Sheina describes herself as an ‘undercover anthropologist’. Her research interests include how children learn and grow in ...

The report calls for a cultural shift to create an inclusive education system with creativity at its heart. This could help boost attainment, tackle the school attendance crisis, and provide the ...

County Durham will take a sporting lead again in 2025 with another summer of big events, including the return of the Durham City Run Festival. Organisers have revealed details of this year’s Festival, ...

Welcome to the next instalment of our ‘Spotlight on’ series where we celebrate the world-leading work of our academics. Professor Carlos Frenk’s pioneering work on dark matter has fundamentally shaped ...

Image - Digital tools can help scientists to predict crystallisation outcomes under a range of experimental conditions, streamlining manufacturing workflows and helping to bring new medicines to ...

The funding, granted through the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s (AHRC) new Doctoral Landscape Awards scheme, will fund three full-time PhD students at Durham over the next five years. The AHRC ...

Carol Adams is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting in our Business School. She is a globally renowned expert in corporate accounting and sustainability reporting, focusing on its impact on business, ...

American rugby player Ilona Maher has risen to global fame. Not just because of her athletic ability (though that is remarkable, winning an Olympic bronze in 2024 in the USA rugby sevens team, and now ...

The team found that both bonobos and chimpanzees used sex in similar ways to ease tension and reaffirm social bonds before feeding. Bonobos also often had sex more after fights to repair social ...

Seven teams from across the Coimbra Network took part. The two winning teams, ‘EnviroTeam’ from the University of Iași, Romania, and Team ‘Wet Zero’ from the University of Bergen, Norway, will join ...

Researchers from our Department of Biosciences have made the surprising discovery that a type of gut bacteria has evolved to perform an important function after death. And our Department of Geography ...

Our critically acclaimed student Choral Society and conductor, John Forsyth MBE, will bring a programme of energetic Baroque music to audiences in Newcastle Cathedral for the first time.