Durham University
Durham University is a globally outstanding centre of teaching and research based in historic Durham City in the UK.
We are a collegiate university committed to inspiring our people to do outstanding things at Durham and in the world.
We conduct research that improves lives globally and we are ranked as a world top 100 university with an international reputation in research and education (QS World University Rankings 2024).
We are a member of the Russell Group of leading research-intensive UK universities and we are consistently ranked as a top 10 university in national league tables (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, Guardian University Guide and The Complete University Guide).
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A look at the issue of class sizes.
Simon John James and Richard Bower chat about differing conceptions of what it is to travel through time.
Who owns culture in the real-virtual world of augmented reality?
Weather forecasting stopped looking for patterns in the past, and started using numbers to look solidly at the future.
The word Europe only appears ten times in the works of William Shakespeare.
‘Per pupil expenditure’ is where the real story lies.
Sound wildlife management is incredibly important, and could enhance the conservation status of large carnivores like the leopard, which has recently been listed as a vulnerable species.
Getting involved in sports-based projects offers young Zambians a sense of community and helps them to build new support systems.
La nouvelle ligne de trains de marchandises de la Chine à Londres fait partie d’un réseau croissant de routes commerciales conçu pour stimuler l’influence du pays à l’étranger.
The case for neoclassicism in science.
EU citizens are being treated as pawns ahead of Brexit negotiations. This has happened before, at the height of the Cold War.
What drives a child to commit sexual abuse?
Augmented reality and holographic projections could hold benefits for victims testifying against sexual assault.
Can California’s wet weather make earthquakes more likely? Scientists are still learning about what triggers these events. Even human activity can be a culprit.
Robert Grossetête (1170 à 1253) fut l’évêque de la ville de Lincoln, poète et politicien. De nouveaux documents révèlent qu’il fut aussi l’un des premiers à aborder certains phénomènes naturels.
In a crisis, governments often act just to be seen to be doing something. The difference with what Trump’s doing is that there is no crisis.
Virginia Woolf’s archive can be seen as a serious resource for research into the experience of hearing voices.
A new project tracks earthquakes accidentally induced by human activity. It suggests the problem is bigger than some scientists thought.
Our closest relatives are being wiped out and it’s all our fault.
In Ethiopia, the US pushes the diffusion of individual freedoms and China jockeys for collective economic betterment. Both the US and China could lose out if chaos spreads in the Horn of Africa.


















