On 11th October 2024, Dr Stuart Jones welcomed the 2024 Cohort for Multidisciplinary Centre for Postgraduate Training in Energy (CPT) to the start of Michaelmas term. Our Multidisciplinary Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy (CDT) is one of the longest-running, largest and most successful CDTs at Durham University. Originally funded by EPSRC, DEI has worked to ensure that the CDT continues beyond the original research council funding.

Over the last few weeks, our Vice-Chancellor and Warden, Professor Karen O’Brien, has travelled to Hong Kong and Australia to catch up with two of our thriving alumni communities and one of our strategic research partners.

This year’s Durham Fringe Festival saw a superb range of performances across six venues in Durham City.

Professor Jonathan Steed, Wolfson Fellow and Department of Chemistry has been awarded a prestigious prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Two SGIA academics have won a prestigious national award for their innovative teaching.

View the latest departmental research newsletter, issued September 2021.

Congratulations to Dr Kelly Jakubowski who received an Early Career Award from the Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC).

Professor Karen O'Brien, our Vice-Chancellor, explores some of the opportunities on offer at the University this summer.

Our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Karen O'Brien, explores how we're supporting students to make informed accommodation choices - plus news of upcoming events.

The Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) has today, Monday, 24 May, received £20m from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Research and Innovation Centre as part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund programme to decarbonise the industrial sector. Durham Energy Institute researchers are involved in three of the projects funded for the first phase of IDRIC activity.

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.