Hello and welcome to the Philosophy Department! 

I’m Peter Vickers, the Head of Department, and I've been working at Durham for 14 years. Congratulations on making it here: we know that you’ve worked really hard for this. We’re a friendly and open group of people and look forward to welcoming you to our academic community. We’re a mid-sized department and over the years you’ll likely be taught by most of us - we hope you’ll get to know us well. There are many events during the year that bring staff and students together, and spaces in the Department for you to work and hang out.

We have put together an intellectually challenging programme of studies for your first year that will give you a good grounding in philosophy. We hope that it will spark your interest. Induction should provide everything you need to kick off your studies, but if there's anything you don't find, please browse the website, or visit our induction module on Learn Ultra. The Learning & Teaching team would also be delighted to help and can be contacted at philosophy.taught@durham.ac.uk. I’m excited to be seeing you in Durham this October!

With best wishes, Peter 

Professor Peter Vickers, Head of Department