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Information for Offer Holders 2022
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REF 2021: Celebrating Our Research Excellence
Our reputation as a world-leading university has been confirmed in a national exercise looking at the quality of research at UK universities and its impact around the world.
Research at Durham: Making an Impact
Our research is making a positive difference to the lives of people all around the world. Across our faculties of Arts and Humanities, our Business School, Science, and Social Sciences and Health, the work of our experts is having a big impact.
What's new?
Why football needs a gender revolution
Dr Stacey Pope, Associate Professor in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, is exploring whether the visibility of the Euro's this summer will help boost gender equality in the game or give rise to a further backlash of anti-women attitudes and misogyny.
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Why many women with autism and ADHD aren’t diagnosed until adulthood – and what to do if you think you’re one of them
International research collaboration to tackle climate change
University hosts oral history event on the Miners’ Strike
As mass extinctions loom, these philosophers could help us rediscover our place among other animals
A history tour of jubilees
Researchers create most efficient organic solar cell certified to date
Ancient cave art: how new hi-tech archaeology is revealing the ghosts of human history
Professor Paul Pettitt, from our Department of Archaeology, and Professor Alistair Pike, from the University of Southampton, outline how various forms of digital analysis of rock surfaces can bring to light ancient cave art.

Give India’s bidi cigarette rollers a voice, researchers say
New type of stellar explosion called micronovae discovered
Emergency shelter start-up wins £100,000-worth of research and business support
Sustainable emergency shelter company Nostos Homes picked up the grand prize of £100,000 worth of research and business support at the ‘just IMAGINE if…’ social enterprise competition hosted at Durham University.

Experiencing a day in the life of a trader
Durham becomes the largest All-Steinway school in the UK
Ukraine invasion: Putin’s conflict is showcasing a new age for war reporting
Professor Tim Luckhurst, Principal of South College, believes that modern 21st-century war correspondents have an advantage over their predecessors as whether for radio, television, web or print, they can file instantly via satellite internet as their words and pictures are not subject to direct censorship.
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Wayne Couzens: Sarah Everard’s killer is appealing his whole-life sentence – what does that mean?
Warmer summers threaten Antarctica’s giant ice shelves because of the lakes they create
Buddha’s Birthday celebrations at the Oriental Museum
Our Oriental Museum will be hosting its annual Buddha’s Birthday celebration on Sunday 15 May from 12-4pm.

Working together for our county
A wealth of cultural opportunities on offer
Upcoming events
Undergraduate Open Day
Music Research Forum-Professor Roe-Min Kok
Durham Pride 2022
Global Lecture Series 2022: Cosmic Extinction – The Far Future of the Universe
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Fieldwork in Malta
Russia and Ukraine Information
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Research at Durham University – making an impact on the world
Research at Durham brings together the leading minds in their fields who work collaboratively across departments and with our partners to develop new ways of thinking that have a positive impact on societal and global challenges.