Professor Claire Horwell from our top-rated Earth Sciences department has been honoured with the American Geophysical Union's (AGU) 2024 GeoHealth Section Award, recognising her groundbreaking work at the intersection of geosciences and public health.

In a new development for our highly rated Mathematical Sciences department, Dr Yohance Osborne is set to join us as one of the first recipients of the prestigious Royal Society Career Development Fellowship.

Pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are continuing to fall behind their peers with the gap widening despite the introduction of SEND legislation.

A Durham physicist is part of an international research team that has discovered the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen in space, spanning 23 million light-years in total length.

Since the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war in 2009, several former international cricketers, politicians and NGOs have made claims that cricket is an important tool for reconciliation. On International Day of Peace, Dr Ben Hildred, from our Department of Anthropology, explains how his research considers the role of cricket in development and peace efforts across the country.

We’ve formalised a groundbreaking partnership to expand education opportunities and drive economic growth in North East England.  

On 11 September 2024, we welcomed the New Zealand High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, The Honourable Phil Goff, to Durham to explore how we can enhance further our research collaborations with New Zealand.

We have become part of an incredible space project called BlackGEM.

Victoria Schleis, a postdoctoral research associate in our top-rated Mathematical Sciences department, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship by the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) for the 2024-25 academic year.

Professor Mary Hanley from our Department of Psychology has been awarded the British Psychological Society Developmental Section Impact and Engagement Award for 2024.

Antarctica’s rapidly receding sea ice could have a negative impact on the food supply of seabirds that breed hundreds of miles away from the continent.

Our professional concert series MUSICON is returning for its 56th season, celebrating the way that music brings us closer together as a community.