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Building Characters, Sharpening Minds

The Values and Virtues of the Collegiate Way

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Last weekend, 11 years on from graduation, I returned to Durham for a friend’s bachelor’s party. Three of the group present, including the ‘stag’ himself, had been students at Hatfield and there was a natural draw to stay in the college. As you can imagine there was plenty of reminiscing! We of course all reflected on the opportunities provided by the University itself.

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Burt, T.P., Evans, H.M. (2016). Building Characters, Sharpening Minds. In: Evans, H.M., Burt, T.P. (eds) The Collegiate Way. Contexts of Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-681-1_7

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