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A record year for sport at Durham
Our sports clubs have achieved an all-time University record, and four alumni and a graduating student have been named in Team GB’s Olympics squad.
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¼â½ÐÊÓƵappco-leads Greenland expedition to understand effects of climate change
Our geographers are setting off on a science expedition to Greenland to advance our understanding of the region's rapidly decaying ice sheet.
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Is Britain on track for a zero-carbon power sector in six years?
Appointment of new Executive Dean for Faculty of Social Sciences and Health
¼â½ÐÊÓƵappresearchers work with community to address food insecurity
¼â½ÐÊÓƵappProfessors elected to prestigious British Academy
Platinum Award shines spotlight on Durham’s support for biodiversity
Multiple concussions in rugby players change proteins in their blood
Online exhibition highlights stories of Kurdistani Jews
A new online exhibition has been published telling stories from the Kurdistani Jewish diaspora.
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Bigger animals don’t always have the biggest brains relative to body size – new research
Prestigious recognition for ¼â½ÐÊÓƵappChemistry researcher
School secures fourth consecutive five-year re-accreditation success
The School has successfully secured a five-year extension to its accreditation for business education programmes, awarded by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
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¼â½ÐÊÓƵappFringe Festival’s fourth year showcases University student talent
Not just any tour: Chapel Choir of University College to perform at the Vatican
Corruption hurts businesses but digital tools offer the hope of fighting it, say manufacturers in Ghana and Nigeria
Professor Joseph Amankwah-Amoah, from ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp's Business School, has co-authored a study looking at how corruption can impact businesses in Nigeria and Ghana. Here his team explain what the study found and how those results can help influence policymakers.
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Euro 2024: women need safer fan spaces at big football tournaments to stamp out hostility and abuse
Labour’s plan to tax private school fees has drawbacks – but it could be better for society
National spotlight for Durham's community sport programme
Our sports and wellbeing work with our local communities has been highlighted as an example of best practice among UK universities.
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Schoolchildren get their hands dirty learning about soil health
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