The Universities for North East England partnership could be a blueprint for the rest of the UK, an MP has told an event in ...

The Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize honours leading cosmologists, astronomers and physicists who are advancing our understanding of the Universe. It is co-sponsored by the International Astronomical ...

Among the big winners of a university being in a neighbourhood must be the neighbourhood itself. In her monthly column, our Vice-Chancellor Professor Karen O’Brien reflects on Durham University’s ...

The Woman of the North Summit was held at The Waterside building, part of our Business School, on Wednesday 7 May, and ...

A service rich in symbolism, Leo XIV’s inauguration mass this Sunday (18 May) will mark the start of what is likely to be a highly consequential papacy. Dr William Crozier, Duns Scotus Assistant ...

Clean hydrogen could be key to a greener future and there is a lot if it right beneath our feet in the Earth’s crust. The trick is knowing exactly where it is and in which conditions it survives. For ...

A new Durham-led project to strengthen collaboration between universities and businesses and others to drive growth and create jobs in North East England has received major funding from the UK ...

Professor Emily Thomas of our Department of Philosophy has been selected as a Marc Sanders 2025 Philosophy in Media Fellow. With support from the foundation, Emily plans to write a trade book about ...

A new study led by our Earth Sciences department has made a surprising discovery about a mysterious fossil from the Cambrian period — over 500 million years ago. The fossil, Shishania aculeata, was ...

Professor Angela Woods, Director of the Institute for Medical Humanities (IMH) and a Professor of Medical Humanities in our Department of English Studies, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by ...

Final-year Marketing and Management students at Durham University Business School are stepping beyond the boundaries of traditional academic study through the innovative Behavioural Science Marketing ...