Greenspace Calendar 2024 - 2025 Then Energy and Sustainability team are proud to present the Greenspace Calendar 2024 - 2025, with details of more events to be shared soon.

Durham University has once again been named in the world’s top 100 universities.

The Palatinate Dinner saw a host of Team Durham athletes past and present, receiving recognition for their sporting efforts and commitments to their respective clubs. Awards included Honorary Palatinate for Outstanding Contribution to Sport, Full and Half Palatinates, Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year, Club of the Year, Team of the Year, Honorary Life Membership and Outstanding Performance of the Year.

Our Pain Academy will have a stand at the Celebration Showcase Event on the 19th January. If you would like to attend please sign up!

"Environmental Volunteering is a component of Durham University Volunteering and Outreach (DUSVO), a Durham Student Organisation that sits within the wider Volunteering and Outreach department. Our Chair, Dorothea Barnes, sits on the DUSVO Executive Committee and oversees and supports three student-led projects that focus on conservation and the environment.

Our Vice-Chancellor Professor Karen O'Brien looks ahead to our Congregation and other summer activities.

We will be hosting our second ‘Greenspace Festival’ on Thursday 16th June, from 2-7pm in Collingwood College, following the inaugural event last year.

The Oriental Museum is hosting an evening of live music and family-friendly events to celebrate the spectacular festival of Diwali on Tuesday 14 November from 6pm - 8pm. Staff and students from the Durham University Hindu Society are looking forward to welcoming visitors of all ages, to join in with traditional Diwali activities.

Professor Joe Elliott, Principal of Collingwood College, launches new book, The Dyslexia Debate Revisited

We’ve appointed a new Biodiversity Manager to further cement our position as one of the ‘greenest’ universities in the world.   

Our Chancellor and acclaimed foreign affairs specialist, Dr Fiona Hill, is launching a new scholarship scheme to support students from North East England who come from lower income households.   

Vice Chancellor, Stuart Corbridge, comments on how having a world-leading university at the heart of our city, county and region is of immense benefit to our communities and the local economy and expresses his thanks as his role comes to an end.