Student Stories
Grey College Trust Awards 2018
Grey College Trust Awards
Each year the Grey College Trust supports students in their endeavors
Supporting our students to undertake extra-curricular activities outside their studies has always been a part
of the work of the College Trust. However, in recent times this has become an increased focus, as we seek
to make Grey a place where every student has the chance for a remarkable and transformational education,
learning and growing in ways that just an ordinary classroom experience cannot provide. Our aim is to be
able to regularly provide £20,000 annually towards awards, a four-fold increase on our current position.
Alumni and friends of the College interested in supporting this can contact the Vice-Master, Dr Peter Swift
at [email protected] for more information.
During the 2017-18 academic year, the Grey College Trust supported a number of our students who un-
dertook the following projects. A publication of students; full reports is being prepared as well and will be
available from the College.
University
Debating
Championships
DUCK Peru
Expedition
Charlotte Daintith: Having worked
with children before I hoped
this DUCK expedition would be
an amazing opportunity to help
children from a wholly different
background to my own, and
expose myself to the variety of
cultures out there. I had no idea
what a personal impact the ex-
perience would have on me and
my fellow team members from
Durham University.
Coco Colard: The kind donation
that Grey College Trust made
towards my travel costs allowed
me to compete at the European
Universities Debating Champion-
ships in Novi Sad, Serbia. I repre-
sented the Durham Union Society
as a member of the 'B' debating
team, and spoke in nine rounds
of British Parliamentary debat-
ing, on topics including artificial
intelligence and governments in
postcolonial Africa.
DUCK Tanzania
Expedition
Helena Taxy: In July 2018 I went
on an expedition to Tanzania
with the help of The Grey College
Trust. In a team with nine other
Durham students I challenged
myself to fundraise, climb Mount
Kilimanjaro, explore new regions
and learn about new cultures. It
was an invaluable experience and
I would encourage anyone to un-
dertake a project of this sort.
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