2021 has been a landmark year for UK energy and climate policy. This UK Energy Research Centre publication, co-authored by DEI Fellow Professor Gavin Bridge, reviews the key energy policies which have emerged and argues that policies in some areas need to be bolder if decarbonisation is to continue to proceed.

As a global University, with staff and students from over 120 countries, we were delighted to take part in celebrations across Durham City centre on 5 February to welcome the Year of the Tiger. This event marked a particular highlight in Durham’s varied cultural calendar.

Durham University Biosciences MRes student working in the WRIHW Brain, Body and Behaviour Academy on the concussion programme, and Blaydon RFC player, Toni Robinson, says "rugby saved her" after an incredibly rare health condition overhauled her life, for this month’s Grass Roots inspirational feature in the World Rugby magazine.

[06/24] Professor David Toll, Co-Director of IHRR, is co-author of “Soil–Water Retention Curve Prediction for Compacted London Clay Subjected to Moisture Cycles” published in Geotechnical & Geological Engineering

Professor Tim Luckhurst, our Principal of South College, takes a look back at how the news that Britain was heading for war was covered by the press and the mistakes that should be heeded by the media if a new war was to take place.

Our Vice-Chancellor Professor Karen O'Brien explores how Durham being a leading research university benefits North East England.

England Hockey will host the first ever international hockey tournament in Durham this summer as the Women’s EuroHockey Qualifiers are set to take place at Durham University.

Dr Ashutosh Kumar and Aditi Rana from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi, based in Himachal Pradesh in the Indian Himalayan Region visited the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) at Durham University in February 2023.

Three of our professors have been named among the world’s best for the quality and influence of their research, highlighting the global strength of Durham’s research.

Former DEI director Jon Gluyas and co-author Neil Fowler from Shift Geothermal Ltd, have won a ‘best paper’ award for, ‘The future of geoenergy – a perspective’, as selected by the Geoenergy Editorial Board as one of the best papers published in the journal during 2024. The paper explores geoenergy development and production options that are low, zero and negative carbon.

Pleibéricos, an online platform founded during the Covid-19 pandemic by Prof Santiago Fouz Hernández (Durham) and Dr Esther Gimeno Ugalde (Vienna) to promote new books in Iberian Studies, marks its third anniversary this year with a new online catalogue featuring the over 100 books launched by the platform since June 2020 and its first hybrid event.

The University has been named as one of the Top 100 educational institutions worldwide in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2023, demonstrating our commitment to a sustainable future.