Hild Bede Alumni

Hild Bede Alumni For alumni of the mighty College of St Hild & St Bede, Durham University. So, how can you get involved? For a few quick examples, see below.

Updates on college life, reunions & events! [email protected] We would love to stay in touch, or even get in touch for the first time since you graduated - there are endless ways we can make this happen. Firstly, if we don't have your email address - we can't contact you! Please please please email [email protected] to double check your contact details are up-to-date. The only way we can get in touch with you is by having a medium in which to do so! Please invite your friends who are other alumni to this page to make sure we don't lose touch! Secondly, we are always on the look out for opportunities to share anecdotes and tales from your time here - do feel free to get in touch if only to ask if Christopher still looks like a prison block! We are especially looking for stories and pictures to be used in our online newsletter (HB Resurgo) and alumni Association magazine. Thirdly, we have a whole host of reunion events organised for the coming year (which will be publicised on our page). Take the initiative, grab a friend or two, and join us for one of our After Hours London Drinks Club events, Old Boys/Girls weekend or our Lumiere inspired Drinks reception. Keep the good times flowing (in more ways than one!). Fourthly, our Career Mentor Scheme is going from strength to strength but WE NEED YOU! Whatever stage your career is in, we would love to use your expertise and link you with a current Hild Beder to provide some sound advice. Whether you are a corporate buff, a not-for-profit sector hotshot, a fabulous teacher, working in the public sector, in research, or any alternative career path (the more diverse, the better for our students!) or have previously succeeded in landing an internship - we'd love to have you on board!

A few exciting announcements:ST HILD’S BLAZERStarting with - drum roll…… we will be bringing back the St Hild’s jacket a...
30/09/2026

A few exciting announcements:

ST HILD’S BLAZER
Starting with - drum roll…… we will be bringing back the St Hild’s jacket and make it part of our merch collection. It’s currently in discussion with a company and we’re hoping to have a vote on the final design with Students and alumni 😃 stay tuned!

WOMEN IN STEM
Next, it’s a call out for any alumna working in Stem who studied stem and would like to be part of a women in Stem day with some of our students. Looking for a few key note speakers about your career and challenges you have faced. Date to be determined but it will be around 8 March for International Women’s Day! The St Hild’s jacket in the images is one in the archives dating to 1908.

LONDON CATCH UP
11 March at St Dominic’s Six Form, more details to come!

09/09/2026

Save the date - Hild Bede regional catch up with our alumni community, in London on 11 March, 2027

More to come

Yesterday, we were delighted to welcome alumnae of St Hild’s College back to visit their old college, and what a lovely ...
04/09/2026

Yesterday, we were delighted to welcome alumnae of St Hild’s College back to visit their old college, and what a lovely day it was 😊

We have a new Linkedln page - please give it a follow
14/07/2026

We have a new Linkedln page - please give it a follow

Welcome to our College LinkedIn Page where you will find updates on the life and times of Hild Bede. We look forward to connecting to our community 💙

07/07/2026

Congratulations to all our students who have been awarded their degrees! Yeah Hild Bede! 💙💚💜

Congregation has begun!
01/07/2026

Congregation has begun!

17/03/2026

Dear all,

We have an update on the Hild Bede site from Principal, Simon Forrest.

Dear hild Bede alumni,
As you know, your College has been working within a University Programme to deliver the vision of a refurbished College of St. Hild and St. Bede and regenerate the wider Leazes Road site. This will help us meet an aspiration to provide students with great accommodation and College experience, as well as deliver further residential accommodation to lessen the burden on the wider City’s residential market.
Unfortunately, given the incredibly challenging cost and nature of construction projects at present, and despite the best efforts of all involved, it has not been possible to take forward the current scheme with our preferred bidder.

The University has therefore taken the difficult decision to halt the procurement and bring the project to a controlled stop whilst we consider wider options. This is clearly the right decision for College, allowing us to commit energy to the future development of the project.

We are disappointed and understand that you may be too. We have learnt a lot throughout the process and we are now working towards finding the best outcome for your College. We are part of the consideration of the necessary next steps to deliver a sympathetic redevelopment of the wider Leazes Road site.
In the meantime, I want you to know that you have my continued commitment to do all I can to enable College to thrive, to treasure your experiences and support and translate that into brilliant opportunities for our current and future students.

I will continue to keep you updated as plans progress.

Best wishes,
Simon

31/03/2025

Hi everyone,
I hope you're all doing very well. It's been very busy over at College and our fundraising campaign which has started last week. In other news, we have two events coming up.

Our upcoming reunion will he held on Sunday, 4 May, we would like to introduce you to our new home at Rushford Court, here's the link to book https://pay.durham.ac.uk/colleges-and-common-rooms/CSHSB/come-home-to-hild-bede-at-rushford-court

Another event we would like to invite you to comes from our students, the summer ball at Wynyard Hall, where you can have a look and book here https://pay.durham.ac.uk/colleges-and-common-rooms/CSHSB/hildbedeballsummerball2025alumnipackage

It would be wonderful to see you all!

News for our Hild Bede family
17/03/2025

News for our Hild Bede family

Building work at Rushford Court in the Viaduct area of Durham has been completed, and the College of St Hild and St Bede has moved in. The official opening of the redeveloped site was marked by a celebration event this week, bringing together partners from the university, the college and Unite Stude...

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