Global Opportunities is the home of Durham's study, work and volunteer abroad options. Each year in October the University runs a Global Opportunities Fair for students to find out more. On the virtual day we run three types of live event.

• General GO Information talks with the International Office. These consist of a short presentation followed by a Q&A session. The sessions will run and repeat throughout the week - so don't worry if you miss the first one!
• Studying in... a number of Durham's partners have been invited to talk students about their university / country. We have grouped them into regions, so as to work across timezones.
• Specific Sessions. These extra one-off sessions are being run for information on work placements, internships and languages. 

The sessions are not being recorded, however, we will try to upload any slides to this page after the event for students to revisit.

What's on: 

Global Opportunities Fair 2024

The 2024 Global Opportunities Fair took place on the 16th & 17th of October. The Fair included of presentations from the GO team, international partner universities and professional support staff from relevant departments within Durham. Please see the slides used in each session below.

Global Week First Year Drop-in Session 2025

As part of Global Week, first year students are invited to a drop-in session within the Teaching and Learning Centre to find out about the various Global Opportunities that are available to them throughout their degree at Durham. 

• Date: TBC
• Time: TBC
• Location: TBC

Information will be available about the Study Abroad programmes, working Placement Years, summer time Global Internships and volunteering opportunities. Students will be able to speak to the ESN exchange society members, returning year abroad students, as well as staff from the Global Opportunities team, Careers and Enterprise Service and Centre for Foreign Language Study.  

Please visit the Global Week Drop-in page for further details: GO Drop-in Session 2024