We have signed a Collaboration Agreement with Durham County Council and venture partner Muse to accelerate the development of the Aykley Heads site as a hub for investment and innovation. The site is ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a major Bronze Age settlement on the Kazakh Steppe region, shedding new light on a key phase of Central Asian prehistory. The discovery reveals a regional ...

The 2026 QS World University Rankings for Sustainability place Durham 24th out of 2,001 universities assessed across the globe. The prestigious rankings grade institutions across three categories: ...

A memorial has been installed to a councillor believed to be the first openly gay politician elected in the UK, with support from two of our historians. Councillor Sam Green was elected to the ...

The RSF itself is the terrible creation of a history of state-driven violence, exclusion and opportunism in Sudan. Its origins are usually traced to the infamous Janjaweed, a militia drawn from Arab ...

But that’s exactly what happened when Donald Trump welcomed his Syrian counterpart, Ahmed al-Sharaa, to Washington on November 10. Al-Sharaa became the first Syrian leader in history to be invited to ...

CAPs provide schools with a clear framework to reduce their emissions by implementing energy efficiency measures and nature-based solutions. The Durham event encouraged pupils and teachers to ...

We found that three key features of the campus climate affect how positively students feel about difference in religion and worldview.

The programme has been launched by North East Screen, the screen industry development agency for North East England, and the North East Universities Screen Network (NEUSN), which involves all five of ...

Previous studies had found that parts of the DHHB molecule could be changed by adding chlorine (such as bleach). However, this change did not result in a strong colouration, making the cause of the ...

The State of the Cryosphere Report is being presented at the COP 30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil. It warns that current climate commitments are leading to over 2°C of warming above ...

Last week Ian Armstrong, Biodiversity Manger, Sustainability Team, lead a group of Durham University MA Environmental History students on a guided walk of our estate. Centred around Great Highwood, ...