Want to know more about how we interact with our local community? Our monthly Community Newsletter explores the news, events, and research both at Durham University and in the city itself.
In the newsletter we celebrate our partnership with the Foundation of Light charity to help communities across the North East. The initial focus will be on developing a transformative community project, the ‘Youth Health Hub’ in Stanley.
In addition, two green energy projects we’re involved in will each receive a share of £16.8m North East Investment Zone (NEIZ) funds. It is hoped the investment will create thousands of new jobs.
We also highlight how researchers from our School of Education worked with pupils from a North East primary school to develop a series of picture books on online safety and digital literacy.
Meanwhile, Professor Karen O’Brien, our Vice-Chancellor and Warden, has become the honorary president of the Durham-based charity Nepacs. Nepacs works across the region to ensure people impacted by contact with the justice or social care systems feel heard and empowered.
There’s plenty of events to enjoy in and around the University and Durham City this month and we spotlight some of these in the newsletter.
They include the Durham Drama Festival. Featuring nine new plays across three venues, the festival will highlight the wealth of emerging talent at the UK's largest and most prolific student theatre scene.
Also, this month writer, actor and television presenter James Corden will give a South Shields Lecture at Harton Academy.
Our staff continue to conduct impactful research. Orphaned bonobo apes can overcome trauma and develop social abilities like those of their mother-reared peers, according to a new study led by our Department of Psychology.
A new report from our top-rated Department of Anthropology has revealed the shocking conditions endured by mothers and babies in dispersal asylum accommodation across the UK.
And a Durham scientist is part of an international research team drilling into the seabed off the east coast of Japan to learn more about the 2011 Tohoku great earthquake.
To read more about all these stories, you can access January's newsletter via the link below.
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