We’re playing a key role in a new partnership to make five nationally significant archives linked to Hadrian’s Wall in northern England accessible to the public.

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

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

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

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.

We welcome agreement of £27 million to unlock new jobs and urban regeneration in Durham city centre.

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.

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

This instalment of our ‘Spotlight on’ series focuses on Professor Jon Gluyas - a leading geoscientist who has spent his career addressing some of society's most pressing energy challenges.

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

Dame Susan Snowdon, His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham, was joined by family, friends and community partners for a special choral Evensong service at Durham Cathedral. The service, to celebrate her 13 years of dedication to the role and the County of Durham, took place on Saturday 14 March.