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Vice-Chancellor becomes Honorary President of criminal justice and social care charity

Professor Karen O’Brien, our Vice-Chancellor and Warden, has become the honorary president of local charity Nepacs.
Professor Karen O’Brien, Vice-Chancellor and Warden of Durham University (centre) with Amanda Lacey, Nepacs Chief Executive and Kelsey Byrne, Team Leader at His Majesty's Prison Durham visitors centre

Probiotic research for infant anaemia receives major funding boost

A new research project to better understand how gut microbiota can help infants with iron deficiencies has secured a major funding boost from UK Research and Innovation.
An Xray image of the gut

Sir Harry Evans summit considers biggest issues facing journalism

Global leaders in investigative journalism gathered for a summit in honour of the late, great Durham graduate Sir Harry Evans.
A newspaper-style magazine with the headline 'Truth Tellers' in pink text and a black and white photograph of a man holding his left hand aloft