Our Chancellor and distinguished foreign affairs expert, Dr Fiona Hill, has been appointed by the Prime Minister Keir Starmer to co-lead a comprehensive review of the UK Armed Forces. The announcement follows several Durham University alumni and supporters having recently been elected to the House of Commons or taking seats in the House of Lords.

Our Vice-Chancellor Professor Karen O'Brien shares some opportunities to get involved with Durham's University during October.

Professor Charles Augarde takes over Professor Simon Hogg, to be the new Head of Department.

Professor Thom Brooks has been appointed as our new Principal of Collingwood College.

We have all been deeply concerned and affected by the war taking place in Ukraine. We are an international university, committed to social responsibility and democratic values.

[09/24] Sharing lessons-learned from running an interdisciplinary and bilingual workshop

Downing Street announced today that the Revd Canon Smitha Prasadam, currently Chaplain of St Albans, Copenhagen, and member of College Council, will take up the role of Bishop of Huddersfield.

At the Northern Regional Sailing BUCS Qualifiers, the best of the best universities in the North look to claim one of the top four spots in the region, in order to qualify straight to BUCS Team Racing Finals. Read on to find out how Durham University Sailing Club performed over an intense weekend of racing.

[04/25] Summary: Supported by the British Council (£70,000) under the International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF), this 18-month project addresses the need to understand and manage the interconnected impacts of shocks and disasters on the Biodiversity-Water-Energy-Food (BWEF) Nexus. Traditionally treated in silos, shocks in one system (e.g., floods affecting water supply) can trigger cascading effects across others—yet these interdependencies are seldom fully explored in resilience planning.

New heads have been appointed at Grey College, Josephine Butler College and John Snow College.

New blog post written by Joe Mulhern (Honorary Fellow, Durham University History Department)

We are delighted to welcome Bentley Crudgington to our Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities.