Dr Alan Real, Director of our Advanced Research Computing has been named in the inaugural SCW75 list, which celebrates some of the world’s leading figures in scientific computing.

An international team of researchers including our Department of Geography has discovered a vast geological structure hidden beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.

We are to award honorary degrees to nine distinguished individuals, four of whom are alumni, during our Summer Congregation ceremonies, taking place from 1 to 8 July 2026 at Durham Cathedral.

Researchers from our top-rated Geography Department have discovered new details about how meltwater drains through large cracks in the Greenland Ice Sheet, helping scientists better understand how glaciers respond to rising temperatures.

Charlotte Riley has enjoyed a distinguished acting career since she first discovered her love of performing at Durham University. She’s appeared in the hit TV series Peaky Blinders, starred alongside Tom Cruise in The Edge of Tomorrow and won critical acclaim for her breakout role as Cathy in a 2009 TV adaptation of Wuthering Heights. This summer she’ll star in the multi-Emmy-nominated show, Ted Lasso, alongside fellow Durham alum Nick Mohammed.

Durham has been recognised as the UK’s leading Russell Group university in the Unifresher 2027 Rankings, achieving the highest number of subject wins!

A new exhibition “Everyday Elegance: Daily Lives of Women in Late Qing China清閨澤華——黃金澤宜珍藏特展” has opened in the Oriental Museum. The exhibition is the public debut of the Huang Kam Chak Yee Collection (黃金澤宜珍藏), a recent donation to the Oriental Museum. It showcases 80 objects from the Collection, with additional objects drawn from the Museum’s existing Chinese collections.

New research involving one of our psychologists reveals more about what drives female prisoners to reoffend, and how this can be better prevented.

A new book bringing together practical, wellbeing-focused advice for doctoral researchers includes contributions from three Durham University supervisors.

Researchers from our Computer Science Department have developed a new teaching approach designed as a tool to help beginners learn computer programming in a simpler and more engaging way.

Dr Jonathon Turnbull from our top-rated Geography Department has been selected as a 2026–2028 CIFAR Global Scholar, joining an international group of early-career researchers tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges.

We’ve joined the ZEISS Labs@Location partnership programme - a title held by an exclusive list of leading research institutions across the globe.