Durham University has announced an exciting partnership with Microsoft to help shape the future of AI skills, education, and opportunity. The collaboration was announced at London Tech Week 2026 by Darren Hardman, Corporate Vice President & CEO, Microsoft UK and Ireland, as part of wider discussions on how artificial intelligence is transforming the future of work across the UK.

We’ve joined the North-East Institute of Technology (NEIoT) to strengthen advanced technical training across the region and close the skills gap in key sectors.

New parents receive little guidance on how to use a baby sling or carrier safely, according to new research.

Professor Christopher Insole from our Department of Theology and Religion is set to publish a new book, If God is the Answer, What is the Question?, offering a fresh way into one of the most enduring—and often frustrating—human debates: belief, unbelief, and what people actually mean when they argue about God.

Women in the prison system often have complex mental health problems, frequently alongside long-term physical conditions, with women from racial minority backgrounds worst affected.

Dr Alan Real, Director of our Advanced Research Computing has been named in the inaugural SCW75 list, which celebrates some of the world’s leading figures in scientific computing.

An international team of researchers including our Department of Geography has discovered a vast geological structure hidden beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.

We are to award honorary degrees to nine distinguished individuals, four of whom are alumni, during our Summer Congregation ceremonies, taking place from 1 to 8 July 2026 at Durham Cathedral.

Researchers from our top-rated Geography Department have discovered new details about how meltwater drains through large cracks in the Greenland Ice Sheet, helping scientists better understand how glaciers respond to rising temperatures.

Charlotte Riley has enjoyed a distinguished acting career since she first discovered her love of performing at Durham University. She’s appeared in the hit TV series Peaky Blinders, starred alongside Tom Cruise in The Edge of Tomorrow and won critical acclaim for her breakout role as Cathy in a 2009 TV adaptation of Wuthering Heights. This summer she’ll star in the multi-Emmy-nominated show, Ted Lasso, alongside fellow Durham alum Nick Mohammed.

Durham has been recognised as the UK’s leading Russell Group university in the Unifresher 2027 Rankings, achieving the highest number of subject wins.

We’re launching a new regional project designed to strengthen the future workforce for North East England’s growing low carbon and offshore wind industries.