp with astounding views of not only Kilimanjaro but the surrounding mountain ranges. On this evening, we were also involved in the Trek2Kili tradition of being introduced to each and every porter and guide. The songs and dances that they got us all involved in were SO much fun, so much so that people from other groups camping at Shira Camp came to join us! Day three of the climb was probably the toughest day for many of our group as this was our acclimatisation day. This brought the first experience of altitude sickness to a lot of us, something I would recommend not to worry about, but definitely prepare for. We were all looked after by the guides and porters, and before we knew it we were

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feeling better and reached Lava Tower for lunch before descending back down to Baranco Camp. This camp was completely engulfed by clouds when we arrived, but the view the next morning was spectacular. Day four was a very varied day, and a very tough one. After admiring the view in the morning, we set off on the 300m vertical ascent up Barranco Wall. This was unlike any part of the climb as it really was a scramble at times but, as always, the guides are there with a helping hand (quite literally). This was the day I was completely overcome with respect for our porters who climbed past us on the same thin, steep and slightly dangerous path, only with 20kg worth of bags on their heads or their backs. It is saddening that so many are victims of exploitation whilst on the mountain, despite how much they do for climbers. After a trek to the most surprising lunch of all (who would have thought they would be served fried chicken and chips on a mountain!), we were fuelled for our long climb up to base camp where things really started to feel real. After dinner, we were sent to bed with the instruction of setting an alarm for 11:00pm that night, for the beginning of our summit night. Summit night was by far the most challenging thing I have ever done and it is not for the faint?hearted. Setting off at 11:00pm, head torches lighting the way, we set off slowly slowly (or “pole pole” in Swahili) up to the summit. It feels never ending. Every time you look up, you have no idea where the top is. All you can see are tiny specks of light from the head torches of groups that have set off ahead of you. The temperature drops way below zero, so much that your water starts to freeze. For me, the combination of altitude, exhaustion and dehydration hit at around 5,500m above sea level, when I became very nauseous, very weak and very emotional. Luckily, I had a porter by my side who assisted me up the seriously steep path until I finally felt better to walk alone, which was when the sun FINALLY began to rise. It was by far the most spectacular sunrise I have ever witnessed and was just in time for us reaching out first summit of Stella Point. Emotions were running high across the entire group ? I was just so happy to see the sun and to see everybody else’s faces after following people’s feet for seven hours. It really spurred us on for the final climb to Uhuru Peak – the roof of Africa. Oxygen was limited, so walking 20

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steps took effort, but eventually, at 7:35am on 5 September, with my team alongside me, we reached the highest point in Africa. A phenomenal feeling which I cannot compare to anything – “You just had to be there”. And quickly it was time to make our way back down again, filled with absolute bewilderment for what we had achieved,

The final day of climbing began with a sing song with our Trek2Kili team, just as we had done at Shira Camp, before starting the knee? wrecking descent. My team all trickled down at various speed but we were all treated at the bottom with a big celebratory meal. Our final goodbyes to our Trek2Kili team came after the tipping ceremony, where the tips we had each provided were combined together and split between each porter and guide, who shook each of our hands individually to thank us all before our final song and dance together.

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From there, we boarded our buses to head back to the hotel we started from, ready for our next adventures. I was lucky enough to go on safari with my group in Tarangire National Park, where we were treated to very close encounters with elephants, giraffes, cheetahs and we even witnessed a herd of zebras being chased by a lioness. From here, we headed to the island of Zanzibar, were we spent the remainder of our travels recovering from the climb and snorkelling in the clear blue waters around the island. This expedition was more that I could have ever imagined and was by far the best things I have ever done. To be able to do it for such an amazing charity has made the whole experience better. Working towards this milestone has given me a new respect for those working in the public sector, so much so that the whole experience has changed my goals after graduation, as I am now pursuing a career within a charity. Additionally, I have also been selected as group leader for Dig Deepâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mount Kenya Expedition in the summer, where I will be repeating the same fundraising and leading a group up to the summit of Kenyaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tallest mountain. For any of those considering climbing Kilimanjaro, firstly, I would highly recommend doing it for a charity. It makes the whole experience even more rewarding once it is completed. Secondly, do your research. Kilimanjaro is not for the faint?hearted, but certainly does not require mountaineering expertise if you are with the right company. Overall, it is an experience you simply cannot forget, and I know it will remain in my memory as an incredible summer for the rest of my life.

Rebecca Morrish (Trust Award) Leading a group of volunteers to Medellin, the second biggest city in Colombia and the former murder capital of the world, was a daunting task. However it was also one of the most exciting and rewarding things I have done and I feel so lucky to have spent six weeks in this incredibly beautiful and diverse country. Strangely one of the biggest

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challenges was finding enough people wanting to go to Colombia due to its reputation. However if I have one piece of advice it would be to seize every opportunity. DUCK (Durham University Charities Committee) expeditions provide support and give you the confidence to travel by yourself in the future. If you have any worries about travelling then a DUCK expedition is the perfect introduction and having been to India the previous year it gave me the confidence to lead an expedition this year. After months of preparation, including some very stressful last minute flight and visa issues, we finally arrived in Medellin. This city is fascinating as an example to other South American cities in the way it has transformed itself since the death of Pablo Escobar. One of the ways it achieved this was through town planning and its impressive transport system including its famous cable cars adored by the local population. It would be easy to be oblivious of Medellinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dark past in this optimistic and enthusiastic city. However the hospitality shown by the locals is in fact evidence of the joy they feel that Medellin is now safe enough for tourists to come and enjoy its many delights. The purpose of the expedition was to spend four weeks working in two childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homes. Our day?to?day routine included helping the children with homework, especially English, organising activities, taking them to school and generally providing these children with attention and stimulation. The few staff they had were incredible but they were stretched too far to be able to give the children the same amount of attention they might expect in a family. Thus, they have continuous volunteer programmes to try and provide extra support and bring more fun to the everyday lives of these children who have had such a hard start in life. This, however, was made harder through the language barrier. As a languages student I was embarrassed at my inability to pronounce Spanish and Google Translate was a firm friend. We improved little by little and formed friendships with some wonderful children. We taught them clapping games and they introduced us to K?Pop, which, interestingly, is a huge phenomenon in Colombia. It was an infinitely rewarding experience that I will never forget.

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The last two weeks saw us leaving the stunning mountains and ‘eternal spring’ of Medellin for the beautiful beaches and extreme heat of the Caribbean coast. Tragically we were very nearly stranded at a paradise beach in a national park but we made it back to Cartagena unscathed apart from some serious sunburn. Cartagena is a beautiful colonial town on the Caribbean coast with so much charm and it was a dream spending the last few days getting lost in these small streets and visiting the islands nearby. Having never been to South America before I was amazed by the breath?taking beauty of the place. However, I would recommend investing a bit of time using Duolingo if you are planning to go. The more Spanish we were able to speak the more rewarding we found the volunteering and all day?to?day interactions. One final warning: as a vegetarian be prepared to live off rice and fruit if you ever stray from the beaten track.

Joseph Norbury & Emma Price (Trust Award) We embarked our Ryanair flight to Morocco on an early June morning from the rainy delights of London Stanstead Airport. Whilst most travellers aboard our fine vessel of the sky were destined for the seaside resorts scattered along the coast, we were heading for what we hoped would be a more authentic taste of Morocco. Our initial wandering took us along the Eastern coast, to the city of Essaouira, nicknamed “the Windy City”, and for good reason. Situated on the Atlantic, Essaouria provided a cool introduction for a trip that was to be defined by its oft unpleasant heat. The winding streets of its modest Medina, the older, walled part of the city, allowed for a gentler taster of the confusion of the maze?like streets that were so prevalent in all of the cities and towns we visited. After a few days spent in Essaouira, enjoying the sights of the old town, the harbour and a collapsed 15th century fort sunken into the sand, and in the case of the fish market, the smells, we departed back to Marrakech, the largest city in Morocco.

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Marrakech was hot. And busy. The combination of 42?degree heat during the day, and an un?air?conditioned hostel, meant that we were bombarded by the heat relentlessly. Indeed, as the start of our trip coincided with the final few days of Ramadan, at night the city seemed to come alive as everyone broke fast for the day and the central square, around which we were staying, was transformed at night into a kaleidoscopic cacophony of colour, noise and emotion. An attempt to cross the square at this time on one occasion resulted in a stand?off, with ourselves surrounded by snakes, monkeys, and advancing henna artists offering their wares. After we had spent four days in Marrakech, it was time to leave. We took the slow and winding eight?hour train journey to Fes, the original imperial city.

Fes was pleasantly cooler, and was one of our favourite places. The Medina was noteworthy in its exquisite 12th century architecture, notably its mosques and madrassas (Islamic colleges). We were in Fes as Ramadan ended, bringing the festival of Eid to life. We were lucky to experience a traditional meal enjoyed by Moroccans at the break of fast

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on the last day of Ramadan, which was one of the best meals we had all holiday. From Fes we moved into the mountains, and the beautiful city of Chefchaouen. Situated in the Atlas Mountains, perched on the side of a hill, the city of Chefchaouen seemed to reflect the azure blue of the sky as we approached it in the coach. The old?town has historically always been painted blue, and the rich hue of this was truly an incredible sight. Chefchaoen provided us with the chance to climb into the hills around the city, sample the local delicacy of goatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cheese, and give us a thorough introduction to the inner workings of the Moroccan healthcare system. One evening, after a day of enjoying the city, we settled down in the central square for a hearty tagine. It was at this point that disaster struck. Emma, in an attempt to feed a rather scrawny and unhealthy?looking cat some fish from her tagine, inadvertently brought what seemed like all the cats in the city to our table. In an unfortunate turn of events, we ended the night in a Moroccan hospital with Emma nursing a scratched hand, in need of some rabies medicine. Although the evening had been stressful, it did not spoil the rest of the trip at all. We were relatively easily able to acquire the necessary vaccination the next morning, and the day after that boarded the plane back to the UK. Morocco was an incredible experience. It was hard to believe as we wound our way through the cramped and maze?like streets in the Marrakech Medina that we were only a few hours away from the UK by plane. The journey itself helped us understand a lot more about the culture and celebration that surrounds Islamic belief, particularly around the time of Ramadan. Indeed, many people had asked if we were worried about going during Ramadan, but it proved no trouble at all. We thought it gave a more relaxed atmosphere during the day as many people were resting before the excitement of night time began. We did not mind this as it was so unbearably hot at times, and just provided us with a little more respite in the day. If we were to give advice to someone embarking on a similar journey it would be, do not feed the cats. Just do not do it, even if they look hungry.

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Mia O’Hara (Trust Award) Bula! Thanks to Hatfield Trust Travel Award providing me funding towards my trip, I spent the summer volunteering in Fiji for Think Pacific Youth and Sports Project. The Think Pacific team I was a part of was made up of a number of university students ranging from 18–25 as well as two leaders who, whilst university students themselves, had spent many months working in communities across the Fijian islands. Think Pacific’s main aim is to bring support to rural villages and schools in Fiji. Over 75% of Fijian families live in poverty with poor basic sanitation and lack of safe drinking water. Equally, schools are in poor condition and lack basic resources and access to sports and youth schemes are non?existent. For the duration of a month, myself and my team worked in a village situated on the main island. We lived with a Fijian family and were welcomed into their everyday routines as well as their traditions and customs. We also spent time in two schools, teaching full classes or supporting a small group of children in reading, Literacy and Maths. Each afternoon, we provided children the opportunity to play a number of different sports and build up the skills needed to play well. As a trainee teacher, I learned how to really make lessons and work engaging without having many resources. I learned to use the environment around me and make learning meaningful and fun. I used what the children were interested in, such as sports, to teach them Maths. I told them exciting stories to stimulate their imagination. Teaching in Fiji taught me how to be a more effective teacher back in the UK. Living in the village and many of the activities we took part in pushed me out of my comfort zone. It taught me not to underestimate myself and that I can cross a river and climb up to a waterfall if I put my mind to it and not to let my fears stop me. Taking part in this project has driven my want to travel the world teaching in schools and places like Fiji. For those that may consider volunteering in Fiji or anywhere else, you must go with an open mind. Make the most of every minute — take part in the village dance, even if you feel silly! But most importantly, remember that you are there to support those children in need. And

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even if you feel you have not offered much, the impact you have had will probably be far greater than you imagined. Volunteering out in Fiji was the best experience of my life so far. Not only did I get to travel halfway across the world, I also got to meet a number of like?minded people who wanted to help and support those that are in need. As a teacher I got to experience how children are taught in schools and found out how to improve their learning using the environment around them. I have come back to the UK with friend? ships for life, a second home and a Fijian family who I know I will see again. I have pushed myself beyond my own expectations and I have had experiences that I will never forget. I fully believe that as much of an impact we made in the schools and village in terms of improving their quality of life, the biggest impact of all was the building of genuine connections with the families. I can honestly say that my Fijian family will stay close to my heart as much as I will stay close to theirs. Vinaka Fiji and Think Pacific for the best experience.

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Dana Palii (Trust Award) This summer I spent six wonderful weeks volunteering at the HVP school in Kathmandu, Nepal. The HVP schools have a great impact on their communities, as they accept students from all backgrounds and support children in need by subsidizing the cost of education and even by covering accommodation and food costs where necessary. Most of my time in Nepal was dedicated to teaching. Together with Rajinder, a fellow Hatfield student, I taught English, Science and Mathematics to year six, seven and nine students respectively. Being a teacher, even for a short amount of time, has been one of the most rewarding things I have ever done. We dedicated a lot of time to coming up with ways to make the lessons more interactive and interesting. For science, for example, we disassembled and used whatever objects we could find around our rooms to do experiments. During the English lessons, we encouraged the students to act out their stories, which resulted in intricate and ingenious plays featuring characters like Buddha and a mango that ends up turning into a prince. Aside from being extremely fun, teaching was not easy, especially at the beginning. We have had to test different techniques and work hard to adapt our pace and vocabulary so that the students could get the most of our lessons. While marking the end of term examinations, we were glad to see that our efforts paid off. Although more than five hundred students are studying at HVP Central, around 30 live in the school. Living with them has definitely been one of the highlights of my trip, as it allowed me to learn so much from the children. I was constantly in awe of their determination, love and ability to be so positive and always care for each other. Every night all of us would attend the prayer session, where together with the children we would play the madal (the Nepalese hand drum), dance, sing and meditate. The students even sang “Hey Jude” and “Take Me Home, Country Roads” for us, which was unforgettable. Living in the school, we also got to enjoy the delicious local food and even hand wash our clothes while admiring the massive hills surrounding the Kathmandu valley.

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To show how grateful we were, the other volunteers and I painted one of the main walls in the school, as you can see in the picture below. After school, whenever we had time, we visited the local Ashram. There, a class for women takes place every morning and an after school club for children is organized every afternoon. The womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s class aims to give basic education to women so they can become more independent. During the class they learn things such as how to use smart phones, how to do complex calculations and some English as well. I was tremendously impressed by the kindness and determination of the women we met there, and teaching them the body parts in English was great fun.

On Saturdays, when we were not teaching we travelled around Kathmandu and Pokhara. By visiting a lot of temples, I learned a great deal about the myths and legends which are the foundation of the culture in Nepal, while constantly being astonished by the blending and the inclusion of the different religions there. Seeing Buddhists in Hindu temples and Hindus celebrating Buddhist festivals was commonplace ? this is a type of unity I have never encountered before.

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We have also hiked multiple hills, including a five?hour hike to the top of the second tallest hill in Kathmandu. Although travelling was a good way to learn about the country, the festivals were just as important, as Nepal is renowned for its cultural heritage. It is jokingly said that in a year with 365 days, the Nepalese celebrate 366 festivals. Indra Jātrā and the Women’s Festival impressed me the most. Indra Jātrā is dedicated to worshipping the Living Goddess, a young girl who, until puberty, is believed to be the incarnation of the Hindu Goddess of Power. During the Festival, she is carried in a chariot while the streets are full of people worshipping her. During the Women’s Festival, we had a lot of fun fasting as well as dancing with all the girls in the school for the whole afternoon. These six weeks have been the best experience of my life, and although volunteering is supposed to be about giving, I feel as though I have taken just as much. I am tremendously grateful for the generous funding I have received from the donors from both the Durham Travel Abroad Grant and the Hatfield Trust Travel Fund, as without it this trip would not have been possible. To anyone thinking of embarking on this journey next year, do not hesitate to apply, I can guarantee it would be one of the most amazing things you will have ever done!

Jordan Parsons (Trust Award) I was lucky enough to be awarded both a Hatfield Trust Travel Grant and the Howard Phelps’ Award. This financial assistance enabled me to attend the Sherwin B. Nulund Summer Institute in Bioethics at Yale University, which was a hugely rewarding experience. I am incredibly privileged to have had the opportunity to study at such an institution, and it would not have been possible without the Hatfield Trust. Before applying, I was not aware of the Howard Phelps’ Award, which significantly helps a student whose journey encompasses humanitarian, educational, charitable, and personally challenging activities. Now that I know this is available, I would very much urge any student planning such a summer to apply!

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Now that I have graduated, I can vouch for the fact that these sorts of experiences are not as easy when you are working. At Yale, I had the opportunity to hear from leading academics and professionals in a variety of bioethical fields. I even got to join seminars with some, engaging in some great discussions and learning a lot. The course was also an opportunity for me to carry out my own research under the supervision of leading academics, before presenting it at Yale School of Medicine. Upon returning to the UK, this research was accepted for conference presentation at Oxford University. These experiences so early on in my career have been incredible! In addition to the great academic experience, I left Yale with some great friends, having even travelled around America with some following the course. These experiences are not only personally enriching, but appeal to employers. I would strongly urge any Hatfielder considering embarking on any sort of adventure in the summer to apply for a travel grant!

Florence Rayner (Trust Award) I went travelling for three weeks in South East Asia and in 24 days, I visited three countries: Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. Whilst there were many opportunities to undertake expeditions with professional tour companies, I decided to plan the entire trip myself without help, both to save money and as a personal challenge. As a first step, I had to decide which countries I wanted to visit as well as individual locations in those countries, whilst bearing in mind how I would travel from place to place, the length of time I would spend in each location and keeping in mind my budget. After extensive research, I decided I would spend a week in Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, beginning my travels in Bangkok, then heading up through the north of Thailand, east through Laos and then south down the length of Vietnam. The next step was decidedly more difficult as I then had to go about organising eleven hostels, six flights, a two?day

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slow boat journey, three buses and of course investigating what sightseeing and activities I wanted to undertake. It definitely was not an easy process as there is only so much you can find out on the internet without being in the country itself. In numerous cases I had to hope for the best and cross my fingers that I could book last minute travel options when I arrived. Planning my travels without any professional help enhanced my organisation skills as well as giving me confidence in my own abilities. It gave me complete freedom and definitely enriched my experience â&#x20AC;&#x201C; though it may seem daunting at first, I would highly recommend taking full responsibility for your travels to anyone thinking of embarking on a similar trip.

During the planning stage, I had decided the three things I would like to incorporate into my time were sightseeing, trekking and volunteering, all of which I managed to achieve. I experienced every kind of landscape, from the vibrantly chaotic metropolis of Bangkok to the remote, lush jungle of Luang Prabang, Laos to the pristine, idyllic coastline of Vietnam.

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Whilst appreciating the natural beauty of these countries, I undertook once?in?a?lifetime activities such as trekking on top of Thailandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest mountain, teaching trainee?monks English, kayaking through the jungle, visiting old Vietnamese tunnels used in the war and looking round beautifully ornate temples just to name a few. My favourite activity had to be spending two days and a night volunteering at an elephant sanctuary, where we fed and cleaned the elephants and then stayed the night in the local village with the mahouts. My travels were not, of course, without their fair share of mishaps. I learnt fairly early on that travel takes on a more relaxed approach in South East Asia, with buses dropping me off nowhere near my final destination and a number of my flights being delayed last minute with no explanation. A personal highlight of my trip was when I arrived with two other girls in Hoi An, Vietnam at 2:00am to find the hostel manager had given our beds away for the night. So, we were forced to wander around a foreign city in the middle of the night, knocking on hostel doors and waking up the staff in order to find a place to sleep. On a separate occasion, a tropical cyclone was forecast to hit the island I was on, resulting in the need to organise alternative transport for that day so I did not become stuck on the island and miss subsequent flights. This cyclone then caused days of flooding in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi adding to the chaos. These unforeseen situations helped me to learn to adapt to the unexpected and better embrace the lifestyle of those cultures. To anyone thinking of going travelling I would say stop thinking about it and book the flights! I cannot begin to explain how rewarding an experience travelling was for me. The number of skills I learned and developed was countless, from organisation to communication (the language barrier at times meant I had to mime to local people) to personal safety. I now have so much more confidence in myself and in my ability to function independently. I honestly think the benefits to gain from travelling are highly underestimated and I would not change my experience for the world.

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Isaac Rudden (Trust Award) On 21 October 2017, I flew out to Australia with 14 other Durhamites to compete in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge – a competition held once every two years where teams from across the globe have to build solar cars to race 3000km across the Australian outback. The race itself took place from 8?13 October, but we flew out two weeks before the start date to add some ‘finishing touches’ to the car (to actually get it working). The first focus of the team was to get the car moving, so this meant that the mechanical team were working on suspension and brakes while the electrical team got the battery systems working. The Head of Electrical worked to get the old battery pack (from the 2015 car) working again to allow us to test the car, meanwhile I began building control circuits for the new battery box. After a few days of hard work, we were able to get the car moving and tested it at a nearby airfield – still running the old battery pack. Thankfully we were able to get the car moving but there was still a lot of work to be done. After only a few days in Australia the Hidden Valley Race Pits were open so we moved operations into our allocated garage. Here we spent the next two weeks working day in and day out (and maybe a few all? nighters) to get the car up to scratch for the various scrutineering we had to go through. I spent the first six or so days getting the new battery pack working in the car, then moved on to fine?tuning other electrical systems. As the race was fast approaching we finally pieced together a ‘finished car’ – little did we know about the various problems that design oversight would cause us on the road. Still, we got a full charge in the batteries before the race and set off from Darwin early Sunday morning. The first day was a huge success for us, we managed to drive out of Darwin and on to the Stuart Highway without breaking down – passing many other teams that had as we went. However, our excitement was shortly lived as we soon found ourselves frequently breaking down! It turned out that our batteries were specced to a

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maximum charging temperature of 45°°C and so were overheating in the ambient 40°°C Australian weather and the safety switches were switching them off.

We limped into Katherine, the control stop, and rested up for the night, trying to think of ways to overcome our electrical problems. We set off early again the next day only to find another problem. Due to a few blown fuses our solar array wasn’t charging the batteries, so we were running on empty! Unfortunately, this meant we had to trailer the solar car after making 400km under its own power. The next few days continued to be somewhat on/off with the car. We were able to get it charging again and installed a new battery cooling system but were met with stormy weather in Alice Springs that prevented us from getting any sun. However, over the last few days of the race our hard work was rewarded, as we got the car charged and running again. While we were out of the race, we had our own goal in mind and aimed to reach 1000km with our solar car. It was a high tension last day but thankfully we only had a few minor problems to fix so were able to reach 1000km just before we had to drive into Adelaide – the finish line. We pulled into Adelaide on the afternoon of the last day of the

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race. Exhausted and desperately in need of a proper shower, we were thrilled that it was all over. A small group of Durham engineers had managed to put together an entire solar?powered car and drive it 1000km across the Australian outback. We might not have got first place but I would still consider that an achievement. As a result of the trip I am the new Head of Electrical for the Solar Car Team and we have already begun designing our 2019 car! I have gained a wealth of experience, both technical and cultural. I would urge absolutely any budding engineers to join the team as it has been the most exhausting, stress?inducing, most incredible experience of my life and I would do it all again in a heartbeat!

Elena Seniuc (Trust Award) Last year I had the honour to receive a scholarship from the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Durham University, to participate in an educational programme at FundaciĂłn para la DifusiĂłn de la Lengua y la Cultura EspaĂąola, in Valladolid, Spain. The Beca de Estudios consisted of two weeks (40 hours) of Spanish language classes and cultural activities carried out in the city of Valladolid, and two trips: one to Segovia and the medieval village of Pedraza, and the other one to Salamanca and the General Archives of Simancas, all organised by the Spanish Foundation. I strategically chose to travel during the Easter break because I was interested to see how other religious groups celebrate this important holiday. Having a Christian?Orthodox cultural background myself, I was amazed to observe how the traditional customs of each historical region were embedded in the Catholic religious processions. Not only did each region have a different practice but also each church or cathedral preserved the specific procedures attributed to its patron saint. Therefore, the processions ranged from the tense and solemn moments conducted by the brotherhoods, to the lively and colourful parades of religious displays that depicted various biblical scenes.

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Besides the cultural experience and moments of spiritual self? reflection, this venture also represented a great opportunity to enhance my knowledge of Spanish. The classes were focussed on rigorous activities that aimed to improve the level of grammar, whilst the focus in our spare time was to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;absorbâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; as much vocabulary as possible by travelling and engaging in conversations with the local population. As an introvert, this became a frequent personal challenge which I have learned to enjoy in the end. Asking for fresh fruit at the market and having historical debates with my Airbnb host not only helped me brush up my language skills (which later materialised in first class exam results), but also made me aware of the importance of adaptability to different social environments. From ancient Roman relics, to opulent imperial palaces and mansions, and the still?living memory of an atrocious civil war, Spain is a place where history is trapped in amber. I believe that someone embarking on such a journey should leave behind the superficial tourist tag and instead, should actually embrace and enjoy the Spanish way of life at its fullest by choosing to be part of this marvellous historical paysage.

Danielle Silverman (Trust Award) Last summer I was able to travel with funding from the Hatfield Trust to Batroun in Northern Lebanon with the Department of Archaeology to excavate an Early Bronze Age tell site. I spent three weeks working by the Mediterranean coast and digging up archaeology deposited as long as 5000 years ago. During the weekends, we were able to visit other parts of the country including the large archaeological site of Byblos with the medieval covered souks that are still in use today. We also had a chance to travel down to the capital of Beirut which presented both the history of the destruction of the civil war, as well as the booming modernisation and urbanisation that is rapidly transforming the city. The long days on site included waking up at 4:00am in the morning so that we could work before the hottest part of the day (and even working before we had any breakfast!). We excavated until midday,

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and washed pottery and catalogued finds at the end of the day before going for a swim in the sea to cool off. As in any excavation, the work was difficult, but the company of friends and students from the American University of Beirut (and even some Syrian refugees), along with the beauty of coastal Lebanon, made it worth it. The occasional exceptional find of a complete vessel or an obsidian flint was also a plus. I was lucky to have found a rubbish pit in one of the trenches that contained a huge amount of important finds. Findings included large pieces of pottery with some complete vessels, animal bones and teeth, flints, chalk, shells, and carbonised olive seeds. Because a midden presents a variety of important information on consumption, production, and function of the site, it is crucial that the archaeologists use proper methodology to gain as much information as possible from this great resource. When finding complete or nearly complete vessels in situ it is necessary that the soil inside is collected for sampling and lipid analysis so we can see what would have been stored in them. The midden also came up with a number of carbonised olive stones, which are another important resource for sampling. With the ability to carbon date biological remains, this can allow us to extract actual absolute dates indicating human presence on the site. We found over 50 carbonised pits both in situ and in soil sieving on site, which is an important methodology that allows us to catch smaller artefacts that would otherwise be missed by the human eye. The beauty of this site was the fact that the discoveries we were making all brought to light new interpretations of the Bronze Age in Northern Lebanon that are answering questions that have never been understood before, and could change our understanding of its history entirely. Even from something as small as a rubbish pit, we are able to gain information that will change the course of history as we know it, and that continuously illuminates the importance of my work as an archaeologist.

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Kathryn Sterling (Gant Award) I used part of the Gant Award on a fieldtrip to the Lake District, as part of my ‘Glaciers and Glaciation’ module this year. We began by driving west to Wastwater, stopping multiple times on the way to look at the various geographical features.

In the North?West Pennines we looked at upland glaciation; thinking about the last glacial maximum and whether the very highest peaks would have been ‘nunataks’ sticking out of the ice or covered entirely by a thin layer of cold?based ice. This is important for current climate predictions, as we can make estimates on the effects the ice had on sea level rise in the past. Later we visited the Eden Valley, famed for its extensive drumlin field. The drumlins are facing two directions occasionally cross?cutting each other, which is highly unusual and has resulted from an ice flow reversal. The lower till contains Scottish erratics and the upper till contains erratics from the Lake District and Pennines.

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In the afternoon we made a few more stops to see some erosional and depositional meltwater features. For example, channels running along the valley walls indicated cold?based ice in the area during de? glaciation. Finally, we finished in a quarry where we had a quick look at the sediments, and their directions. After a night in a hostel, we stopped off at Wastwater, a glacial overdeeping, which is now a very deep lake. The deepest sections are 70 to 80 metres deep. Next to Wastwater were a selection of ‘Rôche moutonnée’ or ‘sheep?rocks’. These have one smooth side due to abrasion from under the ice sheet. The other side, however, is rough and plucked. The result is a distinctive and asymmetric feature. We spent most of the day in Wasdale Head and Mosedale, where we worked on our valley maps. The final aim was to reconstruct the Loch Lomond Stadial Glacier in the valley. We looked at the multiple moraines along the valley, with latero?frontal moraines higher up the valley showing the extent of the Loch Lomand Stadial, and the terminal moraines at the bottom of the valley showing the extent of the glacier during the Last Glacial Maximum. There were other unique features in the valley such as an avalanche impact crater which was a horse?shoe shaped feature made up of angular rocks. Overall, the short trip was packed full of useful information for our project and the module in general. I am very grateful to the Gant Fund for enabling me to go on such an inspirational fieldtrip.

ZuNing Tay (Trust Award) During the summer of 2017 I had the opportunity to be part of a team consisting of Durham students, post?doctorate researchers, and undergraduates from the Complutense University of Madrid. The aim of the pilot project was to explore “The Anthropisation of the Uplands during Late Prehistory: Landscape Archaeology in the Cantabrian Mountains (North of Spain)”.

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As this was the first excavation I had been a part of, I had no idea what to expect. One thing I definitely underestimated was how physically demanding the entire venture was. Of course, I knew that the project was going to be in the highlands and that there would be lots of walking and hard work, but I was still not prepared, in the beginning, for just how tiring it was. Having said that, I am really glad I had the opportunity to be part of the project, as it was really enlightening and has allowed me to learn many things I would never have done outside the field.

Over the course of three weeks, we conducted fieldwork in places about 1800m high. Everyday around 9:00am, we would drive as close as we could to the site of interest (with the prehistoric structures that were pinpointed out using remote sensing earlier) before the car could go no further, and from there walk to where we would work for the day, and then return home at around 5:00pm. Sometimes, we would have to walk approximately 40 mins each way before reaching the site, and often it was mostly uphill. As someone who had very little experience

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with hiking, this was something I struggled a lot with, and it did not feel that great always being the last person, especially when work needed to be done. However, the rest of the team were incredibly understanding and really helped me along the way. I like to think that by the second and third week I improved, and my body had become better used to the climate. The actual archaeological work was very educational. It was not just digging, but it also involved landscape survey and geophysics. Furthermore, I also learned a lot about how an archaeological project is managed and planned from the discussions the team had, for example, why a certain site is chosen, and where a test?pit should be dug. One thing I really enjoyed doing was the geophysical survey we conducted over the course of the second and third week. It was something I never thought I would ever do, and it was actually a lot of fun as I used a gradiometer for the survey. Typically, geophysics involves pretty mind?numbing work, just collecting lots of data to form a coherent picture. However, as the surveying here was done on pretty difficult terrain, it was somewhat of a challenge to walk in a straight line at a constant speed whilst holding the machine. Regardless, it was a valuable learning experience. Overall, I think the most important thing for archaeological fieldwork is to keep an open mind, especially if you are in a foreign country and surrounded by a different culture than you are used to, and to be a good team player.

Rebecca Towey (Trust Award) During the summer I visited Guatemala, Belize, Mexico and Cuba with two of my friends from home to learn more about the countries and cultures of Central America. The first country I visited was Guatemala. As a very mountainous country, travel between locations takes several hours due to crossing the hilly terrain but we still managed to visit three different locations. We started off in San Pedro la Laguna, which sits right next to Lake Atitlan, the deepest lake in Central America, and is surrounded by several volcanoes. This was a beautiful place to stop

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and rest for a day and we enjoyed kayaking over the lake as well as dancing to Guatemalan music amidst fire dancers in one of San Pedroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bars. We left for the rock pools of Semuc Champey the following day. These cascade down the valley and provide a breathtaking view to anyone who manages the harsh climb up the 200 steps. Whilst at Semuc Champey, we went caving where I decided to face my fear of heights by jumping off a rock into the small pool about five metres below. This was the start of many height?related jumps that day, and by the afternoon I had conjured up the courage to jump off the bridge into the river which was ten metres above the ground. Our final stop in Guatemala was to Flores, which is the closest town to the Mayan ruins of Tikal. Tikal as a civilisation started around 700 BC and continued all the way to the mid 800 AD with the start of the collapse of the Mayan civilisation. We were able to walk around the Temples and learn some of the aspects of the Mayan life there, for example, how they would sacrifice people by throwing them off the top of the 18 metre temple. The following day we left for Belize. Here we visited Caye Caulker, an island just off the coast of Belize city. This island, despite being very small, was riddled with American tourists which was very different to what we had been used to Guatemala. Whilst on the island, we enjoyed the beautiful sea and beaches as well as the highly entertaining locals who were very friendly and never ceased to amuse us. After staying on Caye Caulker for two days, we left for Mexico. Our first stop in Mexico was Bacalar, which hosts the beautiful Lagoon of the Seven Colours. Despite the weather being cloudy, it did not stop us from visiting the lagoon and swimming in the cleanest lake water I have ever swam in. We only stayed in Bacalar for one night and on the following evening we left for Tulum on a rather decrepit bus that was in serious need of repair (the air conditioning unit dripped on my head for the entire four?hour journey).

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Tulum has one of the nicest beaches I have visited and the best weather we had experienced since coming to Central America. The food was incredible and we were able to experience the Mexican way of life by eating their food and dancing and drinking with the locals. After Tulum, we went to Playa del Carmen which is another beach along the Mexican coast. Playa del Carmen is a lot more touristy and packed with fellow travellers. This meant that the prices were a little out of our budget yet we still managed to find a lovely place to eat at the recommendation of a traveller we had met before. The last week we spent in Cuba. As one of five communist countries remaining in the world, we quickly realised what this meant when trying to find a supermarket: there were none. Old Havana has renovated its colonial architecture from the 1940s and when walking around the streets it really feels like you have gone back in time. Our second stop in Cuba was Trinidad, a beautiful town which is famed for its music, food and beaches. We stayed here for five days in a lovely casa, as there are no hostels in Cuba. Whilst in Trinidad, we visited the waterfalls as well as enjoying rum by the beach. After three and a half of weeks of travelling I said goodbye to one of the most memorable trips I have been on where I was challenging myself in many ways like facing fears as well as improving my Spanish with the locals. I would definitely recommend travelling to this part of the world, and my main advice when doing it is to listen to fellow travellers about where they stayed and what they did.

Ambers Waters (Trust Award) The Yukon, with its shear vast expanse of wilderness was a breath of fresh air. Not in the sense that a walk on the rolling English hills can be, lovely as that is, but on a much more basic level. The simplicity of survival is a wonderful thing. To switch off from all the constant availability of modern life and replace it with the fundamentals is liberating. Rather than worrying when your next deadline is or

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whether an email was misinterpreted; you instead are focused on where the next water source may lie and finding flat ground for a campsite. You can be anyone you want to be, no one knows what to expect from you and finding the person you choose to become, how you respond to the situations, is a very special journey. I was not alone on this journey, I joined a three?week expedition run by the British Exploring Society, a subset of the Royal Geographical Society, aimed at exploring and recording a truly wild world. We had attended a briefing weekend in April but this did not do the scale of the trip justice. Following a brief stop off in Vancouver we arrived in Whitehorse, the capital of the Yukon territory. To adjust to the time difference and prepare our supplies we spent two nights in the gymnasium of the town elementary school before the nearly eight?hour journey to basecamp. I feel the experiences can be best described through a selection of excerpts from the diary I kept over the expeditionâ&#x20AC;Ś Day 1: 6:00am is never pleasant at the best of times but this morning the promise of an adventure made it more manageable. We were up and at the airport for a 7:00am flight to meet the group who would become family over the coming weeks. Day 3: Basecamp is in what can best be described as a large field. There is an area for tents surrounded by an electric fence (to keep out any inquisitive bears), a gravelly area where the toilets will be created and a large flat area for cooking. The toilet trenches were dug by three of the team whilst the rest of us were set to work flattening the area where our tents were to go. The toilet trenches are slightly too wide, making it quite a performance to try and balance, fight off mosquitos and not get covered in mud. We also have to go in pairs in case of a surprise bear attack! Day 5: The weather is truly scorching today. Eager not to repeat yesterdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mistakes I put on loads of sun cream and a big hat, though it is hard to imagine anything defending my paleness from this heat. As we are so high up the UV rays are very strong and the sun really beats down. Our challenge for this satellite camp is water conservation. With

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the sun beating down on us all we want to do is drink but it is likely we may have to go a day without refilling our water supply, limiting us to ~five litres each. We are camping by a small lake and once camp was set up we all went swimming. After the others got out the water I stayed in, enjoying the view and whilst I was gently floating a beaver swam past, mere meters away. With the mountains in the background this was a truly special moment. Day 7: We had been warned today would be a tough one and they were right. We spent the morning carrying water to the advance basecamp to fill up two barrels we had carried up yesterday. Walking along the steep path was extremely hard going at first as it was incredibly overgrown with many branches that would ping and slap you in the face when you stopped paying attention for a split second. As we trekked up and down the hill the leaders got to work cutting back the vegetation to make the path more manageable as we would be going this way again on our way to future satellite camps. We learned that yesterday had been around 36 degrees and today cannot have been far off either. Between this and the freezing nights the weather swings were just that bit more severe than anticipated. Day 9: 3:00am came around far too fast! We were up before the sun so had to use our head torches as we ate our first flapjacks of the day and got set. The mantra â&#x20AC;&#x153;be bold start coldâ&#x20AC;? was hard to live by as we begrudgingly removed our down jackets and fleeces before we began our battle uphill with the trees. It is now just 6:00am and we have just gone off the path and pushed our way to a highpoint to watch the sunrise over the valleys and mountains. As we headed on upward we noticed a porcupine in the path in front. At first it came towards us but soon turned off into the berry bushes not to be seen again. We searched and walked for a few hours but have been unable to find a viable water source above the tree line so will have to return to basecamp for another day of planning and most likely water carrying. Day 11: After lunch we walked down to the lake for some science projects and a wash. We assessed the pH, nitrogen levels and turbidity of the water and found them to be excellent, while a swish with some nets showed quite how many critters we would be sharing with! With

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some help I was able to wash my hair in a bucket and gave my clothes a good wash before joining the others in hanging them on a nearby tree to dry. Day 12: Since we realized that walking in the morning is much more pleasant it has very much become the norm. We were up at 6:00am to sort breakfast and get ready to leave basecamp for our final expedition. As per usual the stoves were playing up, some decided to leak fuel, others refused to pressurize and some just didn’t feel like lighting. Eventually we got them under control and set off for the day. The walk to camp was long and steep. We have found a rare flat area but it is very rocky so setting up camp is taking longer than usual. Working together we have managed to get the tents all sorted (we have to set them up in a line so as not to trap any visiting bears) and, following dinner, have all settled down for a very welcome sleep… It was not to be! A rock managed to pierce my sleeping matt so I could feel myself slowly sinking. It has no internal structure so was completely out of action until I could repair it in the morning. In the meantime, I am sleeping on a mixture of spare clothes, down jackets, waterproofs and rucksacks. Fingers crossed I fall asleep before my hips realized they are but 1cm from some very hard slate! Day 13: After the bed disaster I slept surprisingly well. 2:00am came around as quickly as expected and we were up just in time to see the big red moon setting over the horizon as we begun to plod on in the dark until the warm yellow of sunrise could be seen emerging over the tops. •

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We remained in the Yukon for a further week before travelling back to Whitehorse, conducting scientific research, exploring the area and climbing hitherto unnamed rock faces. The research and reports we produced have been submitted and will hopefully contribute to a better understanding of this unique wilderness. This trip reasserted the importance of self?reliance and also doing what you say you will do, whilst it may not seem like much in this sort of environment it was the difference between survival or disaster. What better place to get some fresh air?

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The Hatfield Association Tim Burtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retirement after 21 years as Master of Hatfield was marked by the Association at the Reunion Weekend by a black tie dinner attended by some 100 members and guests. On behalf of the Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s members, I thanked Tim and Elizabeth for their tremendous contribution to the success of our College and presented gifts of garden furniture for their home in Devon and an amber bracelet for Liz. (Far from the Association losing touch with Tim he has been elected its South West Regional Rep.)

We were delighted to have Professor Ann MacLarnon present, allowing members to congratulate her on her appointments as Master of Hatfield and Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, and to wish her every success and happiness in Hatfield and Durham.

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Our speaker was Professor Robert Allison, Vice?Chancellor and President of Loughborough University – a close former colleague of Tim when Head of the Department of Geography at Durham. 30 Years of Women in Hatfield Next academic year, 2018?19, marks 30 years since women students were first admitted to the Hatfield. The Association’s Executive is committed to giving the fullest support to the College’s wide?ranging plans to celebrate this important anniversary, which are described elsewhere in the Record. College Alumni Associations’ Group At last year's AGM it was agreed that Association's Officers should take a full and active part in this Group's discussions to help with the decision? making process of the University at an important period of change. Eight Colleges have independent alumni associations: St Mary’s, St Aidan’s, St Cuthbert’s, Castle, Grey, Van Mildert, Hild Bede and Hatfield. (The Trevelyan Society is run in conjunction with College Officers). At the Group’s third meeting in November 2017 progress was made in constituting the College Alumni Associations’ Group and regularising its meetings. A Chair and Vice?Chair were elected and DARO’s offer of secretarial and other assistance was welcomed. Owen Adams, the Pro? Vice?Chancellor (Colleges & Student Experience) presented a synopsis of the University’s expansion plans. Whilst his vision for college development gave cause for optimism the point was strongly made that any harmonisation measures agreed by the University should not be at the expense of College diversity. Concern was expressed about the standard of the colleges’ estate. It was felt that the falling number of students choosing to return to residence in colleges in their final year reflects a view that this does not provide value for money. We learned from the University Secretary that clarity on the University’s policies toward “arm’s length organisations” (as college alumni associations are apparently classed) and issues of data protection have yet to be articulated.

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Costs of Alumni Events in Durham On behalf of the College Associations, I have asked the Vice? Chancellor to consider a policy which would reduce the charges for catered alumni events held in Durham. We believe this would be an important way of encouraging participation by recent graduates, particularly those London?based, for whom rail fares alone are a very significant cost. Life Membership of the Hatfield Association Traditionally the life membership fee has been automatically charged to a Fresher’s account, unless s/he chose to opt out. From this academic year, however, freshers and postgraduates have the opportunity to choose whether or not to pay the fee. Clearly if students are to be attracted to join the Association, we must convince them of the benefits of membership. With the support of the Assistant Senior Tutor, Ellen Crabtree, the Association was able to describe its raison d’être in the Freshers’ Welcome Pack and participate in the Induction Day at the beginning of Freshers’ Week. Chach Furneaux and Tony Gray represented the Association at this event, spending a very pleasant morning talking to small groups of students. I am now able to report that more than 80% of this year’s student entry has chosen to pay the life membership fee. There is, however, no room for complacency. To remain relevant and useful the Association must be clear in its objectives, responsive to the views of its members and effective in its communications. We intend shortly to conduct a survey of the membership’s wishes with regard to alumni events and we are working to develop the use of social media, better to reach the full membership. Progress in Modernising the Association The Association’s Officers have continued to work to make the Association more relevant to its 21st century members. Progress has been made in achieving better gender and age balance on its Executive Committee. Executive meetings now take place at least four

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times a year, alternately in Durham and London. The former allow the Master, Sabbatical Development Officer, Senior Man and President of MCR to attend (ex?officio); the latter facilitate the attendance of younger alumni working and living in London. Of the Executive’s eleven elected members, five graduated in the 21st century, seven are women. The President, Treasurer and Secretary are all 1960s matriculants (and white, male). Our ambition is to be succeeded soon by Hatfielders of a much younger generation with a good balance of gender and ethnicity. Activities • December 2017: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Visit. Nineteen alumni representing six decades of Hatfield took part in a tour of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, made possible by Richard Burge, Chair of College Council. • January 2018: Hatfield Association Winter Dinner. Forty Association members and their partners took part in this convivial event, considerably more than for a number of years. This was in no small way the result of hard work by the Sabbatical Development Officer and her ability to attract recent graduates, in particular, with the Executive’s decision to offer them a 30% discount on the cost of the meal. We were very pleased to have the Master as our guest and appreciated her informative and entertainingly delivered account of life in Hatfield during her first term in office. • February 2018: Hatfield Association Formal. The aim of this event is to raise the profile of the Association in College and develop its relationship with JCR and MCR. Thirteen alumni, graduates from seven decades, escorted by their student minders, dined at JCR and MCR tables and afterwards hosted a reception for students in the Birley Room. During the preceding afternoon some of the alumni took part in the Lions’ Weekend networking event arranged by the JCR Coordinator of the SHAPED Programme.

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• March 2018: Careers Day for Year 13 Students from State Schools. Working with the University’s Access Officer, six Hatfield alumni from law and education, assisted by members of JCR, will run workshops in College for sixth?form students interested in entering these professions. The aim is to support and complement the College’s strategy for encouraging more state school students to apply to Durham and Hatfield. • May 2018: London After?Hours Reception. The event, held at the Banker Pub, overlooking the Thames, attracted a good number of Hatfielders particularly recent graduates, large numbers of whom work and live in London. It provided an opportunity to introduce Hatfield Alumni to the Master, Professor MacLarnon. Thanks Stephen Galway, our webmaster who is responsible for running the Association website, would like to hear from Hatfielders who have fresh and interesting features to contribute (email: admin@hatfield? association.co.uk). Some 1350 registered members are now able to take advantage of access to the online edition of the Hatfield Record. In this connection Andrew Jackson has agreed to take on the networking responsibilities for the Hatfield Record. In addition to producing the financial reports and keeping us compliant with Data Protection regulations, Stuart Wild, our Treasurer, has been responsible for arranging the London After?Hours event and for marketing the Association. Lydia Coldicott, the College’s Sabbatical Development Officer, has given invaluable help and support to the Association’s Officers. Members will be relieved to know that Cynthia Connolly, our Assistant Secretary and presence in College, is making a good recovery after fracturing her wrist – a winter sports injury incurred at the Market Place ice rink!

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In particular I would like to thank Tony Gray, our Secretary, for his dedicated and wide?ranging work including representing the Association on College Council and organising our Outreach project to encourage more students from state schools to apply to Hatfield. Generally he makes things happen!

Rik Coldwell, Access Officer, with Tony Gray, working together on Outreach initiatives

Finally we are extremely grateful to Darryl McNary, the Food & Beverages Services Manager and his staff for their dedicated work. The meals at each of the Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s events have been quite splendid â&#x20AC;&#x201C; prepared with skill and imagination, served with the friendliness and good humour which, for Hatfielders, makes returning to their College such a pleasure. Patrick Salaun President Hatfield Association

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Hatfield Association 2017 AGM The 71st Annual General Meeting of the Association was held at 10:00am on Saturday, 1 July 2017 in the College Chapel. PRESENT S Boughey, T Burt (Master), R Coldwell, A Conn, C Connolly (Assistant Secretary), G Creasey, G Cullington, I Curry (Director, Hatfield Trust), H Dow (Senior Man), S Earl, T Elder, R Ellison, C Furneaux, S Galway (Membership Secretary/Webmaster), T Gray (Honorary Secretary), D Heald, J Henman, L Huang, A Jackson, SR Johnson, G Jones, J Raszewska, P Salaun (President), A Smith (MCR President), A Waters, D Whyte, Stephen Wild and Stuart Wild (Treasurer). APOLOGIES A Auster, M Driver, S East, K Groves, R Metcalfe, B Northrop and J Young. DEATHS It was with sadness that the meeting learned of the deaths of the following members since the last meeting: • • • • • •

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The meeting stood in silence in memory of these members of the Association and in recognition of their contributions to the College and the University. 780. PREVIOUS MINUTES The minutes of the last meeting (published in the Record) were accepted. 781. MATTERS ARISING There were no matters arising. 782. PRESIDENT’S BUSINESS Patrick Salaun alerted the meeting to changes in the way in which life membership subscriptions to the Association would be collected by the University. From October 2017 freshers would be offered the opportunity to choose whether or not to take out membership: in the past the fee was automatically deducted unless a student actively opted out. The Association should take steps to encourage freshers to join the Association, making clear the advantages of so doing. Actions: •

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783. TREASURER’S BUSINESS Stuart Wild: • Presented the Audited Accounts for 2016?17, which were accepted by the Meeting. • Reported that error by which a life membership subscription of only £10 was collected from students last year would be corrected and £25 charged in October 2017. Suggested the financial year dates might better follow those of the tax year to enable audited accounts to be presented to the AGM in future years. 784. HONORARY SECRETARY’S BUSINESS Tony Gray reported that the Association had arranged four events during the year. In November, 20 alumni had taken part in a tour and reception at the Foreign and Commonwealth Officer, made possible by the Chair of College Council, Richard Burge. The January Winter Dinner, in a candle?lit SCR Dining Room, had been enjoyed by some two dozen members. In February 15 alumni, spanning seven decades of Hatfield, took part in the Hatfield Association Formal, having the pleasure of dining with members of the JCR and MCR and, afterwards, being hosts and quiz captains at a port and cheese reception attended by some fifty members of College. In March five Hatfield alumni worked with Rik Coldwell (Hatfield), the University's Student Access Officer, to run a Careers Day for 6th form students attending northern state schools. The aim was to encourage applications to the University and Hatfield in particular from state school students. Additionally the Secretary had made contact with the Executive Officers of Durham’s eight other College Alumni Associations (Castle, Cuth’s, Mary’s, Aidan’s, Hid Bede, Grey, Van Mildert, Trevelyan) resulting in a meeting of Executive Officers from each Association, in London, in November 2016 – the first time this had occurred. The main business was to agree an agenda for a meeting with the Vice? Chancellor in April 2017. This had been made possible through the efforts of the President, negotiating with David Williams, the

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University’s Head of Alumni and Supporter Engagement. At this (very positive) meeting the Vice?Chancellor: • •

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Thanked the Association for its donation of £400 last year, which had allowed further suitable photographs to be displayed in public areas in College and the refurbishment of the College Walking Cane including bringing up?to?date the engraved list of former Keepers. Described an energetic, successful year for the College, Hatfield Day being a particular highlight. Reported that the JCR had taken responsibility for SHAPED, helping to change a slightly negative image. Reported that the Welfare Team was particularly strong and had been nominated for an award. Reported that, in sport, the College had been particularly strong in hockey and rowing.

The retiring President of the Boat Club, Amber Waters, described the recent formation of the Alumni 1846 Club whose monthly donations (made to the Hatfield Trust, but ring?fenced) will help support the Boat Club’s long?term development. It is also hoped to arrange a Veterans’ Regatta. The Meeting approved a donation of £400 to JCR for 2017?18. 788. MASTER’S BUSINESS Tim Burt: •

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790. ELECTIONS: 2017?18 The following members were elected to serve the Association for the year 2017?18. President: Secretary: Assistant Secretary: Treasurer: Auditor: Membership Secretary/ Webmaster:

Patrick Salaun Tony Gray Cynthia Connolly Stuart Wild John Panter

Hon. Vice?Presidents:

Peter Brett, Tim Burt, Bill Heal, Richard Metcalfe, Barry Northrop, Brian Raine, Patrick Salaun, Barrie Wetton, Johnathan Young

Honorary Members:

Anthony Bash, David Berry, Elizabeth Burt, Cynthia Connolly, Sandra Ruskin, Edward Wood

Representative on College Council: Editors of the Record:

Stephen Galway

Tony Gray The Master, Cynthia Connolly, Janet Raine (Technical Editor)

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Regional Representatives: North East: North West: Greater Midlands: South West: Yorkshire: London & South?East: Scotland: Northern Ireland: Spain: West Indies: USA:

Andrew Jackson David Whyte Andrew Smith Tim Burt Dai Davis Carwyn Cox Brian Raine Stephen Galway Barry Readman Ian Blaikie Jon Smith

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Syd East

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Geoff Cullington, Alex Conn

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Greg Jones, John Markham

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Henry de Salis, Geoff Ellis, Stephen Galway

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Yolande Wright, Simon Ward, Andrew Stroud, Adam Williams

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Samantha Dowling, Rob Henderson, Stephanie Wood, Penny Widdison

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Katherine Maclennan, Laura Baldwin, Charlotte Furneaux

791. CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF HATFIELD WOMEN (2018?19) This year?long project will celebrate equality and diversity. include:

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A Formal Dinner on Saturday 20 October 2018; A photographic exhibition; Scholarly projects; A networking luncheon celebrating the achievements of Hatfield women; An oral history project.

Stephen Johnson and Andrew Jackson, both undergraduates in 1988 expressed their admiration for “the bravest of the brave” and the desire to “do something for that first cohort”. The Association is fully committed to supporting “30 YoHW”; Andrew is ready to lead an Association Working Party. 792. THE FUTURE OF THE ASSOCIATION – DISCUSSION •

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Greg Jones asked if there could be an MCR Rep to the Association: the President of MCR offered to act as such. Discussion took place over the Association’s initiative to encourage state school students to apply to Hatfield. David Whyte offered to use his experience to contribute.

793. ANY OTHER BUSINESS The proposed changes to the constitution announced to the membership in the Hatfield Record and by email were agreed by the Meeting. 794. DATE OF NEXT MEETING It was confirmed that the 2017 Reunion weekend would be held between Friday, 29 June and Sunday 1 July. There being no further business, the President declared the meeting closed somewhat before noon.

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Constitution of the Hatfield Association The Association shall be called the Hatfield Association. All members and officers of Hatfield College, Durham shall be eligible for membership. The aims of the Hatfield Association shall be to further the educational interests and welfare of the College, and to support the Hatfield Trust. The functions of the Hatfield Association shall be: •

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to organise an annual reunion of Hatfield College alumni in Durham; to publish the Hatfield Record; to promote regional activities of its members; to appoint an independent Honorary Auditor; to produce annually an independently audited set of accounts; to nominate a representative of the Association to serve on College Council.

The Officers of the Association shall be: • • • • • • • • •

The President The President?elect The Vice?Presidents The Honorary Secretary The Honorary Assistant Secretary The Honorary Treasurer The Honorary Editor of the Hatfield Record The Representative of the Association on College Council The Membership Secretary/Webmaster

and they shall be members of the Executive Committee together with a representative elected by the Members’ Committee and other members who may be co?opted from time to time. The Members’ Committee shall consist of: •

The above named Officers together with the Senior Man and the President of MCR.

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Scotland Yorkshire North East England North West England Greater Midlands London and South East England South West England Wales Northern Ireland Such other foreign parts as shall be determined and agreed by the Association from time to time.

At least one representative from those students who came into residence in each of the decades from 1940 onwards.

The Officers of the Hatfield Association shall be elected at an Annual General Meeting to be held in Durham. The President will normally serve for up to a maximum of five years. At the end of the President’s penultimate year in office, a President? elect shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting. The Hatfield Association supports a magazine to be called the Hatfield Record and elects an Honorary Editor to assist with its publication. All members of Hatfield College JCR and MCR shall achieve life membership of the Association by payment of a single subscription upon matriculation. In the unlikely event of the affairs of the Hatfield Association having to be wound up, any residual monies and assets of the Association shall be transferred to the Hatfield Trust. Changes to this Constitution shall require the approval of a two?thirds majority of those present at the Annual General Meeting, with a minimum of twenty members present, and after due notice of the proposed changes has been given in the Hatfield Record. Amended July 2017 200

Forthcoming Events 30th Anniversary Celebrations : 20 October 2018 Join us to celebrate the admission of women to Hatfield thirty years ago at a formal dinner. Further details to be found on the online booking form: www.dur.ac.uk/conference.booking/details/?id=995

Association Winter Dinner: Saturday, 12 January 2019 Please contact Cynthia Connolly for further information (Tel: 0191 334 2620 or Email: c.a.connolly@durham.ac.uk). An online booking form will be made available. Watch out for updates!

Chapel Choir Reunion : 16 & 17 February 2019 A date for your diary. You can stay in touch by joining the Choir Alumni on Facebook â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hatfield College Durham: Chapel Choir Alumniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Or, if you are on the mailing list and have recently changed your email address, please do get in touch with Anthony Bash (Email: hatfield.chaplain@durham.ac.uk).

Conferences, Functions & Wedding Receptions Experienced staff at Hatfield College will ensure that facilities and amenities are arranged to suit your particular requirements. For information on organizing a function in Hatfield College please contact Event Durham (T: 0800 28 99 70).

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Members’ News Frieling?Ford, Andrea (2009?11) announced the birth of her son, Andrew Clarence Stephen Ford, on 18 January 2017. Ogden, Trevor (1961?64) awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List 2018 for services to Occupational Hygiene and Workplace Air Quality. Robson, Donald (1967?71), email on 26 May 2017 … ‘Can't believe it will be 50 years in Sept since our arrival in the fair city of Durham. A fond memory from the freshers' signing in ? we were lined up and the list of names read out. When it came to Robson DJ, I answered “present” and then came Robson MJ who was standing behind me. I turned and said something along the lines of "I understand that Robson is a Northern name. Are you from the North?" Mick Robson replied "That depends on where you're from." I answered, "South East London". Mick said "In that case, yes, I am from the North". Where, pray?” says I. "Romford" says Mick. Boom Boom!’ Timpson, Edward (1993?96) awarded a CBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List 2018 for public and parliamentary services. Timpson, John (former parent governor and Hatfield Trust trustee) knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2017 for services to Business and Fostering. CORRIGENDUM In the 2016 edition of the Hatfield Record, (pages 54?57), Don Robson kindly submitted an article about the Durham University 2nd XV (with Bishop Hatfield Hall well represented), winning the UAU Championship at the end of the 1967?68 season against Aberystwyth. The photograph of the team with the trophy was published. Don has since been in touch to say that the team in the photo is different to the actual winning team due to ‘tutorials, lectures, sloth or forgetfulness’.

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Don is 99% sure that the winning team comprised of: 15 Barry Dickinson (Bede), 14 Geoff Wainwright, 13 Malcolm 'Malkie' Brooks, 12 Ken 'Billy' Borrie, 11 Keith McCulloch, 10 Geoff Farmer, Capt. (Grey), 9 Don Robson, 1 Alan Alcock, 2 Nick Currey, 3 John Young, 4 Peter Wilkinson (Castle), 5 Howard Phelps, 6 Rob Clark, 7 Malcolm 'Mal' Newlyn, 8 Ian Pringle ( Bede).

BACK ROW: Alan Alcock, Duncan Smith, Don Robson MIDDLE ROW: Rob Clark, Keith McCulloch, Pete Wilkinson (Castle), Johnathan Young, Howard Phelps, Malcolm Brooks FRONT ROW: Neville Cowton (Grey), Jim Rawlinson, John Elliott, Geoff Farmer Capt. (Grey), Nick Currey, Malcolm Newlyn, Barry Dickinson (Bede)

Of course, if you know differently, do let us know!

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Death Notices College has been notified of the deaths of the following Hatfield alumni since publication of the last Record. Every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list. Cox, Steve (1967?70), 20 February 2018. [See page 205] Killip, Brian (1964?67), 6 February 2018. [See page 207] Paniguian, Sir Richard (1968?71), 25 June 2017. [See page 213] Stevenson, Peter (1948?51), 4 March 2018. Watson, Jeff “Guv” (1959?62), 1 July 2017. “A Hatfield man, a geographer, a sculptor, and all?round great guy”. (Jack Lindsey, Van Mildert) Westerman, Roger (1968?71), 21 September 2016. [See page 216]

ERRATUM We apologise that in last year’s Record Wing Commander Trevor Oakey’s surname was incorrectly recorded as “Oakley”.

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Obituaries & Tributes Steve Cox (1967?70) A tentative knock at the door at midnight, then the appearance of a hopeful, rosy?cheeked face: “I don’t suppose you’ve got any Marvel?… Unless, of course, you’re making...” This meant only one thing: Coxy had wheedled his way in yet again and you were in for the long haul. Making himself comfortable, Steve would expound on literature, music, dialectical materialism and the meaning of life: “What’s it all about?” as he drew heavily on a cigarette, hot ash dropping worryingly onto his nylon shirt (no fashionista our Steve). And you listened into the small hours, eyes steadily glazing over. Steve was a working?class lad from Wakefield and lived all his life in the former West Riding. A keen supporter of Wakefield Trinity he was devastated when Don Fox missed that vital last kick in the 1968 rugby league cup final at Wembley; Sunday roasts at home commenced with the traditional first course of yorkshire pudding with gravy, much to the embarrassment of guests from the south who thought it the main course. “Our Stephen, doesn’t your friend want his roast beef and vegetables?” Steve attended Queen Elizabeth GS before going on to study Law at Durham. This was followed by the law conversion course in Guildford, which led to a position as trainee lawyer in local government in the West Riding. Steve was a confirmed and committed socialist but he always expressed his views with good humour; he may have imposed himself upon you, but never his views. These values, together with strong academic ability (not always reflected in exam outcomes), enabled him to take up probably his ideal job: a lecturing post at Northern College, an adult education college in Barnsley. Here he was in a position to give practical application to his socialist passions, so improving the lives of ordinary people. A lifelong Labour supporter, he was chair of the Sheffield Labour Party in the 80s. Steve began at the college teaching Labour Studies to both adult Access students and trade unionists. He later went on to teach Popular 205

Culture, Media and Film, subjects he was passionate about. (John Peel, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart – he introduced them all, and more, to us at Durham.) Steve worked at Northern College until illness eventually overcame him. A gregarious character, a willing supporter of the college bar, a man who enjoyed a beer (‘I can sup a few’ ? his words, as we often reminded him), Steve was elected manciple for 1968?69. Many a student will remember fondly being cajoled by his persuasive charm into bar duties and the unloading of the dray. An occasional player in a university or college rugby team, Steve was a regular supporter at both home and away matches and loud celebratory shouting announced his late?night return, not to everyone’s delight. In 1978 Steve married Zé, a physiotherapist, and lived in Sheffield, holidaying in their apartment in Madeira, where Zé’s family lived. Home was important to Steve and they spent many years renovating their house in Sheffield. So too was food; Steve became something of a gourmet. Signs of this appeared in the early 70s when, on one occasion, he scoured the whole of Wakefield in search of the garlic salt(!). In later years he and Zé would dine at Michelin?starred restaurants, not in any pretentious way, but simply out of an appreciation of fine food. Steve was larger than life, highly intelligent, extremely articulate and a strong socialist. He loved late?night socialising, argument and discussion especially on political and philosophical topics. “What’s it all about?” Did he ever find an answer to that question? Steve enjoyed a period of respite from his illness but it returned later and more aggressively. Retaining his sense of humour even at the end, asked whether he wanted to be cremated or buried, he replied, “Surprise me”. His memory will be indelibly impressed in the minds of all who knew him. Steve Cox is lost to us, but with us still. Barry Reeve (1967?70)

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Brian Killip (1964?67) Sadly, Brian lost his battle with cancer on 6 February 2018 aged 71. He was born in the Isle of Man, grew up with the excitement of motorbikes flying past his bedroom window and enjoyed his time at boarding school on the island, including rugby and the officer cadet corps. From there he came up to Hatfield and read Modern Languages, applying a diligent focus and concentration on his studies, coxing fours ? and occasionally eights ? on the river, and developing a wry, sometimes provocative sense of humour. After Hatfield he settled on Marks & Spencer for what turned out to be a lifetime career with the same company, moving around various stores initially, and then going to London and the company headquarters in Baker Street. He travelled to various parts of the world for M&S, including pre?revolutionary Iran. At his funeral on 27 February at Northwood Methodist church in Middlesex, local to his home, the minister paid tribute to Brian’s courage and the practical outlook that was so evident in the last few months of his terminal illness. Brian circulated emails to his friends to let us know about how his treatment was developing, his loyalty and respect for the NHS, and his well?developed opinions on the state of the world, including politics in general and the M&S business world in particular. We always joked that Brian knew an awful lot about ladies’ underwear! Brian’s wife Suzy read ‘Death is Nothing At All’ by Henry Scott? Holland, and his son Ross recounted various anecdotes, including his boyhood visit to his father’s office, next to Sherlock Holmes’ headquarters at 221B Baker Street, where he wondered whether Brian was just as strict with his staff doing their maths properly as he was with Ross’s homework. Brian took great pride in a classic red Ford Mustang in which he took his daughter Heloise to school one day, a wonderful way of impressing your daughter’s school friends.

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Michael, one of Brian’s work colleagues, told us about the squash games that Brian would always extend to more sets if he had not been winning. Brian maintained longstanding friendships with his colleagues, built on mutual respect for each other’s business acumen and the ability to share discussions on virtually all aspects of life. Their length of service with the company gave them their name of the Diner Saurs and their lunches continued into retirement, including the others bringing lunch to Brian’s home in the last weeks of his life. The music at the service reflected Brian’s love for Spain and dancing the tango, including Dance Me to the End of Love by Leonard Cohen. Brian was delighted when Ross and his wife Georgina gave him a granddaughter Imogen, and loved the thought of a younger generation progressing in the world. He was also very pleased to have seen Heloise become engaged to be married. A silver lining on the cloud was a wonderful reunion of Durham 1964? 67 colleagues Steve Robertshaw, Patrick Salaun, and Mike O’Donovan with Linda and Alan Moss, some of whom had not met for 53 years. We shared fond memories of Brian and he will be greatly missed. Alan Moss (1964?67)

Jack Lonergan (1963?66) Memorial Gathering, 6?8 September 2017 Wednesday. Well there we were ? a Durham six pack if ever there was one: Jerry Moran, Chris Bailey, Andy Northedge, Dai Lloyd, Francis Mordaunt and Richard Thomson gathered here by Jerry to remember an exceptional friend now left us, John Patrick Lonergan – Jack to us all. Tumbled in that afternoon by train and car to the handsomely appointed King’s Lodge Inn, close by the railway viaduct. Most remembered their first sight of the city as the train had drawn into Durham Station 50 years ago and more.

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The view across the town to the cathedral and castle, is exceptional, a splendid panorama never to be forgotten – much as the subject of this assembly. Jack, like the rest of us had loved the look of the town from the station, and on reaching the town itself and then the university, had felt immediately at home. So where to lads? Jerry who had conceived this meeting had devised a programme for us. Looking to Jack’s first halcyon days clearly a visit to notable drinking haunts would help to rekindle the excitement of our younger selves. Alas, a number of older favourites had passed away – most notably the Buff, down the Bailey from Hatfield, just a minute away from the College gates. It had been an exhilarating pub humming with a threepenny German jukebox and a panoply of steadily drinking characters artfully arranged around the front saloon to smoulder and burst to immolation at the first hint of an unguarded word or look. Fabulous, we had loved it and it had consumed much of our stipends. Jerry knew where to go ? but first a gentle meander through the back streets, Atherton Street, Allergate, Crossgate and the Angel where Andy and he had lived, Silver Street, Market Place, Saddler Street (where’s the House of Andrews and the Kwai Lam?) up the Bailey (where’s Grey’s Outfitters?), past Hatfield – they are pulling apart Jevons again, down Bow Lane where Dai had once triumphantly parked his Minivan, over Kingsgate Bridge – just love that Ove Arup, Students’ Union looking a bit tired, into Hallgarth Street and the object of Jerry’s desires, The Victoria Inn. Drink up and haway the lads. Round the corner down Elvet Crescent, someone’s tarted up the Court Inn – you’d be lucky to get a pint for 1/3 now, past the court and prison to the Dun Cow. Hooray – still the sliding door to the front bar, still good beer and chatty company. This is all good. Hungry? Yes, back to North Bailey and a good feed at Lebaneat, unsurprisingly a Lebanese restaurant. Later at the hotel a sing song and laughter led by Chris playing his guitar then joined by Dai with a storming and poignant Celtic performance which made us all think and by John the hotel manager who played some canny notes. We loved it and so would have Jack.

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And all the time memories with Jack at Durham, other old Durham friends and Jack later in his life. Today and yesterday, high times, low times, sad times, laughter ? all in the mix. Thursday. Good breakfast all and away down the town. A chatter of change to the town – how dear old Jack would have enjoyed it. A stop in the Market Place. Chris, ever watchful, declaims that the Durham Hussar has moved. We spot a gaggle of men in pink jackets ready to give informatory assistance. ‘Yes. I can help’ says James, clearly a refugee from north of the border, ‘we are the Pink Pointers of Durham — volunteers to render such help when Durham County in their infinite wisdom dumped tourism and information centres.’ (Not quite a quote but nearish). Yer man on the horse has been moved up the square to give a larger space for events to take place. And where had the police box stood? Further over than we had realised. Enough of all that, football must be discussed starting of course with CELTIC, yer man’s from Glasge, don’t yer know. James went on to give us several football puzzles for our consideration. A very good man. Down to Brown’s boathouse to board the good ship Susan. A muscular girl with seats for all and two sets of oars. It was agreed that Andy and Richard as former stars of the art should be the rowers. Richard in his excitement to board decided firstly to test the waters by plunging his left leg up to his arse into the steely Wear waters. After the concerns plus laughter had subsided we struck off downstream and got into some sort of rhythm after a while, Chris beating time in a stentorian fashion. Reaching Hatfield landing stage Commander Bailey cried ‘Easy Oars’ and Susan was brought somewhat listlessly to a halt. Jerry distributed copies of his ‘Song to Jack’ to the company and we sang. It was a good moment and here and there a glistening eye. On again under Kingsgate Bridge to Prebends. This far and no further was agreed by all with remembrances of Madders in a punt stuck on the weir in those far?flung days. No punts the past 20 years according to our boatman at Brown’s. The return upstream took us back to Brown’s boathouse where Richard repeated his trick of falling over ? this time on to dry land. The

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man clearly needed a drink so we at once repaired to the Half Moon and the tender embrace (fat chance) of Charlotte. Lunch was taken at The Water House in North Road, a Wetherspoon’s establishment and Richard went back to the hotel to change his trousers.

(L8R) Francis Mordaunt, Richard Thomson, Chris Bailey, Jerry Moran, Dai Lloyd, Andy Northedge

The afternoon took us to Hatfield, meeting Old Bob the convivial new College porter. A very fine man. Talk was had, B stairs, A stairs, G stairs visited, the Dining Hall for photos and other old buildings admired, Andy’s highly dangerous night?time manoeuvres on the chapel roof remembered, Jack’s massive laundry parcels and bills recounted. A good afternoon.

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For dinner we dressed in our special T?shirts, courtesy of Jerry. The evening was wet, so in a very flash white?leather?upholstered taxi we reached The Cellar Door in North Bailey. Down the steps we went. Richard declared to a very smart gentleman in suit and tie who had appeared that we were the Moran party to which he re?joined he was also a diner. Ah. Freya and Chris emerged and all was well. A noisy evening of drink, chat and revelry and another splendid oeuvre from Jerry, ‘A Cursory Rhyme’ to dear JPL, with a verse for each to say. Wonderful moving moments, I’m filling up again. Off we set to the final point of call The Colpitt’s Hotel – straight out of 1926 and prices to prove it. Sam Smith’s bitter £2 a pint? You’d better believe it. An excellent day concluded. Off to bed. Friday. Final gathering of the clan at breakfast. Thanks to Jerry for all his excellent arrangements and generosity. Francis our stalwart controlling the cash throughout these days gives final reckoning. Goodbyes all around. Dear Jack, you will always be remembered by us and many others. God bless you, old boy. Farewell.

Exeunt omnes. Richard Thomson (1963?66)

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Richard Paniguian (1968?71) My oldest friend, Sir Richard Paniguian, CBE, died suddenly on 25 June 2017. This is my memoir of him, read at his funeral: Richard and I met in 1956, when we were both seven. His parents, Pan and Mary, had recently come to live in Clareville Grove. We were already there. I imagine our mothers discovered they each had a son of the same age and arranged for us to meet. And I probably said “Oh no, do I have to?”, and Richard probably said “Oh no, do I have to?”, but we did have to, because mothers ruled the world then. Several things cemented our friendship, and first amongst them was humour. Richard had a magnificent sense of humour and, as Jo has said, a delicious sense of the absurd. I can hear now his exploded laugh at anything that was too ridiculous for words. Which, for him, was quite a lot. He introduced me to the Goons and I introduced him to Flanders and Swann. We would roll around on the floors of respective homes, convulsed at jokes we barely understood. What we did understand was that these heroes had the same sense of the ridiculous as we did. The humour of Spike Milligan, in particular, peppered all our conversations. In 1960, when we were 11, we decided to put on a Variety Show at Christmas. If Flanders and Swann could go on a London stage, why couldn’t we? Conveniently, the downstairs room at Richard’s house was L?shaped – one part a sitting room; the other part a dining room; the two parts divided by a yellow satin curtain. We had our stage. The audience was our parents, who were obliged to attend and obliged to pay for the privilege. They were also obliged to buy programmes at 3d each. In 1964, like the Sunday newspapers, we introduced a colour section to the programme. Here it is. For those of you who can’t see it, there is a green box headed “Here is our colour section”. The Variety Show consisted mainly of sketches, which we both wrote and performed. Richard was responsible for the musical content, and also for the conjuring tricks. Sometimes we performed an adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes story. Improbably, this show ran for seven consecutive Christmases, until 1966. This consumed most of each Christmas holidays. Another thing that consumed them was dancing

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lessons. Our mothers, unaware that the avalanche of the 1960s was about to descend, fondly imagined that we would spend several years of our young adult lives dancing to orchestras at deb dances. So we were despatched weekly to a church hall behind Harrodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, where we were instructed in the waltz and the foxtrot by a Mrs Hampshire, sometimes assisted by her daughter, Susan. Mrs Hampshire was a proper martinet, clapping her hands in irritation at anyone who was not taking matters with the proper seriousness. I fear that Richard and I were the main culprits. The summer holidays were different. My family decamped to a cottage in Kent, where Richard was a frequent visitor. The garden there was one of our many impromptu cricket pitches. Cricket was the other great thing we had in common. We played cricket everywhere. We watched it. We talked about it.

Cricket match at Bow School organised by Richard after Finals (Richard is middle row, second right wearing a cap). Sam Stoker played for the opposition and was the opening bowler!

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When England won the second test at Melbourne in 1963, we decided – aged 13 – that we should have a proper drink to celebrate. So we went to the International Stores in Gloucester Road to buy some beer, which the shop unsportingly declined to sell us. We had to make do with Babycham. Another cricket pitch was a concrete alleyway behind a small cottage in deepest Dorset, which Richard’s family sometimes rented in the summer. One day, we went to the cinema in Lyme Regis to see the film Becket. The afternoon got off to a bad start when we sat unawares in double seats designed for courting couples and quickly had to move. Then, at a point of high drama in the film, a large candle was processed into Canterbury Cathedral. “Oh look,” one of us said, “it’s his birthday.” This threw us into hysterics for several minutes until the usherette threatened us with eviction. The last of the carefree high jinks came at the end of our first year at university. Another friend and I had to go back to Cambridge for a few weeks in the summer vacation. There was a gullible night porter at Trinity Hall who was the proud possessor of a pair of handcuffs. We decided to construct a stunt which would end with George handcuffing a suspected criminal and handing him over to someone he thought was a policeman. Richard was cast in the role of the criminal. We chased Richard round the parapets of the college for 5 or 10 minutes and finally apprehended him. George duly handcuffed him and prepared to ring the police. We gave George a telephone number, supposedly of the police station, but in fact of a call box round the corner, where another friend was waiting. The “police” came to take Richard away. I have this image of a future Head of the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation in handcuffs, about to be led away by a future Government Chief Whip, impersonating a police officer, watched over by a future Chief Executive of a major City bank and myself. And by George, of course. Well, everything got a great deal more serious after that. Richard embarked on a hugely successful and distinguished career. But that is for another day. Wherever he was, and over the years it was in many places, we always met on one fixed occasion each year, whenever else we met. It used to be on Christmas Day, in a pub in London, for a drink before lunch. One year, and I think it was at the Devonshire Arms in Marloes Road, I met Nil for the first time. I expect we were each keen to make a good impression on the other, and Richard was no doubt hoping that we did, but none of us need have worried. Nil’s warmth and spontaneity were immediately obvious, as was her huge

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love for Richard, and his for her. What a wonderful marriage they had, and how Richard adored his new extended family. When I was no longer in London at Christmas, we met at the Lord’s Test. We were making the arrangements for this year when he died. I emailed that I was planning to go on the Thursday, Friday and Sunday. “Seeing as it’s England,” said Richard in reply, “perhaps we shouldn’t make any arrangements for the Sunday.” This has been far too sudden, and far, far too soon. But, if today had to happen at all, how fitting that it should happen on the Saturday of the Lord’s Test. Richard was a kind, decent, modest man, full of humour, full of a zest for life. It has been my privilege to have had him as a friend for more than 60 years. John Powell (1969?72)

Roger Westerman (1968?71) Roger went to the LSE immediately after leaving Durham to take an MSc which he followed with a year’s teaching and then an MA in Nottingham to train as an Educational Psychologist, a career he followed for the rest of his life, ending it before retirement as Principal Ed Psych in Leicester. Alongside his career he had a passion for books, and opened a second hand bookshop with a friend in Nottingham which still bears his name, Jermy and Westerman. He married twice and had three children, Max, Grace and Dorothy, and three grandchildren. After retirement he travelled widely as well as continuing his work with books and playing bridge. Roger died in September 2016 just three weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. He died as he lived without a moment of self?pity. When we visited him in hospital, and later the hospice, the request was always to arrive with a bottle of champagne and he was quaffing champagne with family and friends the evening before he died. Jill Westerman, CBE (Sister)

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College Notes College Officers Master

Professor Ann MacLarnon, MA PhD

Vice?Master & Senior Tutor and College Chaplain

Professor Anthony Bash, LLB LLM BD PhD

Assistant Senior Tutor

Dr Ellen Crabtree, BA (Hons) MA PGCert PhD

Bursar

Ms Michelle Crawford, BSc

Honorary Fellows Professor Robert Allison Dr Sheila Armstrong Dr Bill Bryson Mrs Elizabeth Burt Professor Tim Burt Professor Sir Kenneth Calman Mr Will Carling Mrs Cynthia Connolly Professor Douglas Davies Lord Richard Dannatt Professor Terry Eagleton Dr Will Greenwood The Reverend Theo Harman Professor Bill Heal Professor Ray Hudson

Dr Barbara Laithwaite Dr Tony Laithwaite Dr James Lancelot Mr Barry Northrop Mr Bruce Oldfield Mr Marcus Rose Ms Angel Scott Sir Tim Smit Dr Andrew Strauss Sir John Timpson Dr Jeremy Vine Dame Gillian Weir Mr Barrie Wetton Mrs Yolande Wright

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College Council Dr RC Bain Mr RJ Coldwell Professor DJ Davies Mrs EA Dodds Mrs L Estlin Mr A Gray Professor RID Harris Miss SE Philipson Mr AN Tibbs

Vice?Chancellor & Warden Pro?Vice Chancellor (Colleges & Student Experience) Master Senior Tutor Bursar JCR Senior Man MCR President Mr R Burge (Chair)

Email Contacts College Officers Master Vice?Master & Senior Tutor Assistant Senior Tutor Bursar Chaplain

ann.m.maclarnon@durham.ac.uk hatfield.seniortutor@durham.ac.uk hatfield.assistantst@durham.ac.uk t.m.crawford@durham.ac.uk hatfield.chaplain@durham.ac.uk

Hatfield Trust Director Assistant Director Sabbatical Development Officer

ian.curry@durham.ac.uk c.a.connolly@durham.ac.uk hatfield.development@durham.ac.uk

Hatfield Association President Secretary Assistant Secretary Membership Secretary Treasurer

pasalaun@talktalk.net anthonygray49@gmail.com c.a.connolly@durham.ac.uk admin@hatfield?association.co.uk stuart.wild@hoge100.co.uk

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Professor Ann MacLarnon, first female Master of Hatfield College

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