Durham Global Week 2025 will take place from Saturday 1 – Sunday 9 March 2025. All staff and students are encouraged to get involved, by submitting proposals for events to be part of the programme.

Climate change is one of the biggest threats facing the world today. In her monthly column, our Vice-Chancellor Karen O'Brien explores how Durham University is both pioneering research to understand ...

The ethical and governance review co-authored by Professor Cave concludes that a phased approach is needed – ‘soft’ governance implementing the UK SCBEM Code of Practice, as a stepping stone to ‘hard’ ...

Modern humans, Neanderthals, and other recent relatives on our human family tree evolved bigger brains much more rapidly than earlier species, a new study of human brain evolution has found. The study ...

Social movements are dynamic, non-linear, and constantly evolving. Capturing their complexities and true impact requires an embedded and reflective approach that transcends traditional metrics. In ...

In a new study, scientists from our top-rated Biosciences department joined forces with researchers from Jagiellonian University (Poland), and the John Innes Centre to reveal how a bacterial enzyme ...

We’ve launched a new £5m research centre to support North East England’s growing space industry and lead on the sustainable exploration of the cosmos. The Durham University Space Research Centre ...

This year, we sent six delegates to the Conference of Parties in Baku, Azerbaijan. Learn how their work helps to address the challenges of an ever-changing and complex world – and inspires the next ...

The five universities in North East England have responded to the UK Government’s priorities for higher education reform, indicating their commitment to work together and with others to drive growth.

We seek to enhance our reputation and research by increasing our academic capacity and recruiting exceptional staff to join our institution, not only to generate significant growth in research income ...