Our ‘Spotlight On’ series highlights some of our pioneering researchers who are leading transformative work. Professor Philip Goff from our Department of Philosophy is challenging the long-held quantitative focus of physical science through his work on consciousness.

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.

Our Spotlight On series celebrates our academics’ global impact. Professor Claire Horwell is a world-renowned expert on the health hazards of volcanic air pollution.

Later this month, we are hosting the Coimbra Group 40th Anniversary Climate Symposium.

This LGBTQ History Month, we're highlighting the work of Dr Joan Lubin, an assistant professor of modern and contemporary literature in our Department of English Studies.

Sir Robert Buckland KBE KC (Law, Hatfield College, 1987-90) has been appointed to become the Third Church Estate Commissioner in the Church of England.

Professor Thom Brooks has been appointed as our new Principal of Collingwood College.

A new 15-minute tool to screen stroke survivors for visual perception problems has been launched by researchers from Durham and Oxford universities.

Our Careers and Enterprise team have been shortlisted for an Educate North Award as a result of their programmes to facilitate employability right across our student community.

We’re part of an international team of scientists which has discovered that tiny changes in the timing of the expression of a single gene can lead to big differences in eye size.

A panel of our leading academics shared Durham’s fresh approach to humanities thinking.

The Geological Society of London has recognised Professor David Selby and Dr Richard Brown for their contributions to the field of earth science.