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Tag: Welcome to new students

  • 2025

What to Expect in Welcome Week

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 12 Sep 20255 Dec 2025

Editor Ella Guy gives her experience of Welcome Week and describes what to expect.

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  • 2025

A Fresher’s Perspective on the Leavers’ Service

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 30 Jun 20255 Dec 2025

Arts and Culture Editor Christian O’Brien writes up on the recent Leaver’s Service, and his perspectives as a first year.

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  • 2024

A Fresh Perspective on Theatre at Durham (from a Fresher’s Perspective)

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 1 Apr 20245 Dec 2025

Arts and Culture Editor, Ollie Cochran, recounts his first-year experience of navigating the dramatic arts in Durham.

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  • 2023

What I Wish I’d Known Before Coming to University: A Second Year’s Perspective

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 7 Mar 20235 Dec 2025

Second year Engineering student Miles Balderson talks us through some of the key moments of…

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  • 2023

What I Wish I’d Known Before Coming to University: A First Year’s Perspective

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 19 Feb 20235 Dec 2025

Current 1st year Biosciences student Oliver Davis reflects on his experience so far at University.…

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  • 2022

What To Pack and What Not To Pack!

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 14 Sep 20225 Dec 2025

A handy guide of what to pack and what not to pack when first coming…

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  • Life in John's

From a graduate to a fresher: a letter

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 1 Sep 20205 Dec 2025

By Gabriel Callaghan. You’ve certainly faced an inordinate amount of obstacles to get here; from…

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  • Life in John's

Freshers’: Formals?

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 14 Sep 20185 Dec 2025

By Caragh Aylett, SJCR President A Formal Hall (or Formal as it’s more often known)…

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  • Life in John's

Freshers’: Helpful things to know before coming to St John’s

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 11 Sep 20185 Dec 2025

By Molly Byford A lot of people will give the same old advice to prep…

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  • Life in John's

Freshers’: Packing Essentials

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 4 Sep 20185 Dec 2025

By Caragh Aylett, SJCR President 1)  Things to make your room feel homely! It’s so…

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