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Women politicians in the United States who deviate from party expectations or views are judged more harshly than men by voters. That is according to the findings of a new study led by academics from our School of Government and International Affairs.

We have been celebrating the achievements of our students in the summer sunshine in 23 Congregation ceremonies.

We are working with the Securities Commission Malaysia to develop the financiers and regulators of the future.

Our students are very satisfied with their University experience at Durham, according to the National Student Survey 2025, where we achieved our strongest recent performance.

Dr Cyril Bourgenot from our Centre for Advanced Instrumentation is part of a team developing cutting-edge technology to enable astronomers to look deeper into the Universe. He is presenting this work as part of the Royal Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy Meeting 2025, which is being hosted by Durham University this week. Here, Cyril tells us about his work and how it could help answer the ultimate astronomical question – is there life elsewhere.

Chimpanzees have been observed copying quirky social behaviours from one another – wearing grass in their ears and bottoms – despite these actions offering no apparent practical benefit.