Durham University is delighted to announce Harriet Tebbs as the new Vice Principal of Josephine Butler College. Harriet began her new role in March 2024, bringing with her a wealth of experience, a passion for community building, and a deep connection to Durham University.

We have been named among the world’s top 40 universities for delivering the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Energy & Sustainability College Tour 2024 - 1 week to go!

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Helen Goodman as Professor in Practice within our School of Government and International Affairs (SGIA).

[02/25] Former IHRR Co-Director, Professor David Toll presented an Interactive Technical Talk on Tropical Residual Soils to the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)

Professor Karen Johnson from our Department of Engineering has recently been awarded the Royal Society’s Rosalind Franklin Award. We caught up with Karen to find out more about this award, and her work in soil and soil health.

MA student Aliyah Ramatally talks about her experience of organising the Music Department's live streaming concert to celebrate International Women's Day 2023.

County Durham primary school pupils were inspired by a recent visit from one of our computer scientists and his robots.

The UK Government Migrations and Advisory Committee (MAC) has published a report into their findings on the graduate route.

[07/25] Dr Ellen Robson (PDRA, IHRR) and Dr Peter McGowran (Research Associate, King’s College London) led the organisation of an interdisciplinary workshop that explored the intersections between roads, development and disaster resilience with 50 practitioners, policymakers, and physical and social scientists – a synthesis of the workshop discussions has now been published as a journal article in IJDRR.

A new exhibition ‘Knitted Together: The Korean Lives and Legacies of Richard and Joan Rutt’, focusing on the lives of two of the main donors to the Oriental Museum’s Korean collection, is now on display.

Pope Francis has launched the most ambitious Catholic renewal project for 60 years with a listening exercise that aims to give every member of the 1.3 billion Church a stake in its future. A new podcast series tells the story of the reform process.