Covid-19 has meant previously unimaginable changes for all of us. We want to do all we can to help our communities during this unprecedented time. We hope the resources below will help.

If you have comments or suggestions, please get in touch.

Online resources

Tips and advice from our experts

How we're supporting the Covid-19 response

• One of our postgraduate students, Kerry-Anne Hastings, a member of the Scottish women's hockey squad, has been running street aerobics classes for her neighbours, which they can take part in from their own gardens
• Handcrafted and REfUSE, two organisations founded by alumni, are feeding the vulnerable
• Alumna Dr Rebecca Webster's research is part of the World Health Organisation's essential reading for the pandemic
• Before the lockdown began, we donated food that would have been wasted to the East Durham Trust

Other resources connected with Durham University

Planning for the future

• 'Consumers post-COVID', Aarron Toal (Business), Tuesday 19 May
• 'How will COVID-19 affect productivity in the UK?', Prof Richard Harris (Business), Monday 11 May
• 'How emotional memories of Coronavirus will affect our future', Elena Miltiadis (Anthropology), Friday 1 May
• 'After Covid-19: what could the new normal look like?', Prof Fred Robinson (St Chad's College), Wednesday 29 April
• 'Helium supplies at risk from plunging oil prices', Prof Jon Gluyas (Durham Energy Institute), Tuesday 28 April

Adapting to COVID-19 lockdown

• 'Motivation and preference in isolation: a test of their different influences on responses to self-isolation during the COVID-19 outbreak', Dr Thuy-vy Nguyen (Psychology), Wednesday 13 May
• Covent-19, an online art exhibition in response to the coronavirus outbreak, curated by Faryal Arif and Nadin Hussain: two recent graduates
• 'Is the Church growing online?', Rev Dr Peter Phillips (Theology and Religion), Thursday 16 April
• Helping families with children with Williams Syndrome cope through Covid-19, Prof Debbie Riby (Psychology)
• The Study Tube Project,Videos from YouTubers including Jack Edwards, English Literature undergraduate, St Cuthbert's Society
• 'The lockdown is a dangerous time for victims of domestic abuse', Professor Nicole Westmarland (Sociology) and Rosanna Bellini, Thursday 26 March
• 'Football and Covid-19: competition, jobs and finance', Neil Graney (Business), Friday 20 March
• 'The potential impact of Covid-19 on SMEs', Dr Joanna Berry (Business), Thursday 19 March
• 'Airlines, climate change, Covid-19 and risk reporting', Professor Carol Adams (Business), Thursday 2 April
• Alumnus Michael Cassell's web resource thinkwell-livewell.com includes a range of programmes to combat stress and anxiety, and is currently free to access

Commentary on the COVID-19 response

• 'Confronting COVID-19 with help from ancient philosophy', Prof Martin Ferguson Smith (Classics and Ancient History)
• 'Leadership should be defined by consensus not coercion in a time of crisis', Prof Christopher Finlay (Government and International Affairs, Saturday 11 April
• 'Age composition of population and Covid 19', Prof Parantap Basu (Business) explores whether lockdown is right for India, Friday 10 April
• 'Valuing "unskilled" work', Dr Jo McBride (Business) and Professor Miguel Martínez Lucio (University of Manchester), Wednesday 8 April
• 'Working together to tackle the impact of Covid-19', how the Government, business groups and trade unions are tackling the crisis shoulder to shoulder, Professor Bernd Brandly (Business), Monday 6 April
• 'Wars, famines - and pandemics', Professor Phillip Williamson (History), Friday 3 April