Want to know more about how we interact with our local community? Our monthly Community Newsletter explores the news, events, and research both at Durham University and in the city itself.

We’re helping deliver an innovative tutoring programme that will see our students work with local schools to help pupils develop their literacy skills.

PhD Music student Rita Ueda has been awarded the prestigious title of 2022 Laureate for the Azrieli Commission for Canadian Music. Offered by the Azrieli Foundation, this is the most coveted title for composers in Canada.

A researcher in our Philosophy department has released his second book, which aims to explore the mysteries behind how everything came to exist.

Associate Professor Farshad Arvin from our Department of Computer Science, Martin Stefanec from the University of Graz and Associate Professor Tomas Krajnik from the Czech Technical University explore what can be done about the decline of bee colonies.

For the 2023 University Nationals, the competitive teams from Durham Divas Cheer and Dance Club travelled down to Manchester on Sunday the 19th of February, to take part in the Future Cheer event.

We’re proud to be supporting Durham’s bid to be UK City of Culture 2025, which has now been formally submitted.

Yoga is an ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice that originated in India. The word ‘yoga’ derives from Sanskrit and means to join or to unite, symbolizing the union of body and consciousness. Today it is practiced in various forms around the world and continues to grow in popularity. Recognizing its universal appeal, on 11 December 2014, the United Nations proclaimed 21 June as the International Day of Yoga by resolution 69/131.

Dr Amanda Hsieh, Assistant Professor of Musicology at Durham University, won the $2,000 Kurt Weill Article Prize for “Jewish Difference and Recovering ‘Commedia’: Erich W. Korngold’s Die tote Stadt in Post-First World War Austria,” published in Music and Letters in 2022.

Josephine Butler College is thrilled to announce the launch of Holey Moley Magazine, a vibrant new publication dedicated to celebrating our College community. Led by Libby Fleming, and Anna Spurway, Holey Moley Magazine is a revival of the College's former publication, The Mound. Inspired by their time as Freps, Libby and Anna set out to reignite a publication that brings students together, fosters connections, and shares our community's stories.

Film makers from around the world are being invited to submit entries for this year’s Durham Film Festival, set to re-launch post-pandemic this summer. The student run festival will take place over two days Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 June in the ODEON Luxe cinema, in Durham city centre.

Durham Law School held an International Conference on the theme of 'IP and AI in the Age of Technology Race' on 19th-20th May 2025, and a related book launch.