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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.
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.
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.
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'.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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).
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.