Three of our professors have been named among the world’s best for the quality and influence of their research, highlighting the global strength of Durham’s research.

Durham Energy Institute (DEI) Advisory Board Chair and Professor in Practice Alan Lowdon has been awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours for services to UK and US offshore wind collaboration.

A round up of news across our department this month.

This November will see the return of Durham of Lumiere, the light festival which every two years turns our beautiful city into a stunning, immersive art gallery. Once again we’ll be supporting the event as a major partner.

We are excited to be welcoming an exhibition featuring an internationally significant collection of Roman artefacts to our Museum of Archaeology.

Professor Tim Luckhurst, our Principal of South College, looks back at how Great Britain celebrated 25 December as World War Two raged on.

Durham University Evidence Centre for Education is delighted to invite you to a one-day event to celebrate the Festival of Social Science. This is a face-to-face event with some members joining us online from outside the UK.  The event is free and open to the public.

The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) hosted a photography exhibition, ‘A Picture of Risk: Exploring Risk through Narrative Photography', in February 2023.

How we're helping level up the economy and educational opportunities in North East England.

Our Vice-Chancellor Professor Karen O'Brien welcomes the North East England devolution deal and reflects on our role in the region

Durham University and Team Durham are proud to announce the success of our existing students, as well as our alumni, representing their respective countries at Birmingham 2022 this year.

We now have a Durham RIOT Science Club, which is part of a RIOTS network supported by UKRN. This network organises talks and seminars to share Reproducible, Interpretable, Open & Transparent Science practices.