Our alumna Heidi Alexander MP has been appointed Secretary of State for Transport in the UK Government. Ms Alexander holds an ...

Professor Matthew Bullimore from our Department of Mathematical Sciences has been awarded a €2 million Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). The funding will support a research ...

We’ve launched a new £5m research centre to support North East England’s growing space industry and lead on the sustainable ...

Modern humans, Neanderthals, and other recent relatives on our human family tree evolved bigger brains much more rapidly than earlier species, a new study of human brain evolution has found. The study ...

The ethical and governance review co-authored by Professor Cave concludes that a phased approach is needed – ‘soft’ governance implementing the UK SCBEM Code of Practice, as a stepping stone to ‘hard’ ...

Caption: Professor Karen O'Brien, Vice-Chancellor and Warden of Durham University, and Paul Ramsbottom OBE, Wolfson Foundation, pictured while on a recent tour of the new facilities. This year marks ...

Durham Global Week 2025 will take place from Saturday 1 – Sunday 9 March 2025. All staff and students are encouraged to get involved, by submitting proposals for events to be part of the programme.

Climate change is one of the biggest threats facing the world today. In her monthly column, our Vice-Chancellor Karen O'Brien explores how Durham University is both pioneering research to understand ...

MammalWeb was presented with the NBN Group Award 2024 at the National Biodiversity Network Conference. The NBN awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding contributions made to wildlife recording ...

Scientists from our top-rated Physics department and Newcastle University have developed a groundbreaking method to improve the stability and efficiency of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), a ...

A groundbreaking study led by Dr Marco Bocchio in our Department of Psychology reveals how specific brain cells called interneurons can act as our in-built traffic controllers. The team studied ...