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Joining forces to support technical skills training in our region

We’ve joined the North-East Institute of Technology (NEIoT) to strengthen advanced technical training across the region and close the skills gap in key sectors.
A man wearing blue overalls, a welder's helmet and visor using a tool.

Parents need better guidance on how to use baby carriers safely

New parents receive little guidance on how to use a baby sling or carrier safely, according to new research.
Baby asleep in a sling

Durham theologian Christopher Insole explores the real questions behind talk of God in new book

Professor Christopher Insole from our Department of Theology and Religion is set to publish a new book, If God is the Answer, What is the Question?, offering a fresh way into one of the most enduring—and often frustrating—human debates: belief, unbelief, and what people actually mean when they argue about God.
Book cover If God Is the Answer, What Is the Question?

Improving care for women in prison living with severe mental illness

Women in the prison system often have complex mental health problems, frequently alongside long-term physical conditions, with women from racial minority backgrounds worst affected.
Female hands through prison cell bars

Durham expert recognised among global leaders in scientific computing

Dr Alan Real, Director of our Advanced Research Computing has been named in the inaugural SCW75 list, which celebrates some of the world’s leading figures in scientific computing.
Dr Alan Real

Giant fan-shaped geological structure discovered beneath East Antarctica

An international team of researchers including our Department of Geography has discovered a vast geological structure hidden beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Landscape image of Antarctica

Global pioneers and leaders to be honoured at Summer Congregation

We are to award honorary degrees to nine distinguished individuals, four of whom are alumni, during our Summer Congregation ceremonies, taking place from 1 to 8 July 2026 at Durham Cathedral.
(From left) Rosemary Coogan, Nick Mohammed, Rachel and Becky Unthank, David Parker, Jon Wilks, Paul Kennedy, Ross Forbes and Marni Myers