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Museum of Archaeology welcomes internationally significant Roman exhibition

We are excited to be welcoming an exhibition featuring an internationally significant collection of Roman artefacts to our Museum of Archaeology.
A student holding a piece of pottery included in the Roman exhibition at Durham University's Museum of Archaeology

A new phase of expansion for our Department of Mathematical Sciences

Since the inception of our Mathematical Sciences department, we have expanded significantly. Our student and staff numbers have gone up resulting in an enhanced global research reputation for Maths.
Department of Mathematical Sciences

#DUGlobalWeek Spotlight, Alexandra Gatt

Alexandra Gatt, a first year undergraduate footballer here at Durham, is highlighted as one of our #DUGlobalWeek representatives. Gatt competes for her home country, Malta, whilst smashing it on the pitch here at Durham too. Read on for Alex's performance pathway through football.
2 Female footballers

Welcome Team Zambia!

We are delighted to welcome the Zambian Commonwealth Games Team to Durham as they train and live on campus on the run up to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Team Zambia at the Sport and Wellbeing Park

Durham Law School and Slaughter and May to deliver new programme of schools outreach

Durham Law School is looking forward to welcoming 30 school pupils from Years 8-10 on 23 March for the first in a new programme of ‘Introduction to Law’ outreach sessions, delivered in partnership with Slaughter and May.
Durham Law School and Slaughter and May to deliver new programme of schools outreach

County Durham Leads gather for COP Durham

Durham County Council, in alliance with Durham Energy Institute, joined together on 1st November to host a “COP Durham” event, welcoming 50 organisations across the County to Beamish Hall Hotel.
Durham Climate partnership event beamish hall

IHRR event on 'Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice'

The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) at Durham University hosted an event on 'Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice' for early career scientists on 24 October 2023.
Panel discussion

Joining forces for the Festive Food Drive 2023

Our Volunteering and Outreach team has launched the annual Festive Food Drive 2023 to collect as many food items as possible to help families who need a little extra support this Christmas. This year we’re aiming for a bumper Food Drive as we’ve teamed up with our fellow North East universities; Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside, in a bid to collect as many items as possible and make as big a difference as possible to our local communities across the region.
Graphic from the Festive Food Drive

#takemebacktuesday: Reflecting on 2022's Nobel Prize in Physics winner Prof. Alain Aspect, who opened our revamped laboratories ten years ago.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 was awarded to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger "for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science".
A smiling Prof Alain Aspect opening the refurbished laboratories in the Physics department in 2012

Is taste in musical fundamentals learned or innate?

New research from Durham University’s Music & Science Lab suggests that while biology may determine which sounds we perceive as unpleasant, musical preference is culturally acquired.
Kalash dancers - courtesy of George Athanasopoulos

Durham psychologist wins national book prize

Congratulations to Dr Ben Alderson-Day, who has won a 2023 British Psychological Society (BPS) Book Award.
A head and shoulders image of Dr Ben Alderson-Day

'Representing People on the Move' subproject - IHRR and Geography collaborate with ZNU

[12/23] The Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) and the Dept. of Geography at Durham University collaborate with Zaporizhzhia National University (ZNU), Ukraine, on 'Representing People on the Move' subproject.
ZNU academics visit