Jonathan Batty, our Deputy Academic Registrar (Access, Admissions and Recruitment), argues that widening participation will only deliver real change when it is co-developed with partners in places.

Two of Durham’s leading researchers have collaborated with Blackpool Grand Theatre in the North West of England to help children improve their speaking and listening skills.

When the devastating magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake struck central China in May 2008, it triggered more than 60,000 landslides, reshaping the slopes of the Longmen Shan mountains.

Two of our initiatives have been recognised as finalists in the 2025 Green Gown Awards for UK and Ireland, building on our continued commitment to sustainability.

A team of scientists, including researchers from our Earth Sciences Department, has discovered new evidence that long-lasting droughts played a major role in the decline of the ancient Maya civilisation more than a thousand years ago.

Political Anthropologist Professor Nayanika Mookherjee has been honoured with the 2025 Rivers Memorial Medal, one of the highest accolades in Anthropology. 

A new tool to understand how people imagine differently when reading could have potential implications for the treatment of mental ill health.

New research is challenging long-standing assumptions about autism and physical activity, offering fresh insights into the experiences of autistic adults.

We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of our alumna Biddy Baxter MBE, a true pioneer in children’s television.

The Universities for North East England (UNEE) have responded to the exclusion of Northern universities from the Global Talent Fund.

An international team of astronomers have discovered a remarkably clumpy rotating galaxy that existed just 900 million years after the Big Bang, shedding new light on how galaxies grew and evolved in the early Universe.

We have received the University Mental Health Charter Award from Student Minds, the UK’s student mental health charity.