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27% of European companies are actively using HR analytics for performance management
Keen to understand why firms make use of the opportunities HR analytics can offer, new research conducted by Barbara Bechter, Associate Professor in Human Resource Management, and Bernd Brandl, Professor in Management, alongside Alex Lehr, Radboud University, has found that 27% of European companies are actively using HR analytics for performance management.
Global Opportunities: Funding Boost for Durham
Thanks to a boost in funding from the UK government’s Turing Scheme, more than 400 of our students will get the life-changing opportunity of working or volunteering abroad in the coming academic year – with around 50 destination countries worldwide to pick from. The programme, which funds international mobility as a means of ‘levelling up’, is helping students of all income groups experience education opportunities in any country they choose.
Scientists reveal how mysterious submarine landslides are developed
One of our engineering experts is part of a team that’s discovered for the first time that catastrophic growth of a slip surface along a weak layer could lead to very large submarine landslides.
Impact of climate change on abandoned prehistoric city
Last week, the UK experienced the hottest day in recorded history.
£2bn cost of mental ill health ‘parallel pandemic’
We’ve contributed to a report which shows that the negative effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on mental health was largest and most prolonged in the North of England.
Professor Edith Hall and Professor Andy Wood named new British Academy Fellows
We are delighted that Professor Edith Hall from our Department of Classics and Ancient History and Professor Andy Wood from Department of History have become new Fellows of The British Academy.
Scientists discover world’s longest underwater avalanche after rescue of lost data
We’ve discovered the world’s longest underwater avalanche – after recovering lost data swept away by the dramatic event.
Highest ever temperature recorded in Durham
Durham has recorded its highest ever maximum temperature of 36.9°C.
A summer of opportunities
Professor Karen O'Brien, our Vice-Chancellor, explores some of the opportunities on offer at the University this summer.
New study shows people can recognise emotions of other people in face masks
Leading psychologists from our highly-rated Department of Psychology have discovered in their latest research that people can identify emotions and traits of other people wearing a face mask when the whole body is visible.
Durham student becomes Canadian Music Laureate
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 – the most coveted title for composers in Canada. The accolade secures a prize package valued at $200,000 CAD which includes a world-premiere performance by the Orchestre Métropolitain in Montréal, two subsequent international performances and a professional recording of her prize-winning work.
Welcome Team Zambia!
We are delighted to welcome the Zambian Commonwealth Games Team to Durham as they train and live on campus on the run up to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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