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Explore December's Community Newsletter

Want to know more about how we interact with our local community?
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Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Doctoral Training Programme

The Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing invite expressions of interest from doctoral students to join our doctoral training programme.
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Durham University Appoints New Academic Registrar

Dr Monika Nangia has been appointed as Academic Registrar for Durham University.
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QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025

We are ranked 9th in the prestigious QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025.
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Coal Stories: A trail guide through Durham City’s industrial and coal mining past

An illustrated trail booklet has been developed by Durham Energy Institute researchers to guide people through Durham City’s mining past.
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HERE North East: Intersecting Culture, Heritage, and Health

We aim to establish the first ever community culture and wellbeing hub for the North East. Ideas for the culture hub originated in a research partnership between several cultural organisations and individuals in the North East, funded though AHRC grants.
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Gender and Resilience in the City is a Top Trending book for 2024

[01/25] Dr Ruszczyk’s Gender and Resilience in the City book is one of Practical Action Publishing’s top 5 trending books for 2024
Gender and Resilience in the City is a Top Trending book for 2024

League table displays our dedication to sustainability

We’re celebrating being ranked in the top 30 in the People and Planet Green League rankings 2021.
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Bringing Defence Simulation Training Technology to Offshore Wind

Immersive technology company VRAI awarded Offshore Wind Growth Partnership funding with Durham University Energy Institute in England’s North East
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Opportunity in Engineering Department: Durham Doctoral Teaching Fellow in Electrical or Electronic Engineering

**Applications are invited for a Durham Doctoral Teaching Fellow in Electrical or Electronic Engineering at the Department of Engineering**
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International Women’s Day: Honouring Ruth First

For International Women’s Day this year, the Sociology Department celebrates the memory and legacy of Ruth First, who taught in the Department in the 1970s.
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Himalayan communities are under siege from landslides – and climate change is worsening the crisis

Postdoctoral research associate Ellen Beatrice Robson from our Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience has co-written on how climate change and human activity is worsening landslides in the Indian Himalayas.
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