Dr Johny Daniel, Associate Professor in our School of Education, explores what the UK government could do to ensure that children with special educational needs receive the support they need in mainstream schools.

Dr Miguel de Lucas and his team has built a detailed cell‑by‑cell map showing how plants use post‑translational modifications, especially sumoylation, to detect and respond to stresses such as drought, salinity or pathogens.

We’re celebrating a successful funding application which will enable our experts to establish a new training tool to help tackle weight discrimination in healthcare.

Dr Rory McCarthy, Associate Professor in Politics and Islam, at our School of Government and International Affairs is an expert in social movements, contentious politics, and Islamism in the Middle East and North Africa. Here Rory discusses the latest Israel military advances and the pressures on Egypt.

New evidence from Greenland's ice sheet challenges previous theories about a mysterious impact site. Professor James Baldini from our Earth Sciences Department now suggesting it could be the result of a volcanic eruption rather than a meteorite strike.

You’ve probably seen the word “narcissist” thrown around online in headlines, on dating apps or in therapy-themed TikToks. But the label that people often unthinkingly slap on toxic bosses or reality TV villains hides a much more complicated psychological picture. Here our Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, Sarah Walker, explores the evolution of our knowledge of narcissism over the last three decades.

The UK Government is seeking to end the use of hotels to house asylum seekers. Professor Jonathan Darling, from our Department of Geography, explains the situation and how ‘asylum hotels’ became so contentious.

Drawing on a study of legislative changes in Austria, Germany, Ireland and the UK, Omar Hammoud-Gallego, Pat McGovern and Eiko Thielemann identify a new development in immigration control that extends beyond borders into the workplace.

Written accounts tell the story of the Zanj rebellion – a slave revolt that took place in the late 9th century in southern Iraq. Some of the rebels were enslaved Africans working in various sectors of the local economy. Here Honorary Fellow in Archaeology, Peter Brown sheds new light on the timelines.

The UK Space Agency has become part of the UK government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Dr Bleddyn Bowen, Associate Professor in Astropolitics and Space Warfare, in our School of Government and International Affairs (SGIA), looks at what this might mean.

Durham’s School of Education has an established International Centre for the Comparative Study of Doctoral Education (ICCSDE), bringing together leading global researchers in the field of doctoral education.

An ancient Bermuda stalagmite has revealed more about past shifting of the Gulf Stream. Professor James Baldini, in our Department of Earth Sciences, and PhD candidate Edward Forman, Climate Tipping Points, University of Southampton, tell us more and what it could mean for a major system of ocean currents.