Sir Robert Buckland KBE KC (Law, Hatfield College, 1987-90) has been appointed to become the Third Church Estate Commissioner in the Church of England.

Our Careers and Enterprise team have been shortlisted for an Educate North Award as a result of their programmes to facilitate employability right across our student community.

A panel of our leading academics shared Durham’s fresh approach to humanities thinking.

Our Department of Sociology has launched a new PhD scholarship on contextual safeguarding aimed at candidates with experience of care.

Researchers at the University’s Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (IMEMS) have been awarded a significant philanthropic investment aimed at advancing research to address critical global challenges.

Vice Admiral Andrew Burns CB OBE (Geography, Hatfield College, 1989-92), Fleet Commander in the Royal Navy made a return visit to his alma mater.

We’re introducing an ambitious new plan to improve equality of opportunity in higher education and make Durham more diverse and inclusive than ever before. 

Our new International Scholarships are available to students from Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Vietnam who are looking to study with us at undergraduate or taught postgraduate level this September.

Our graduate and now UK Government minister Lord (James) Timpson has spoken of his love of Durham during a return visit.

Our strengths in space and quantum research were the main focus of a visit to Durham University by the German Ambassador to the UK.

Creating a sexually explicit deepfake is set to become a criminal offence in the UK, thanks in part to the work of a leading Durham law professor.

Richard Walker OBE (Geography, St Aidan’s, 1998-2001) visited Durham recently to deliver a lecture to our students about how his studies and university experiences have helped shape his career and his life.