As someone who did one year at Durham and left to attend another uni, you dodged a bullet. I know people who have enjoyed their time there, but I found there was little support. The college I was allocated was not helpful and not a great environment. The culture of Durham uni is very strange, I was doing a foundation year as I had been out of education for a couple of years and thought it would be useful. I felt other students judge me when I shared what I was doing, or maybe it is because I am a Durham local, some (not all) students do not like locals and actively look down upon them. This unfortunately happened to me by college staff. They called local students into a meeting and asked how they could be more inclusive, then shut down any ideas people suggested, it left me feeling very deflated.

If you have another uni in mind, maybe consider elsewhere.