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Two Durham researchers appointed to lead REF 2029 sub-panels

Two Durham University researchers are to take important roles in assessing UK universities’ research quality.
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Good Citizen award for ‘invaluable’ University staff member

Our Senior Events and Customer Services Manager, Andrea Cairns, has been awarded a Good Citizen of the Year prize from the City of Durham Parish Council thanks to her ‘invaluable’ contribution to the local community.
Andrea with blonde hair and glasses is smiling as she receives her award from Councillor Susan Walker, Chair of City Durham Council

£11.5m project to turn sewage into sustainable fuels

Our engineering and energy researchers are sharing in £11.5m to turn sewage sludge into sustainable fuels for transport and carbon products for agriculture and industry.
Aerial view of a sewage treatment works.

North of England’s N8 universities worth £18.8bn to UK - report

The North of England’s eight research-intensive universities generated £18.8 billion in economic impact for the UK, a new report shows.
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Spotlight on: Professor Michael Magee – Forging new paths in pure mathematics

Professor Michael Magee leads groundbreaking research in pure mathematics at Durham University. His work focuses on proving theorems through rigorous logical systems, quite differently from approaches in physical sciences.
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1.5°C target too high for polar ice sheets and sea level rise

Efforts to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C under the Paris Climate Agreement may not go far enough to save the world’s ice sheets.
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UK Prime Minister leads tributes to Durham alumnus who exposed UK grooming gangs

Tributes have been paid to Durham graduate Andrew Norfolk, the award-winning journalist who exposed the Rotherham grooming gang scandal in the UK.
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Spotlight on: Professor Anna Leone - Bridging ancient history and heritage preservation across North Africa

Professor Anna Leone is a leading authority on North African archaeology and heritage protection. Her work is driven by her fascination with North Africa and for understanding societal transitions and evolutions in the ancient world.
Professor Anna Leone is stood in front of a light coloured stone wall smiling to the camera.

Investing in a sustainable future

Our installed solar panel capacity has reached 1 MW this year – a major milestone in our continued efforts to cut emissions and become a more sustainable institution.
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From campus to community: our contributions to regional prosperity

Among the big winners of a university being in a neighbourhood must be the neighbourhood itself. In her monthly column, our Vice-Chancellor Professor Karen O’Brien reflects on Durham University’s positive contribution to the economy of North East England.
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Prestigious award for physicist exploring the dawn of the Universe

Congratulations to Professor Ryan Cooke from our Department of Physics who is the joint recipient of the 2025 Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize.
Professor Ryan Cook looking straight to camera and smiling. He is stood in front of shelves of books.

Space mission discovers ‘bullet-like’ winds shooting from a supermassive black hole

Researchers have discovered that ultra-fast wind surrounding a supermassive black hole is not smooth and continuous as previously assumed, but instead resembles a rapid-fire stream of gas ‘bullets’.
An artist’s impression of high-speed winds, illustrated in white, being ejected from the vicinity of a supermassive black hole.