Our new summer exhibition opens at the Oriental Museum on 24 May to mark the centenary of the first Western, and ultimately tragic, attempt to climb Mount Everest. The exhibition, called “Eternal Ascent: Bentley Beetham and the 1924 Everest Expedition” tells the story from the perspective of expedition member, Bentley Beetham, a biology teacher from Darlington.

Peter Rhodes (1940-2021) was internationally renowned as an eminent historian of ancient Greece. Here in Durham, he taught for 40 years and was a devoted friend of the Department even after his retirement. He is much missed in Durham and all around the world.

Prof Harriet Bulkeley and Dr Pippa Whitehouse were interviewed for International Women's Day. The UN theme for International Women’s Day 2021 is: ‘Women in leadership: achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world’. This theme is aligned to the priority theme of the Commission on the Status of Women: 'Women's full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achievinggender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls'.

The Global Policy Institute (GPI) hosted and facilitated roundtable talks in July with 20 key leaders and experts from a variety of sectors and disciplines to agree some steps towards achieving a model of democratic governance that puts health at the heart of international trade policies.

The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) hosted an internal Durham University networking event on 20 September 2023.

This time last week our Women's Lacrosse team were preparing to travel down to Nottingham to play against the senior England team to help them prepare for the Lacrosse World Cup next summer.

The Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2022 was announced to coincide with the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. We would like to congratulate and celebrate the achievements of the following alumni, supporters and friends who are honourees in this year’s list.

Our Vice-Chancellor Professor Karen O'Brien reflects on her first term at Durham and shares some upcoming opportunities.

Two days of blissful celebration at Durham Cathedral has drawn to a close for our Winter Congregation.

Durham University are dedicated to maintaining our estate, which includes ancient woodland, grassland, wildflower meadows and wetland habitats, while also promoting biodiversity.

We’re celebrating the proud cultural heritage of County Durham by supporting an exciting programme of cultural projects and activities over the next few years. County Durham was recently shortlisted for the UK Government’s UK City of Culture title for 2025. In the end we narrowly missed out but working on the bid has helped forge even stronger relationships with culture partners, providing a catalyst for exciting future collaborations.

In May 2024, we celebrated a key milestone in the construction work currently taking place at Rushford Court in Durham City Centre, with the ceremonial tightening of a ‘golden bolt’.