A hidden section of medieval wall painting, not seen for hundreds of years, is giving clues to the grand past of Durham Castle.

The decision to ban fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv from a European football match at Aston Villa was reached through a flawed assessment process, according to a new report led by a Durham University research student.

We’ve been named in the top 50 of the world’s most international universities, by a newly published league table.

A new report provides the first comprehensive analysis of how AI chatbots are facilitating violence against women and girls (VAWG) in dangerous new ways.

We welcomed Mr Santiago Miralles Huete, Consul General of Spain in Edinburgh, for a visit that celebrated our long-standing connections with Spain, and its vibrant cultural and academic community.

A new international study has challenged long-held assumptions about the origins and history of democratic practices.

Our Business School has reaffirmed its position among the world’s leading providers of online management education, ranking ninth globally in the Financial Times Online MBA Ranking 2026.

Our physicists are taking quantum science to extraordinary new depths – more than a kilometre below the earth’s surface.

Our ‘Spotlight on’ series celebrates the world-leading work of our academics. Just over 20 years after being peer nominated as the most influential forensic psychologist in the UK, Professor Graham Towl was awarded 2025 British Psychological Society Lifetime Achievement Award.

Our ‘Spotlight on’ series showcases the world-leading work of our academics. Professor Edith Hall is passionate about the lessons we can learn from ancient civilisations and is leading a campaign to put Classics education back on the UK curriculum.

Northern Lights A Cappella has won the UK finals of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) for the fourth consecutive year.

Congratulations to our Durham University alumni team on retaining their BBC University Challenge title from last year and winning the alumni series over the festive period.

Hundreds of students graduated in our Winter Congregation ceremonies in January, marking a milestone for our whole University community.

Professor Nicole Westmarland, in our Department of Sociology, reviews the evidence around rates of violence against women and girls in England and Wales.

Everyone’s been in a debate when someone says: “You’re taking that out of context.” But what does it actually mean to understand something “in context”? Here Dr Paolo Heywood from our Department of Anthropology explores the use and abuse of the word 'context'.

The UK government’s recently published proposed education reforms include measures to improve teacher recruitment, student achievement and belonging at school. Education experts, including Professor Stephen Gorard from our School of Education, share their thoughts on the proposals.

Nevrargenics, a Durham University spin-out company, has received the Bionow Project of the Year Award at the 2025 Bionow Annual Awards.

Edward Twiddy, alumnus of Collingwood College and co-founder of Atom Bank, recently met with our latest Anne-Marie Imafidon (AMI) Women in Tech scholars in the Department of Computer Science.

Our Chancellor Dr Fiona Hill has delivered the 39th Annual World Traders’ Tacitus Lecture to an audience of business, politics, and society leaders at London’s Guildhall.