Our Careers and Enterprise Team are working in partnership with Durham County Council to launch a new Internship Programme, aimed specifically at small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in County Durham. Funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, the initiative offers Durham based SMEs the opportunity to take on Durham students and graduates as Interns, benefitting from their skills and knowledge to fill skills gaps, and ease workloads.

We’re playing a key part in the UK’s drive to develop quantum technology to benefit a wide range of areas including healthcare, computing and security.

The UK Secretary of State for Education has announced Sir David Behan as Interim Chair of the Office for Students.

A new research project to better understand how gut microbiota can help infants with iron deficiencies has secured a major funding boost from UK Research and Innovation.

We have signed an agreement with Durham Constabulary and the Durham Police and Crime Commissioner to work together for the benefit of local communities.

We have worked with a leading autism charity to produce specialised training to help organisations provide better support for people who are neurodivergent.

Our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Karen O'Brien, explores our work to preserve and enhance our campus environment and surroundings.

We welcome comments by the UK Secretary of State for Education Bridget Phillipson that the new UK Government recognises the enormous contribution international students make to our higher education sector, university communities and the UK as a whole.

Following alumna Lauren Irwin’s selection as part of the Team GB rowing squad, she has been training intensively for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Following thirty years of collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes (Cervantes Institute), we have made our partnership official by signing a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding). The MoU was signed by Professor Karen O’Brien, our Vice-Chancellor and Warden and Professor Luis García Montero, Director of the Instituto. Prof Montero is widely considered to be one of Spain's most prominent contemporary poets and is a Professor of Spanish Literature at the University of Granada.

Dr Allegra Franchino, an assistant professor from our Department of Chemistry, has been recognised in a national fellowship scheme.

Congratulations to Canon Professor Michael Snape and Professor Janet Montgomery who have been recognised for their contribution to the humanities and social sciences.