Recruitment to funded PhD Scholarships with the Aura CDT are now open until the 31 December. Durham University is a partner and Scholarships are available for students to be based in Durham, as well as the partner institutions. PhDs should focus on Offshore Wind and the Environment.

Durham Climate Hub talk: Go electric 2030: talk and discussion about the potential for electric vehicles and car clubs in County Durham.

DEI Director Professor Jon Gluyas and DEI Advisory Board member Dr Charlotte Adams of the Coal Authority were quoted in a feature article in the Guardian about the huge potential for turning abandoned mines across the UK into a zero carbon heating source and the opportunity for regeneration it could represent.

Durham Law School ranked 49th in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022.

Durham University’s Botanic Garden has been awarded a Gold Medal in the ‘Tourist, Visitor Attraction and Country Estate’ category at this year’s Northumbria In Bloom Awards.

Leading figures from the fields of diplomacy, music and local government will be celebrated by the University with the award of honorary degrees this winter.

After having to postpone our traditional graduation events for two years, we are excited to be delivering a week of Spring Congregation ceremonies in Durham Cathedral for our graduates. A total of 17 ceremonies will take place from Monday 28 March to Friday 1 April. Students from 120 countries will graduate in the magnificent setting of Durham Cathedral, in the company of their families and friends.

During National Storytelling Week, 30 January – 5 February, we are celebrating the incredible storytelling talents within our University community. Novelists, biographers, poets, playwrights and actors; our academics and our students find diverse ways to tell a good yarn. Here we hear from two acclaimed writers, Naomi Booth and Claire Harman, who also teach the Creative Writing MA, MLitt and PhD courses run by the Department of English Studies.

This July will see the return of Durham City Run Festival and we are delighted to be supporting the event as a major partner. Take on the historic streets of Durham for a midsummer evening of racing!

Take part in Oxfam’s Second Hand September. Shop second hand to take a stance against fast fashion and dress for a fairer world.

Congratulations to our My Greenspace app monthly winners!

A new exhibition opening soon at our Oriental Museum depicts the horrors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombing.