Welcome to Alona Snisarenko, who joins us as an administrator in the Discovery Research Platform’s Operations Team

Please register to attend this event on 28th November, Marriott Hotel, Durham.  There will then be brief presentations of the new key findings and implications from our British Academy study of early child education in India and Pakistan (grant code ECE190026), and from our evaluation of the impact of Pupil Premium funding in England (arising from ESRC grant number ES/N012046/).

On 8th December the WRIHW Early Career Researcher’s (ECR) Committee held a networking event for ECRs. 

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.

Christmas and New Year are traditionally periods for reflection, so what better time to look back at some of our achievements of 2022?

The Grounds team have dedicated parts of the Durham University campus and 50 per cent of the Botanic Gardens to #nomowmay By taking part, we hope to support essential pollinators and other wildlife.

A warm welcome to Katharine Cheston, who joins the Discovery Research Platform as a Mildred Blaxter Postdoctoral Fellow supported by the Department of Sociology and the Institute for Medical Humanities.

Durham graduate Sir Graham Brady has returned to Durham to speak at our School of Government and International Affairs.

Want to know more about how we interact with our local community? Our monthly Community Newsletter explores the news, events, and research both at Durham University and in the city itself.

Want to know more about how we interact with our local community? Our monthly Community Newsletter explores the news, events, and research both at Durham University and in the city itself.

Congratulations to Patrick Hughes, one of our outstanding  Laidlaw scholar MBiol students graduating this year, who was given the DUSVO "Best Health & Wellbeing Effort" award 2024.

We are recognising the fantastic achievement of our Chaplaincy Network which has been successful in its application to join the Inter Faith Network for the UK.