Durham University

The study is the first of its kind to use MRI scans to analyse the brain activity of sighted and blind adults before and after they are trained in echolocation.   Echolocation is a physiological process that allows us to understand the…

The team, which also included Professor Steven Cobb, Professor Ehmke Pohl and Professor Patrick Steel from our Chemistry department, has been awarded The Outstanding Team Impact Prize, which recognises the major impact its collaborative…

Goalkeeper Ollie Payne (Sport, Health & Exercise, Josephine Butler College, 2017-20) and defender Jack Waller (History, College of St Hild and St Bede, 2015-18) were announced as part of the men’s squad. The Paris Olympic Games will be…

The research, led by Professor Stefania Paolini, analyses 70 years of research into the psychological effects of intergroup social contact. These group contacts include interactions between people from different social groups, such as…

Professor Alex Easton, whose pioneering research specialises in behavioural neuroscience, has been a member of the society for 20 years and currently serves as its secretary. A new opportunity From July 2025, he will become the EBBS’s…

Sabine has been given the award from the London Mathematical Society for her work on the Schrödinger equation. The equation is fundamental in modern Physics as it can be used to describe the time evolution of quantum mechanical…

From June 26 to July 3, the historic Durham Cathedral played host to 24 ceremonies across all four of our faculties, 27 departments and 17 colleges, with graduating students joined by friends and relatives from around the world. A…

Researchers from the University of Reading and the Department of Anthropology here at Durham analysed an enormous dataset of brain and body sizes from around 1,500 species. Bigger brains relative to body size are linked to intelligence,…

Several graduates and a current member of University staff have been elected to the House of Commons as new Members of Parliament (MPs). Two of our alumni will take up seats in the House of Lords. Appointments to the House of Lords…

Durham University is consistently ranked among the top universities in the UK, and once again ranked 6th in the UK and the top university in North East England in the latest Complete University Guide league table.Over 90% of subjects are…