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Our Chaplaincy Network joins national interfaith organisation
We are recognising the fantastic achievement of our Chaplaincy Network which has been successful in its application to join the Inter Faith Network for the UK.
Music festivals urged to do more to tackle sexual violence
The set up and culture of music festivals can create dangerous spaces where sexual violence and harassment can be perpetrated.
Durham Graduate awarded prestigious Kennedy scholarship
A Durham graduate has been awarded a Kennedy Scholarship to undertake the Master of Public Policy programme at Harvard University later this year.
Back for 2022 - Celebrate Science!
Celebrate Science returns this October half-term, Tuesday 25 October to Thursday 27 October 2022 10.00am – 4.00pm. This event will bring three fun-packed and fascinating days of free activities, workshops, experiments, and lectures celebrating science.
Welcoming Euro Hockey Qualifiers to Maiden Castle
Maiden Castle Sports and Wellbeing Park, is preparing to welcome England Hockey as they host the Women’s Euro Hockey Qualifiers hockey tournament in Durham this month. This is the first time an international hockey tournament has taken place in Durham and we are delighted to be a partner in the event.
How our research benefits our region
Our Vice-Chancellor Professor Karen O'Brien explores how Durham being a leading research university benefits North East England.
Tunstall and the Tudors: The Calculating Bishop
Meet Cuthbert Tunstall: bishop and author of England’s first maths book, celebrating its 500th anniversary this year.
Community excavation projects unveils local history
A collaborative community project involving our Department of Archaeology has unearthed thousands of artefacts from back gardens in a bid to reveal the history of a North East town.
Fate of the world’s biggest ice sheet is in our hands
The fate of the world’s biggest ice sheet is in our hands, researchers say.
Novel collaboration project aims to explore Ice Age through art
A new interdepartmental research collaboration between our Archaeology and Psychology Departments are experimenting with the online visual perceptions of Ice Age arts through their newly launched project website, Palaeo Vision: Do you see through Ice Age Eyes?
Brass Band launches national composition competition
Durham University Brass Band (dubb) is launching its annual Composition Competition, offering student musicians and recent graduates from all over the UK the chance to have their work published.
Bonobos make “baby-like” signals to seek consolation from others
Pioneering academics from our top-rated Psychology Department have found in their study that bonobos produce a variety of signals including “baby-like” signals to strategically display distress when they are attacked by other bonobos.