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Universities UK CEO meets Durham leaders and visits £10 million supercomputer

We were pleased to welcome Vivienne Stern MBE, Chief Executive of Universities UK, to visit Durham.

Vivienne Stern MBE and Professor Karen O'Brien on the balcony of the Palatine Centre

Stop jailing pregnant women to prevent tragedies, research says

A new book, co-authored by Dr Lucy Baldwin, an Honorary Fellow in our Department of Sociology, is calling on the UK justice system to stop sending pregnant women to prison, or risk further tragedies for mothers and babies.

Black and white image showing a pregnant abdomen cradled with a pair of hands

Global and local: an outstanding year

We’re a world-leading university and proudly part of North East England. In the second of a two-part review of 2023, discover more of our highlights from the past 12 months.

Three images: Two smiling female Durham graduates, Chancellor Fiona Hill and Tina Brown with Waylon Cunningham