We’re proud to be supporting Durham’s bid to be UK City of Culture 2025, which has now been formally submitted.

A St Chad’s College music outreach project unlocked the potential of Durham schoolchildren who staged an unforgettable performance of Captain Noah to a packed theatre audience.

Congratulations to Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson, our Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient History, who has been made an MBE by King Charles III for Services to Education.

The My Greenspace Varsity Cup 2025 is here and your college needs you!

International E-Waste Day aims to raise awareness of electrical waste as the fastest growing source of waste in the world. Almost all of us have unwanted or broken cables clogging up our drawers at home or at work.

Durham University Visitor Attractions have received excellent scores from VisitEngland as part of their Visitor Attractions Quality Scheme.

We are delighted to announce that a Pain Academy Project had been shortlisted by the HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2025 in the catergory of Best Use of Integrated Care and Partnership Working in Patient Safety Award

The Estates and Facilities Directorate have installed heat pumps at four properties on Green Lane in Durham City.

[04/25] Dr Ashutosh Kumar (IHRR Visiting Fellow and Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, IIT, Mandi) and Dr Ellen Robson (IHRR PDRA) co-organised a workshop on 'Integrating Disaster Preparedness into the Transportation Engineering curriculum for the Indian Himalayas’ as part of their £30,000 British Council Industry Academia Collaborative Grant.

Mammal Web is a project which collates data from motion sensing cameras which are set up to photograph and monitor wild mammals. And researchers at Durham University need YOUR support in monitoring and documenting mammals in your area.

As part of Durham Global Week, we were delighted to welcome distinguished alumnus, Lord Darroch of Kew (Hatfield College, Zoology, 1972-75), to our School of Government and International Affairs.

On 11-12 July, the Institute was delighted to host members of our international Advisory Board in Durham for its annual meeting.