Following on from the successful work of Dr Christy Slobogin, the Northern Network for Medical Humanities (NNMHR) and Institute for Medical Humanities (IMH) welcomes Dr James Rákóczi to the role of Early-Career Researcher (ECR) Development Lead. IMH thanks Christy for all her efforts and wishes James the best of luck in this new endeavour.

Announcing the events line-up for the Narrative and Cognition Lab.

Co-organized by ICCCAD, IUB and IHRR, Durham University 1st to 8th March 2024

The commendable volunteering efforts of staff and students at Durham have been honoured at this year’s County Durham Together Awards.

Described as a "giant of particle physics", Peter Wade Higgs sadly died earlier this month. Dr Martin Bauer from our Physics department explains how Peter’s ground-breaking work means his legacy will live on.

We are very excited to announce the launch of a new solar car, called ‘DUSC2023’, from our pioneering Durham University Solar Car Team.

Professor Markian Prokopovych, Dr Hanna Ruszczyk and Fleur Riley discuss prospects and challenges of partnerships with Ukraine

Following the news of her death aged 93, we are remembering with fondness and pride the contribution that Professor Dame Rosemary Cramp made to the field of Archaeology and to Durham University.

We’re delighted to announce Dr Louise Gascoine as the new Director for our MA Education programme. Louise will convene an undergraduate module that focuses on mental health and wellbeing in education, in addition to supervising doctoral theses.

Paul Murray was installed as one of the first three Ecumenical Canons at Durham Cathedral on Sunday 14 January.

On Wednesday 8 March, we welcomed USS Trustees and senior USS Executives, including Dame Kate Barker (Chair of the USS Board) and Bill Galvin (Chief Executive Officer), as they held their first major member engagement event in a university in recent years.

[09/24] Dr Hanna Ruszczyk discussed the intersection of caste and gender in cities at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference.