About Me

Matt White BSc. Hons (Dunelm)

At 16:00 on 28th June 2006 I graduated from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Durham with a 2:2 in Software Engineering. I NEVER want to work as a software developer.

I am currently maintaining a few websites:

My past

From the age of 4 I started at Downsend Lodge Rowans and then moved onto Downend’s main site at the age of 7. I progressed through the school until the age of 13 at which point I passed my Common Entrance to go to St John’s. I have lost contact with most people from Downsend however I am slowly finding them again on Facebook.
At St John’s I was in North House and met Mr. Patrick Noble who was an exceptional housemaster who helped me through my GCSEs and A-Levels. Jim and Donks were two of my best friends at school and I still keep in touch with them to this day. They have just completed their degrees at Oxford Brookes and are going on to bigger and better things.

After St John’s I went back to Downsend to become a Gap Year Student before progressing to university. During this year I met so many good people who I have remaind in contact with since I left. I went to Downsend with Doogs and I hadn’t seen him since we left in 1997. I also met up again with Lindsay who I hadn’t seen since our time at the Rowans!!!

Once my gap year was over it was time to embark on life at university. At the start of October 2003 I nervously went for the first time to Durham. Having arrived I settled into my room in Hild Bede and within the first couple of days had met people who will be my friends for many years to come. At the freshers fair I joined a number of societies within college that I never did anything for but they seemed good fun at the time! I joined the Rifle Club at the start of the year as well but over the course of the three years I never once turned up to shoot!

One society I joined was the Drama Society which I have been heavily involved with for the three years that I was in Durham.

2003-2004

2004-2005 - Technical Manager

2005-2006 - President

As well as the college theatre I was also involved in Durham Student Theatre (DST) which is an umbrella organisation for all the different theatre companies within the university. In my second and third years at Durham I have been part of DST’s Technical Board - 2004-2005 Head of Sound & 2005-2006 Company Stage Manager/Assistant Tech Director. I have thoroughly enjoyed the theatre work that I have done - I never appeared on stage but made sure that the actors could be seen/heard on a number of occasions!!

As well as the work in the theatre I also spent most of my three years organising events within college. I was Hild Bede SRC Sound & Lighting Rep (now Technical Rep). In this capacity I sat on Ball Committee and Ents Committee for two years and was responsible for organising various events from SRC meetings to the Christmas and Summer Balls.

As part of Ball Committee I was responsible for building the following:

I also helped with the decorations for the balls.

As part of Ents Committee I worked on the following events:

  • Hypnotist
  • IceBreaker Gameshow
  • 80’s - 90’s Night
  • Comedy Night

I also worked closely with the Film Society and various music nights held in the Undercroft to ensure that their equipment was in top working order.

Alongside the extra-curricular work I also spent some time actually in lectures although wherever possible I would be working in college as it was always a more enjoyable time compared to learning about Theory of Computation!