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Addressing geographic inequalities in UK education
We're part of a new £1.4million project investigating geographic education inequalities across the UK.
Durham students visit Sweden for first Durham-Uppsala Summer School
Our students visited our partner university in Sweden for the first ever Durham-Uppsala Summer School, an exchange programme with a focus on sustainability.
Durham co-leads Greenland expedition to understand effects of climate change
Our geographers are setting off on a science expedition to Greenland to advance our understanding of the region's rapidly decaying ice sheet.
Expanding our twinning partnership with Zaporizhzhia National University
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine remains of immense concern to us all. As a University, we are proud to enter the third year of partnership with our Ukrainian twinned university, Zaporizhzhia National University (ZNU), with continued sharing of best practice, institutional capacity-building and research collaborations.
Schoolchildren get their hands dirty learning about soil health
Around 150 pupils from a County Durham school weren’t afraid to get their hands dirty when they visited our Botanic Garden to learn about soil health.
Online exhibition highlights stories of Kurdistani Jews
A new online exhibition has been published telling stories from the Kurdistani Jewish diaspora.
National Student Survey: our students are very satisfied
Our students are very satisfied with their university experience at Durham, according to the National Student Survey 2024.
Welcome to our new Chief Financial Officer
We are pleased to announce Neil Scott as our new Chief Financial Officer.
Durham University alumni and supporters take up seats in UK Houses of Parliament
Durham University alumni and supporters will help to shape the future of UK politics following the country’s recent General Election.
Brain size riddle solved as humans exceed evolution trend
We’ve helped clarify centuries of controversy surrounding brain size evolution - and resolved some puzzling complexities in the relationship between brain size and body mass.
County Durham Women+ art collective unveils first exhibition
The first public exhibition of art from new, women-led public art collective, STRIKE, can be seen in the outdoor exhibition space, outside the Bill Bryson Library this summer.
How Durham researchers have informed UK General Election debate
Voters in the United Kingdom went to the polls on Thursday 4 July in a General Election – the first since 2019.
Elections provide an opportunity to talk about the most important issues facing society today.
As a global university, our research informs and shapes policy, transforming lives for the better, locally, nationally and globally.
During the election campaign, many of our researchers have been sharing their expertise on key areas of public and political debate.