We are delighted to announce 100 Postgraduate Support Scholarships to support eligible UK students from low and middle income backgrounds who apply for postgraduate study starting in September 2025.

Hot on the heels of their success at the Open A Cappella Competition last month, our premier student vocal ensemble Northern Lights A Cappella has pulled off a spectacular win in the UK finals of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella.

This March, Van Mildert College will be holding its first ever telephone campaign, as part of the year of celebrations to mark our 60th anniversary.

In celebration of 60 years of our international, welcoming postgraduate community, Ustinov College traces its roots to the Graduate Society. Founded in 1965, the Society became Ustinov College in 2003. Join us to mark this 60th Anniversary milestone.

Northern Lights A Cappella, our award-winning student vocal group, has come away from the Open A Cappella Competition in Warwick with a swathe of accolades including first place.

Ahead of the start of this academic year, international exchange student Yukun Tao undertook an epic cross-continental 11,000km journey driving between Nanjing, China, and Durham.

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.