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Leading Forensic Psychologist appointed chair of regional research network

Congratulations to Professor Graham Towl who has been appointed the new Chair of a regional network of experts in prison and offender health and social care.
Graham Towl smiling wearing a suit and leaning against railings

Offering oil and gas licences every year distracts from the challenge of winding down UK North Sea

Professor Gavin Bridge, from our Department of Geography, is joined by Gisa Weszkalnys, an Associate Professor of Anthropology at London School of Economics and Political Science, to give their thoughts on proposals by the UK government for new oil and gas licences.
An image of an oil rig in the sea.

Enactus Durham are national champions - again!

Student-led team, Enactus Durham, have won the title of UK & Ireland Champions for Social Entrepreneurship in this national Enactus competition, for the second year in a row.
Enactus winners 2023, student holding trophy

Making Waves: The Future of Shipping

Professor Tony Roskilly, DEI Director and lead of our National Hydrogen for Transportation network features in the new EPSRC and Chamber of Shipping film 'Making Waves: The Future of Shipping'.
Image of Tony Roskilly DEI in EPSRC film Making Waves the Future of Shipping

Research project receives major grant to explore how music shapes imagination

Durham Music Scholar, Dr Kelly Jakubowski, has been successful in her application for a prestigious grant from the Leverhulme Trust, enabling her to carry out a research project investigating the impact that music has on what we imagine.  
Woman listening to music v2

Lumiere 2021 - Researching the fundamentals of time

As part of this year’s Lumiere light festival our Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics will be lit-up with a projection entitled 'Chronos', telling the story of time from nanoseconds to millennia. Here we explore how experts in our Department of Physics are behind research to measure time ever more accurately.
Image showing rendering of Chronos by Leslie Epsztein and Camille Gross, a new commission that will be presented at Lumiere 2021

New Mental Health Reflections published by the Church of England

A series of reflections on how to cope with anxiety and loneliness in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, including simple Christian meditation techniques and five tips, are published today by the Church of England.
Open booklet by the Church of England titled 'Supporting Good Mental Health'

Cosin’s Library opens its doors after major conservation work

Historic Cosin’s Library will be re-opening its doors to visitors on Wednesday 13 April. After being closed for several years, essential conservation work is now complete and the library and its collections are now more accessible and enjoyable than ever before.
Library door with sign

Event Durham shortlisted for North East England Tourism Award

Congratulations to the Event Durham team who have been announced as a finalist in the Business Events Venue of the Year category at the 2024 North East England Tourism Awards.
Finalist, Business Events Venue of the Year graphic

New publication in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)

[03/25] Dr Ellen Robson (IHRR PDRA) has published a new article in NHESS on ‘A participatory approach to determine the use of road cut slope design guidelines in Nepal to lessen landslides’ co-authored by Dr Bhim Kumar Dahal (Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal) and Prof David Toll (Emeritus Professor, Durham University).
New publication in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)

Come work with us! New Postdoctoral Research Associate opportunity with The Platform

IMH and Department of Sociology at Durham University seek to appoint a talented researcher and scholar to the role of Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on The Practice Site, part of the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities (DRP-MH).
A neon sign with the words 'come join us' beneath a megaphone icon

iNaturalist nature walks – all staff and students welcome!

Join Greenspace for a series of nature walks to get to know your campus and help us identify plant, animal and insect species.
iNaturalist nature walks 2025