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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Instead of causing problems for farmers, carnivores could actually be beneficial by controlling rodent pests.
Jets from supermassive black holes behave in mysterious ways. Now scientists have now worked out what’s really going on.
The murder of toddler James Bulger 25 years ago by two 10-year-old boys was a rare and shocking case that still impacts the criminal justice system today.
We may often criticise our lack of leaders. But leadership is not easy to define – even by leaders themselves.
The women’s suffrage campaign shows the advantages of petitioning, even when demands are rejected.
An unlikely combination of artists, medieval historians, philosophers and scientists have converged to create an exhibition of glass artworks.
Forcing people to separate science and religion can lead to damaging denials of science.
Digital nomadism and van life lie at the heart of today’s work aesthetics. These trends may create liminal experiences within job markets
The extent to which mobile phones can support and sustain real improvement in young lives is depressingly finite unless significant interventions occur.
The deal was not as bad as it could have been, but not as good as it should have been.
The legacy of the dirtiest of fuels – coal – has the potential to deliver a low carbon energy future.
Around 10% of women aged 16 to 24 say they have experienced domestic violence in the last year.
As a young radical in the 1980s, Museveni publicly scorned African rulers who clung to power. Now, after 30 years in office, he is clearly clinging pretty hard himself.
All you need to know about illegal cigarettes and tobacco.
The question is less why women are speaking up and more why are they only now being heard?
How can we sort out the crisis of contemporary democracy?
There are strong signs that Riyadh has begun a campaign to promote regime change. But the Saudi strategy appears to be backfiring.
Religions tend to portray God as deeply concerned with humans, yet we seem hugely unimportant in the vast scheme of things.
Some philosophers believe space is a giant container, while others think it’s all in our heads.
The US still owes UNESCO millions in arrears.


















