The countdown is on for the launch of this year’s Durham Fringe Festival and we are delighted to be working in partnership with the organisers to deliver a festival everyone can enjoy.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) – which Durham helped to develop and engineer – has captured its first images.

We have maintained our strong position in the National Student Survey (NSS). For the third year in a row, “overall satisfaction” scores placed us in the top 20% of both non-specialist and Russell Group universities.

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

We have all been deeply concerned and affected by the war taking place in Ukraine. We are an international university, committed to social responsibility and democratic values.

One of the biggest unanswered questions about human prehistory is where dogs underwent domestication.

Experts from around the world met in Durham to discuss how to protect cultural heritage at risk of destruction from human and natural disasters.

We’ve created new resources designed to help writers present an accurate view of people at risk of self-harm.

Early humans were present in Britain between 560,000 and 620,000 years ago, according to new research involving our Department of Geography.

Our Vice-Chancellor Professor Karen O'Brien looks ahead to our Congregation and other summer activities.

Researchers from our Department of Classics and Ancient History have discovered an unpublished Athenian gravestone in a museum in the North East of England.

We’ve donated 18 pianos to local community groups across County Durham to help spread the joy and benefits of music.