Our Department of English Studies is celebrating the phenomenal success of two of its own - Sunjeev Sahota and Kayo Chingonyi - following the recognition their work has received from the Booker Prize and the Forward Prize for Poetry respectively. Sunjeev Sahota’s China Room has been longlisted for the Booker Prize and Kayo Chingonyi’s collection of poetry A Blood Condition has been shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Poetry for the Best Collection 2021.

Iyngkarran Kumaraguruparan has been awarded a STARS scholarship for his Microgravity Printed Circuit Board, one of only 3 winning entries (and the only one produced by a single individual) in this year's prestigious international competition.

[09/24] IHRR Director Professor Bruce D Malamud visited the University of the Philippines (UP) to discuss a Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutes

Our new summer exhibition opens at the Oriental Museum on 24 May to mark the centenary of the first Western, and ultimately tragic, attempt to climb Mount Everest. The exhibition, called “Eternal Ascent: Bentley Beetham and the 1924 Everest Expedition” tells the story from the perspective of expedition member, Bentley Beetham, a biology teacher from Darlington.

Peter Rhodes (1940-2021) was internationally renowned as an eminent historian of ancient Greece. Here in Durham, he taught for 40 years and was a devoted friend of the Department even after his retirement. He is much missed in Durham and all around the world.

Prof Harriet Bulkeley and Dr Pippa Whitehouse were interviewed for International Women's Day. The UN theme for International Women’s Day 2021 is: ‘Women in leadership: achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world’. This theme is aligned to the priority theme of the Commission on the Status of Women: 'Women's full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achievinggender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls'.

The Global Policy Institute (GPI) hosted and facilitated roundtable talks in July with 20 key leaders and experts from a variety of sectors and disciplines to agree some steps towards achieving a model of democratic governance that puts health at the heart of international trade policies.

Collingwood's Mark Hillery Music Studios hosted the only university event as part of the official fringe for the Mercury Prize Awards. The event was a sold-out workshop on songwriting and production held on Sunday 12 October.

The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) hosted an internal Durham University networking event on 20 September 2023.

A successful business startup, founded by David Weinkove, a Professor in our Biosciences department, and a former colleague, Chris Saunter, recently featured in a series of articles about entrepreneurs in The Times newspaper. 

Durham research is supporting a new exhibition inspired by the works of Lafcadio Hearn.

Our former Chancellor, opera singer Sir Thomas Allen, has been awarded the Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his extraordinary contribution to the world of classical music.