Over 6,500 students attended our careers weeks and fairs programme over the 2024/25 academic year to boost their employability and explore diverse career opportunities.

We have been celebrating the achievements of our students in the summer sunshine in 23 Congregation ceremonies.

Following 16 years as a member of our University Council, including seven as Chair, Joe Docherty, is stepping down from his voluntary role at the end of this month. As he prepares to hand over the role of Chair, Joe reflects on some of the highlights of his role, in conversation with Lucian Hudson, Executive Director, Communications and External Relations.

The Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than scientists have previously been able to predict or observe.

We are working with the Securities Commission Malaysia to develop the financiers and regulators of the future.

Our geographers have discovered the remains of landscapes thought to have formed when ancient rivers flowed across East Antarctica.

Researchers from our top-rated Biosciences department have uncovered a fascinating way tropical plants in Fiji manage to keep peace among rival ant colonies.

Our students are very satisfied with their University experience at Durham, according to the National Student Survey 2025, where we achieved our strongest recent performance.

A new study has proposed the existence of a new type of cosmic object that could be hiding at the centre of our galaxy.

Dr Cyril Bourgenot from our Centre for Advanced Instrumentation is part of a team developing cutting-edge technology to enable astronomers to look deeper into the Universe. He is presenting this work as part of the Royal Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy Meeting 2025, which is being hosted by Durham University this week. Here, Cyril tells us about his work and how it could help answer the ultimate astronomical question – is there life elsewhere.

Durham Energy Institute (DEI) is a founding member of the newly launched Energy Storage Association (UK) - a pioneering trade body committed to advancing energy storage.

Dr Alice Finden and Dr Kavi Abraham, both from our School of Government and International Affairs (SGIA), have won the British International Studies Association (BISA) Early Career Excellence in Teaching International Studies Prize.