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    We prepare our graduates for exciting and fulfilling careers around the world. Whether you are looking to stay in the UK after graduation or want to explore global opportunities, we will help you stand out.

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Find your place in Clearing

Explore our Clearing hub to search our available course vacancies, find out how to apply in Clearing, and learn more about life in Durham.

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Shaping your future career

We prepare our graduates for exciting and fulfilling careers around the world. Whether you are looking to stay in the UK after graduation or want to explore global opportunities, we will help you stand out.

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Research Impact at Durham

We conduct innovative and impactful research to transform lives and make a difference, globally and locally: research to empower and inspire.

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Black holes may be the engines driving the universe’s dark energy

Researchers at Durham and collaborators in the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) mission have proposed a bold new theory that black holes could be converting matter into dark energy.
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory—a program of NSF NOIRLab—in Arizona

Professor Nayanika Mookherjee awarded top Anthropology honour

Political Anthropologist Professor Nayanika Mookherjee has been honoured with the 2025 Rivers Memorial Medal, one of the highest accolades in Anthropology. 
Professor Nayanika Mookherjee wearing a green top looking seriously at the camera

Durham joins £1.6m project to boost UK’s digital research capabilities

We are playing a key role in a new £1.6 million initiative to strengthen the UK’s digital research infrastructure.
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Working with our places will help us to spread the benefits of higher education more widely

Jonathan Batty, our Deputy Academic Registrar (Access, Admissions and Recruitment), argues that widening participation will only deliver real change when it is co-developed with partners in places.
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Rethinking autism and exercise: new study challenges old assumptions

New research is challenging long-standing assumptions about autism and physical activity, offering fresh insights into the experiences of autistic adults.
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Durham research brings oracy to centre stage at landmark theatre

Two of Durham’s leading researchers have collaborated with Blackpool Grand Theatre in the North West of England to help children improve their speaking and listening skills.
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Understanding readers’ imaginations could enhance mental health therapies

A new tool to understand how people imagine differently when reading could have potential implications for the treatment of mental ill health.
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Ancient cave clues reveal secrets of the Maya civilisation collapse

A team of scientists, including researchers from our Earth Sciences Department, has discovered new evidence that long-lasting droughts played a major role in the decline of the ancient Maya civilisation more than a thousand years ago.
Tourists explore the ‘Dome of the Cathedral’, the largest chamber in Grutas Tzabnah (Yucatán, Mexico), and the origin of Tzab06-1. The artificial well ‘La Noria’ now illuminates the cave.

Alumnus Jonathan Edwards CBE celebrates 30 years of his world triple jump record

Olympic gold medallist and Van Mildert alumnus, Jonathan Edwards (Physics, Van Mildert College,1984-87) has celebrated 30 years of his 1995 triple jump world record, which remains unbroken.
Alumnus Jonathan Edwards robed in Hon Grad robes, sitting in the Cloisters

New Career Mentoring Programme bridges the gap between lecture theatres and Careers

A pioneering career mentoring programme aimed at connecting recent university graduates employed within Atom Bank and EY with first-year students, has concluded its latest cycle with remarkable success, strengthening early-career support and professional development across disciplines.
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  • Bold but pragmatic: how we harness Northern innovation without hurting the Golden Triangle

    A new report from the Northern Powerhouse Partnership shines a spotlight on the North of England’s innovation ecosystem, exploring its role in driving productivity and unlocking future economic potential. The report is co-authored by Professor Kieran Fernandes, Executive Dean of Durham Business School. Here he delves into how the region can harness its innovation strengths to fuel long-term growth and prosperity.
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  • From Army to Academia: History PhD Student Becomes BBC New Generation Thinker

    PhD student and former soldier Ashleigh Percival-Borley is exploring the untold stories of World War II's Special Operations Executive. She has recently been announced as a BBC New Generation Thinker for 2025. We caught up with Ashleigh to find out more about this, her research and how being a military veteran informs her work.
    Ashleigh Percival-Borley facing the camera smiling
  • Women football players as role models – an uneven playing field?

    All eyes have been on women’s football, and on the England team as the winners of the UEFA Women’s Euros in Switzerland. The players are often held up as role models but is the pressure to inspire greater on women compared to men? Professor Stacey Pope from our Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences has looked into this.
    England footballer Leah Williamson talking at a press conference

From Army to Academia: History PhD Student Becomes BBC New Generation Thinker

PhD student and former soldier Ashleigh Percival-Borley is exploring the untold stories of World War II's Special Operations Executive. She has recently been announced as a BBC New Generation Thinker for 2025. We caught up with Ashleigh to find out more about this, her research and how being a military veteran informs her work.
Ashleigh Percival-Borley facing the camera smiling

Women football players as role models – an uneven playing field?

All eyes have been on women’s football, and on the England team as the winners of the UEFA Women’s Euros in Switzerland. The players are often held up as role models but is the pressure to inspire greater on women compared to men? Professor Stacey Pope from our Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences has looked into this.
England footballer Leah Williamson talking at a press conference

Continued sustainability success for Durham in Green Gown Awards 2025

Two of our initiatives have been recognised as finalists in the 2025 Green Gown Awards for UK and Ireland, building on our continued commitment to sustainability.
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Waiting for your A-level results? Think: Durham

Are you or someone you know waiting for their A-level results? Maybe Durham could be the next step. Our Vice-Chancellor Professor Karen O'Brien writes.
Professor Karen O'Brien, Vice-Chancellor and Warden of Durham University, stood smiling with arms folded, in front of bookshelves

Upcoming events

University College Chapel Choir Concert

Monday 22 September 2025 - Monday 22 September 2025
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
St Bartholomew the Great, Cloth Fair, London, EC1A 7JQ
Student choir

The 5th Collegiate Way International conference, CWI 2025 - booking now open

Tuesday 2 December 2025 - Friday 5 December 2025
12:00 AM to 11:59 PM
Durham City, UK.
Aerial View of Palace Green, Durham Castle, and Durham Cathedral

Beasts and Legends: Adventures Through North East Folklore

Saturday 14 June 2025 - Sunday 2 November 2025
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Palace Green Library, Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3RN
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Family Craft Club does Bookmark Marbling

Tuesday 26 August 2025 - Tuesday 26 August 2025
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Palace Green Library, Palace Green, Durham DH1 3RN
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From our Student Blogs:

Making friends at Durham

Lucy, an English Literature student at Van Mildert College, reflects back at arriving at a new place and not knowing anyone – but being a collegiate university, unlike most other universities, she immediately felt a sense of community.
Read Lucy's blog
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At Durham, academic success is only half the story. Our transformative wider student experience will also help you develop as a person. Discover the range of opportunities at Durham University and get an insider's look at the celebrated wider student experience. Whatever you love doing, whatever you might like to try, you will find support and inspiration here.

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