Cuthbert’s Chronicle
New Look JCR The Bailey JCR has had a facelift! New furniture was chosen by the Junior Common Room, funded by College and ordered by the Operations Manager in time for the Easter term. There is now a large study/ meeting area and a cosy social area available.
PGM Murder Mystery Formal A highlight of the year for us was being able to do our annual murder mystery formal where we invite PGM students from across the university to attend. The cast and crew ranged from 1st year undergraduates to those completing their PhD research and it demonstrated an amazing coming together of ideas and talent from across the Cuth’s community, which resulted in the highlight of our social calendar. Most importantly, we managed to fool most attendees of the killer’s identity, keeping up our long tradition of difficult but rewarding mysteries to solve.
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Postgraduate Round Up Jack Simmonds
This year has been a year of significant change. Coming back from Covid restrictions, we have had to learn how to bring back the Postgraduate and Mature Students (PGM) community to Cuth’s. As the PGM Students President, it has been amazing to see the enthusiasm of PGM students in Cuth’s to get involved and cultivate a community that extends beyond a Zoom pub quiz. This year, we had one of our best PGM Freshers’ Weeks in recent memory. With the help of the incredible international rep. Elena and other PGM Presidents, we were able to organise trips outside of Durham, inter-college events and, most-importantly, the long-awaited return to the Bailey Bar.
We have managed to return to in-person research events, working with the SCR to allow University staff and students from a range of subject areas to come into college to share the amazing work they are doing. Going into the summer, we hope to provide more of these opportunities to students completing their research; and working with College and the SCR to make long-term changes to increase the range of research events in the coming years.
It has been a pleasure to be a part of the resurgence of Cuth’s this year and I can only imagine what is to come with a community as dedicated and enthusiastic as this one. Jack Simmonds June 2022
