Fiona, an acclaimed foreign affairs specialist and author, is elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Academy in recognition of ...

Astronomers from our Physics Department have discovered the earliest known evidence of a galaxy being shaped from the inside out, revealing that key processes in galaxy evolution were already under ...

Student satisfaction at Durham University is high and continues to improve, according to the latest results of the National ...

Part of the new home for our Department of Sociology has been named in honour of anti-apartheid activist, writer, journalist and lecturer Ruth First. Ruth, who lectured in Sociology at Durham ...

The research compared ancient rock carvings, or ‘petroglyphs’, of boats across 12 sites in Northwest Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal), with well documented petroglyphs in Southern Scandinavia ...

New parents receive little guidance on how to use a baby sling or carrier safely, according to new research. The study by leading baby sleep experts at our Durham Infancy and Sleep Centre calls for a ...

We’re launching a new regional project designed to strengthen the future workforce for North East England’s growing low carbon and offshore wind industries. The Low Carbon North: Sustainable Futures ...

Widely available extreme pornography on mainstream platforms is eroticising masculine dominance and normalising sexual violence, according to leading law professor Clare McGlynn. These warnings form ...

For seven years, our pioneering TechUP programme has been successfully helping women break into tech and accelerate their careers. That’s according to a new impact report, evaluating TechUP’s impact ...

An internationally renowned expert from our Law School has given evidence to MPs on police cooperation between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland post-Brexit. Gemma Davies appeared before ...

A new report provides the first comprehensive analysis of how AI chatbots are facilitating violence against women and girls (VAWG) in dangerous new ways. The report, which was co-authored by Professor ...