The development of a new £25 million institute that will strengthen North East England’s role in leading the green energy sector has taken a major step forward.

Four major innovation projects in North East England – all involving or connected to Durham University – are to receive a total of £23.7 million to develop new technologies, create jobs, and support economic growth and opportunity across the region.

We will help train the next generation of medical researchers after becoming a partner in a major new Medical Research Council (MRC) doctoral training award.

This week, thousands of students from across the UK and around the world join our diverse University community.

Women leaders experiencing menopause may feel psychologically depleted, but they can also become more empathetic towards colleagues, according to research from Durham University Business School.

Financial abuse affected victim-survivors' have lower savings, higher debt and miss more payments. These are the findings of a major new study involving PhD student Karen Perrirer, Money Advice Plus-Innovation Manager for Debt and Economic Abuse, from our Sociology department.

Our Executive Director, Communications & External Relations, Lucian J Hudson, has been awarded the Freedom of the City of London.

What if energy storage could be built directly into the materials that make up everyday products? Our Engineering, Chemistry and Anthropology departments are part of a major new project exploring materials that can combine energy storage and structural performance.

Scientists from our top-rated Biosciences Department have outlined possible new approaches to protecting crops from devastating diseases by finding common weaknesses in the proteins used by pathogens to attack plants.

Researchers in our Centre for Advanced Instrumentation are helping to develop a pioneering laser power system that could keep high-altitude aircraft operating continuously.

Durham University Business School is celebrating a double recognition from the British Academy of Management (BAM) with two of our academics receiving Fellowships.

Dr Daniel P. Jones from our Institute for Medical Humanities and Department of Sociology has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Early-Career Award to transform understandings of Tourette Syndrome.