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Global leaders attend institute conference

The Secretary General of the Gulf Co-operation Council was the keynote speaker at our Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies’ (IMEIS) annual conference.
Conference delegates hearing from His Excellency Jasem al-Budaiwi

Durham ranked top 10 in the UK again

Durham University is consistently ranked among the top universities in the UK, and we are delighted to be once again ranked 6th in the UK and the top university in North East England in the latest Complete University Guide league table.
Students sitting in the castle courtyard

New Chair of University Council appointed

Caroline Johnstone has been appointed as our new Chair of Council, following a robust and competitive appointment process involving our staff and students. She will take up the voluntary role in August 2025.
Portrait image of Caroline Johnstone

QS World University Rankings for English Studies 2024

We are ranked 29th in the prestigious QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024.
QS World Rankings for English Studies 2024, 29th in the world, with an image of a hand pulling a book from a shelf

Professor Jon Gluyas - Industry Expert Award

Professor Jon Gluyas was awarded the 'Industry Expert Award' at the recent Offshore Acheivement Awards for his role in the National Geothermal entre here at Durham University.
Prof Jon Gluyas Award image

Welcome! to our new colleagues

We are delighted to announce we have several excellent new members of staff starting with us in August/ September for the new academic year!
An external shot of the SGIA building

Durham alumni superteam triumph in University Challenge

Congratulations to our alumni team, Carla, Liz, Tracey and Sophia, on winning the festive series of University Challenge that aired over the Christmas period.
University Challenge team

Review of Energy Policy 2021: UKERC Publication

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.
Policy written in lettered cubes

Year of the Tiger celebrations in Durham City

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.
Tea drinking, Lion dance parade and dancing at the Durham City Year of the Tiger celebrations

Rugby saved me after an incredibly rare health condition overhauled my life

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.
Rugby Saved Me

New article on behaviour of infrastructure earthworks when subject to changing climatic conditions

[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
Instrumented embankment used in the ACHILLES project with Paul Hughes (left) and Joao Mendes (right)

UK press warns of Nato war with Russia – newspapers are clearly keen to avoid mistakes of WWII

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.
A newspaper from 1939