Durham Global Week 2025 will take place from Saturday 1 – Sunday 9 March 2025. All staff and students are encouraged to get involved, by submitting proposals for events to be part of the programme.

Modern humans, Neanderthals, and other recent relatives on our human family tree evolved bigger brains much more rapidly than earlier species, a new study of human brain evolution has found. The study ...

Climate change is one of the biggest threats facing the world today. In her monthly column, our Vice-Chancellor Karen O'Brien explores how Durham University is both pioneering research to understand ...

The ethical and governance review co-authored by Professor Cave concludes that a phased approach is needed – ‘soft’ governance implementing the UK SCBEM Code of Practice, as a stepping stone to ‘hard’ ...

General Relativity is one of the most elegant and profound theories in Physics. That the Universe seems to conform to its ...

World leading in research and teaching excellence in philosophy, at the forefront of the discipline, its reform, and its application to the major issues facing the world.

Who leads, and who follows? Our centre aims to advance theory on leadership and communicate this knowledge to practitioners. We focus on the study of leadership and followership, as well as the ...

Durham University is a globally outstanding centre of teaching and research excellence, with over one third of our students coming from an international background. Currently over 400 of our students ...

We’ve launched a new £5m research centre to support North East England’s growing space industry and lead on the sustainable exploration of the cosmos. The Durham University Space Research Centre ...

The Physics Department is a thriving centre for research and education. We are proud that our Department closely aligns the teaching and learning experience for its students with the ...

Commonwealth Scholarships provide an opportunity for Commonwealth nationals from developing countries to receive a fully-funded scholarship on a Taught Masters programme at Durham University.

This opportunity is for Year 12 students from Black-heritage backgrounds. STEP is part of Durham's summer school programmes to support students who are typically underrepresented in higher education, ...