We are opening our doors to an ever greater range of students. In her monthly column, our Vice-Chancellor Professor Karen O’Brien explores some of the student support packages recently launched to ...

Our scientists have played a leading role in creating the largest-ever 3D map of the universe, using data from 15 million galaxies and quasars. The map was produced by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic ...

County Durham will take a sporting lead again in 2025 with another summer of big events, including the return of the Durham City Run Festival. Organisers have revealed details of this year’s Festival, ...

The funding, granted through the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s (AHRC) new Doctoral Landscape Awards scheme, will fund three full-time PhD students at Durham over the next five years. The AHRC ...

Our critically acclaimed student Choral Society and conductor, John Forsyth MBE, will bring a programme of energetic Baroque music to audiences in Newcastle Cathedral for the first time.

Researchers from our Department of Biosciences have made the surprising discovery that a type of gut bacteria has evolved to perform an important function after death. And our Department of Geography ...

We along with Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) have secured funding as part of an Innovate UK grant to advance sustainable pharmaceutical manufacturing. In this pioneering project, our ...

Hot on the heels of their success at the Open A Cappella Competition last month, our premier student vocal ensemble Northern Lights A Cappella has pulled off a spectacular win in the UK finals of the ...

A new report warns that the UK’s creative industries are at risk because arts education is being neglected. The report, An Evidence-Based Approach to Creating a Culture of Inclusive Opportunity ...

A new report reveals the critical role that university graduates play in driving growth, including by starting their own businesses. Figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) show ...