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  • Inspiring Excellence Scholarships

    Recognising outstanding international students, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

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  • Celebrate Science 2025

    Our annual free family science festival will take place at Locomotion in Shildon on 28 and 29 October, featuring live demos and hands-on experiments. Find out more and book your place. 

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Inspiring Excellence Scholarships

Recognising outstanding international students, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

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Celebrate Science 2025

Our annual free family science festival will take place at Locomotion in Shildon on 28 and 29 October, featuring live demos and hands-on experiments. Find out more and book your place. 

Young children and students looking at a science experiment

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Events in the Middle East: support and assistance for students and staff

Read our statement and answers to frequently asked questions.

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Research impact at Durham

We conduct innovative and impactful research to transform lives and make a difference, globally and locally: research to empower and inspire.

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Alumna and Olympic rower Lauren Irwin opens new landing stage at University boat club

Durham graduate and Team GB rower Lauren Irwin recently returned to her college to open a new student rowing facility.

Alumni news
Durham graduate and Team GB rower Lauren Irwin at Elvet Riverside, Durham City

New exhibition celebrates women who live and breathe North East football

The stories of female fans of Newcastle and Sunderland men’s football teams are celebrated in a new online and pop-up exhibition at Durham University.
Research news
A crowd of football fans with text overlay that says: Away from home - the untold stories of women football fans.

Will England’s new reading test for secondary pupils be useful?

All secondary-age school pupils in year eight (aged 12 and 13) in England will be required by the government to take a reading test. The declared purpose is to help drive up reading standards so that “everyone can thrive”. Stephen Gorard, Professor in our School of Education, explores whether this additional test is a good idea.
Durham news
A group of children in school uniform sitting round a table reading with a female teacher in a white shirt

Durham ranks top in UK for MSc International Business

Our MSc International Business has ranked third globally and first in the UK in the QS International Trade rankings.
Business School news
Students smiling around a table in Durham University Business School in front of a Bloomberg terminal

Durham scientists supporting NASA mission to find Earth-like worlds

Our scientists are investigating how a UK-led team could design and build a core instrument for a flagship NASA mission to search for life on distant planets.
Global research
An Earth-like planet in the foreground with a nearby star in the distance.

Mobile clinics improve health outcomes and cut costs in developing countries

Mobile healthcare clinics can help people live longer, healthier lives while also reducing healthcare costs.
Research news
Signage of a medical clinic in the dark

Local school pupils take the director's chair in Shakespeare workshops

Over 200 pupils from local schools took part in a series of innovative workshops to bring Shakespeare to life with the help of our researchers and Elysium Theatre Company.
Durham news
Local school pupils sat in the auditorium of Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre with actors on stage performing a scene from a Shakespeare play. Image credit Paul G Clark
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UK must increase water availability to meet decarbonisation goals

The UK must significantly increase water availability to meet its decarbonisation goals, according to new research led by our Department of Engineering and involving our Department of Earth Sciences.

The Humber Suspension Bridge spans over the River Humber.

New telescope captures first light in Chile

A major milestone in a global telescope collaboration involving astronomers from our Department of Physics has been achieved.
Images showing 4MOST first light observations, showing typical sky area covered by one 4MOST pointing (image to the left), together with one example spectrum, out of the 2,400 simultaneously measured spectra acquired by 4MOST (image to the right).

Commercially sourced wildflower seeds may threaten Britain’s native red campion

Scientists at from our Biosciences Department working with colleagues from the University of Liverpool, have discovered that shop-bought wildflower seeds may be putting Britain’s native plants at risk.
Red campion wildflower

Celebrating mentorship excellence: 2025 MBA Mentor of the Year announced 

Each year, alongside their programme, Durham MBA (Full-time) students are paired with a mentor to help them navigate the demands of study and prepare for their transition into the workplace. Students are then invited to nominate their mentor for the annual Mentor of the Year award, recognising outstanding support and contribution.

2025 Mentor of the Year Irshad Paurobally

Durham alumna Claudia Moloney-MacDonald crowned World Champion with the Red Roses

Congratulations to Claudia Moloney-MacDonald (Economics, Josephine Butler College, 2018), who celebrated victory with the Red Roses women’s rugby squad on Saturday 27 September.
A huddle of Durham women's rugby players gather on the field ahead of a game.

From selection to studio: how our University Challenge team was built

A student team from Durham competed in the 55th series of seminal BBC Two quiz show University Challenge.

  • Raila Odinga: the man who changed Kenya without ever ruling it

    Professor Justin Willis, in our Department of History, joins fellow researchers in looking at the life of prominent Kenyan politician Raila Amollo Odinga following his death. They say Odinga’s “absence will generate a political vacuum that other leaders will struggle to fill”.
    Global research
    Raila Odinga speaking at an event. He is wearing a suit and tie and standing in front of a backdrop which reads Chatham House.

  • Debate to consider SEND 'crisis'

    A leading Member of Parliament (MP) will discuss how to solve the ‘crisis’ in how mainstream schools cater for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) when she speaks on campus in October.
    Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
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  • Call to build asylum housing 'that works'

    Professor Jonathan Darling, from our Department of Geography, says that after the Epping Forest case, the UK Government needs to be bold and build asylum housing that works.
    Research news
    A group of women standing around with bags on the floor.

Raila Odinga: the man who changed Kenya without ever ruling it

Professor Justin Willis, in our Department of History, joins fellow researchers in looking at the life of prominent Kenyan politician Raila Amollo Odinga following his death. They say Odinga’s “absence will generate a political vacuum that other leaders will struggle to fill”.

Raila Odinga speaking at an event. He is wearing a suit and tie and standing in front of a backdrop which reads Chatham House.

Debate to consider SEND 'crisis'

A leading Member of Parliament (MP) will discuss how to solve the ‘crisis’ in how mainstream schools cater for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) when she speaks on campus in October.
A woman, visible from shoulders upwards, looking directly at camera

Call to build asylum housing 'that works'

Professor Jonathan Darling, from our Department of Geography, says that after the Epping Forest case, the UK Government needs to be bold and build asylum housing that works.
A group of women standing around with bags on the floor.

  • What’s on in Durham this autumn

    The new academic year is upon us, and we’re ready and raring to go with some events you won’t want to miss out on.
    Durham news
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  • Sir Thomas Allen receives lifetime achievement award

    Our former Chancellor, opera singer Sir Thomas Allen, has been awarded the Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his extraordinary contribution to the world of classical music.
    Durham news
    Sir Thomas Allen

  • Combining global and local, on the world stage

    We are a global university and proudly part of North East England. That is the message our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Karen O’Brien, took to the Times Higher Education’s World Academic Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, recently.
    Durham news

What’s on in Durham this autumn

The new academic year is upon us, and we’re ready and raring to go with some events you won’t want to miss out on.

A mixed group of silhouettes in various poses standing under theatre lights surrounded by shadows

Sir Thomas Allen receives lifetime achievement award

Our former Chancellor, opera singer Sir Thomas Allen, has been awarded the Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his extraordinary contribution to the world of classical music.
Sir Thomas Allen

Combining global and local, on the world stage

We are a global university and proudly part of North East England. That is the message our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Karen O’Brien, took to the Times Higher Education’s World Academic Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, recently.

Upcoming events

All aboard for science: Celebrate Science 2025 at Locomotion

Tuesday 28 October 2025 - Wednesday 29 October 2025
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Locomotion, Shildon
Boys looking at an experiment

The 5th Collegiate Way International conference, CWI 2025 - booking now open

Tuesday 2 December 2025 - Friday 5 December 2025
12:00 AM to 11:59 PM
Durham City, UK.
Aerial View of Palace Green, Durham Castle, and Durham Cathedral

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Wednesday 29 October 2025 - Friday 31 October 2025
7:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre
Dorian Gray Poster

The Carbon Past We Inherit, The Green Just Future We Build

Monday 3 November 2025 - Tuesday 4 November 2025
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Durham Miners Hall, Flass Street, Durham DH1 4BE
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From our Student Blogs:

What I wish I’d known before coming to Durham

Postgraduate astrophysics student Zoe shares her top tips for students who haven't had chance to visit Durham before starting university, from the benefits of college communities to her favourite places to explore in County Durham and the North East.
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Zoe rowing on the River Wear in summer

 

 

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Postgraduate study at Durham University

Our taught Masters and research programmes will enable you to push the boundaries of current thinking and research.

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