Durham's independent student newspaper since 1948. Editors-in-Chief: William Milne and Isla Mustin
Palatinate covers all of the latest Durham news and analysis, as well as opinions, interviews, science and sport. Indigo is our arts and lifestyle magazine, covering everything from fashion and visual arts to food and travel. Palatinate is also home to PalTV, Durham's first student TV station.
22/07/2025
Want to join the Palatinate team and deliver award-winning student journalism?
Applications to join our team are now open! Editorial roles will give you the opportunity to assist in the leadership of our sections and have your work featured in our print issues.
Applications are open until Friday 1st August, 11:59pm. If you have any questions please email [email protected]
Application forms can be found in the link in our bio, or on our website.
22/07/2025
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🗞️Isla Mustin
📸 Isla Mustin
15/07/2025
Palatinate spoke to Dan Lonsdale, outgoing President of Durham Students’ Union (SU), about his two-year tenure in the role as the lead representative of the University’s student body, and the wider state of higher education at Durham and beyond.
Read the full article on palatinate.org.uk
🗞️Isla Mustin
📸 Isla Mustin
10/07/2025
An Investigation into the University’s use of its £84m Waterside Business School.
🗞️Will Dixon
📸Isla Mustin
09/07/2025
Student receptionist staff known as ASK Assistants, who previously held guaranteed-hours contracts with a minimum of four hours work per week, learned that their roles would not be available to apply for next year when the SU advertised a new zero-hour “student staff” position on Instagram.
Read the full article on palatinate.org.uk
🗞️Isla Mustin
📸 Isla Mustin
07/07/2025
Want to join the Palatinate team and get involved in award-winning student journalism? Applications for SciTech Editor and Comment Editor are now open till Monday 21st July 11:59PM. Applications can be found in the link in our bio or under the Vacancies section on the website.
06/07/2025
Applications for Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Palatinate are now open. Apply using the link in our bio or under Vacancies on our website. Applications close Sunday 20th July 23:59PM.
06/07/2025
At they come to the end of their degrees, Sport Editors Joseph Saunders and Ben Pawlowski take a moment to reflect on why sport at Durham has been so important to them.
🗞️Joseph Saunders and Ben Pawlowski
📸Joseph Saunders
30/06/2025
This recent Palatinate investigation looks into student reports of issues being paid by the University. Read the full article on our website, or via the link in our bio.
🗞️Abigail Tobias
📸Isla Mustin
26/06/2025
As it approaches the end of this term, we must say goodbye to another Editor-in-Chief. William Milne has finished his two terms editing the paper and 7 beautiful editions.
Will’s passion for journalism was clear when he joined Palatinate as Profile Editor at the start of his first year at Durham. His commitment to Profile shone through in his many interviews including Jackie Weaver and Lord Howard.
Making the move to News Editor he wrote over 30 articles ranging from the pro-Palestine encampment, the campaign to save Leaze’s bridge and Hild Bede’s new development.
Upon successfully being voted in as Editor-in-Chief, he remained dedicated to both News and Profile.
He expertly covered the recent DUCU strikes: making sure that students were kept informed of developments and effects to their studies.
His commitment to uncovering the stories that need to be told as Editor-in-Chief was demonstrated when his contributor Profile on Timothy Cho, a North Korean defector was shortlisted for the Best Profile award at the Student Publication Association National Conference.
Will was a friend to many on the team, always there to listen or help. He’s going to be massively missed as he embarks on his next big adventure after Palatinate - a year abroad teaching in Paris.
He will always be a part of Palatinate and we hope to see pieces from him on his year abroad and in his final year. We do also hope he has a very well deserved rest as we know he will be doing big things in the future.
22/06/2025
New vacancies are now open! Apply on our website, or via the link in our bio.
21/06/2025
Are you a Palatinate alumnus? Join us for our London alumni event on Monday 30th June at Parcel Yard, which is conveniently located in Kings Cross Station!
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Palatinate is Durham’s student newspaper, established in 1948. We cover all of the latest Durham news and analysis, as well as opinions, interviews, science and sport. Palatinate is also home to Indigo, a cultural and lifestyle magazine based in Durham. We have an illustrious history of producing high-quality journalism, and former Editors of the paper include George Alagiah, Jeremy Vine, Hunter Davies and Sir Harold Evans.
In 2018, Palatinate won Best Publication at the Student Publication Association Awards, and was highly commended for Best Publication at the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme's Student Journalism Awards.
If you are a Durham student keen to get involved in Palatinate, please get in touch. Palatinate is available on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, as well as on our website. During term-time you can pick up a print copy of Palatinate’s fortnightly newspaper. You can find PDFs of our print editions from the last ten years here: https://issuu.com/palatinate
Editors-in-Chief: Imogen Usherwood and Tash Mosheim ([email protected])
