Katie Heckels

Co-Editor in Chief at The Tab Durham

Katie Heckels
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Location
Durham
Education
Durham University
Expertise

Student news, property and accommodation, league tables, UCU strikes, student protests, student politics, current affairs

  • Katie is currently the Co-Editor in Chief at The Tab Durham where she manages the editorial and the writers teams as well as producing her own news and features articles for the site
  • Katie specialises in news coverage of Durham University, particularly the housing crisis and how the wider political climate has affected students in recent years
  • In her free time, Katie plays for the university waterpolo team and enjoys baking, painting and yoga

Experience

Katie joined the Tab during her first year at Durham University as the site's News Editor and has since gone on to become Co-editor-in-chief in her third year

Education

Katie Heckels is in her final year at Durham University where she studies English Literature. She is currently writing her dissertation on literature of the US-Mexican border and intends to pursue this area of study moving forward

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Posts

Chancellor of Durham University Dr Fiona Hill honoured by King Charles III

The honour is awarded in recognition of service in a foreign country

Durham Uni falls in almost half of the world subject rankings for 2024

It performed the worst in the physical sciences subject area

Thinking about joining us? Here are six reasons why you should write for The Durham Tab!

Come to our open meeting at 6pm at The Library Bar on Thursday 5th October

Durham ranked as worst uni in England and Wales for social inclusion, new league table finds

However, the uni placed seventh nationally and The Times named it as the best university in the North East

15 things every Durham fresher needs to know right now

You won’t find these in your welcome pack…

Durham UCU announces new strike dates until September with plans to disrupt uni open days

The uni has promised ‘detailed mitigations’ will limit disruption

Durham’s Theology and Religion degree has just been ranked sixth in the world

A total of twelve Durham degrees have also been ranked in the world top 50!

Durham students are organising a housing protest – here’s what you need to know

It’s taking place outside the Billy B at 1pm tomorrow

Durham Uni has admitted housing crisis is partly caused by its acceptance of too many students

It blames the current housing shortage on the increased number of freshers joining the uni since Covid

Durham students left to sleep on the streets overnight to sign houses during housing crisis

People started queuing at 12.30am

Man who attacked Durham students outside of Fabio’s sentenced to nine months in prison

He attacked the three students in August last year