The UK government’s recently published proposed education reforms include measures to improve teacher recruitment, student achievement and belonging at school. Education experts, including Professor Stephen Gorard from our School of Education, share their thoughts on the proposals.

REACH County Durham is a partnership between Durham County Council, Durham University and Durham Community Action. Our aim is to examine ways to tackle the unfair and avoidable differences in health experienced by communities in our area, what we call the “wider determinants of health”. These play a crucial role in shaping health outcomes for County Durham residents.

We are delighted to celebrate that our Wolfson Honorary Fellow, Balbir Singh has been awarded an MBE in The King’s Honours List 2026

Closing the health gap between the North and the rest of England could put an extra £18.4 billion into the economy per year, according to new research by the NHSA and Health Equity North

Long-term effects of concussions, particularly in contact sport athletes, have been previously linked by changes in neuronal mental health and biomarker changes.

Our ‘Spotlight on’ feature showcases the work of our world-leading academics. Professor Fuschia Sirois, in our Department of Psychology, is pioneering a more compassionate approach to understanding the risk and resilience factors that shape health and wellbeing.

Our Creative Health and Wellbeing group presented “Our South Shields: Thanks for the Memories” as an exhibition at the Alzheimer's Society Conference 2025. This work is funded by England Heritage. “Our South Shields: Thanks for the Memories” brings to life the overlooked working-class history of local South Asian and other global majority groups in South Shields living with or impacted by dementia.

Professor in the School of Education Nadia Siddiqui explains the disadvantage gap index and what can be done to reduce it.

The team were awarded Highly commended in the category of "Best use of Integrated care and Partnership: Developed and research based"

Our website produced by the Live well with Pain team in collaboration with the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and wellbeing, is all about learning new approaches and skills to help you live well, despite your persistent pain.

Cutting-edge Engineering research into custom 3D plates for reconstructive surgery has been awarded funding from the Academy of Medical Sciences.

New research involving one of our psychologists reveals more about what drives female prisoners to reoffend, and how this can be better prevented.