Our beautiful Botanic Garden has once again achieved a Gold Award in the Northumbria in Bloom Competition 2024. This annual competition recognises, encourages and rewards community groups who work together to transform their village, town or city, through gardening, environmental awareness and community support.

Our careers weeks and fairs span a range of sectors, providing our students and graduates with a whole host of opportunities to gain advice and information on different career pathways.

Our recently ennobled alumnus Baron (Graham) Brady, previously a long-serving Conservative MP, has published a memoir of his long political career

Our series of careers weeks and fairs explores a range of sectors over two academic terms, providing our students and graduates with a whole host of opportunities to gain advice and information on different career pathways.

Our top-rated Physics department has made significant contributions to an innovative international project that's shedding new light on the mysteries of our universe.

Professor Claire Horwell from our top-rated Earth Sciences department has been honoured with the American Geophysical Union's (AGU) 2024 GeoHealth Section Award, recognising her groundbreaking work at the intersection of geosciences and public health.

In a new development for our highly rated Mathematical Sciences department, Dr Yohance Osborne is set to join us as one of the first recipients of the prestigious Royal Society Career Development Fellowship.

Pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are continuing to fall behind their peers with the gap widening despite the introduction of SEND legislation.

A Durham physicist is part of an international research team that has discovered the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen in space, spanning 23 million light-years in total length.

Since the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war in 2009, several former international cricketers, politicians and NGOs have made claims that cricket is an important tool for reconciliation. On International Day of Peace, Dr Ben Hildred, from our Department of Anthropology, explains how his research considers the role of cricket in development and peace efforts across the country.

We’ve formalised a groundbreaking partnership to expand education opportunities and drive economic growth in North East England.  

We have become part of an incredible space project called BlackGEM.