Students' degree results set to be delayed due to marking boycott Some might miss their scheduled graduation ceremonies Wales Online · Jun 19, 2023
‘Significant number’ of Durham students face delays in receiving degree results Members of the University and College Union are staging a marking boycott at 145 universities across the UK. The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2023
North East deals of the week: key contracts, investments and acquisitions Companies featuring in this week's round-up include Vaulkhard Group, Go-Ahead Group, Book Health, Fairstone and Solution Performance Group Birmingham Post · Jun 19, 2023
Thugs launched unprovoked violent attack on Durham University students who were going to ball Jordan Howey and Stevie Holliday attacked the group of students in Durham city centre Chronicle Live · Jun 17, 2023
Janet Townsend obituary Other lives: Pioneering feminist geographer who advocated for the inclusion of local people in solutions to environmental problems The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2023
Durham University entrepreneurs scoop prize money for healthcare start-up Alumni Alex Keith and Olly Page are now looking to grow their business and raise funds in the next six months Birmingham Post · Jun 14, 2023
Geothermal energy could create jobs in deprived areas, MP says Kieran Mullan has worked with academics from Durham University on the research Birmingham Post · Jun 2, 2023
Durham University win University Challenge for first time in 23 years as Jeremy Paxman says farewell The university fought off Bristol in the final to win the competition Chronicle Live · May 30, 2023
Dame Rosemary Cramp obituary Archaeologist who led excavations at the twin monastery of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow, home to the Venerable Bede The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2023
University Challenge: Bristol celebrates 'incredible feeling' after making its first ever grand final Although some University Challenge episodes and records from the 1970s are lost, it is believed that the University of Bristol has never made it to the final - until now Bristol Post · May 24, 2023
Durham academics continue marking boycott amid pay dispute and urge bosses to back them 'for sake of students' Students 'won't have all of their marks' is the warning from academics in Durham who want more done to resolve a long-running industrial dispute Chronicle Live · May 22, 2023
Harrowing lives of children sent to work in English mills revealed in first study of kind Research on remains of 19th-century ‘pauper apprentices’ shows bodies riddled with disease, in study that resonates today The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2023
Durham University student, 19, dies of cardiac arrest while on holiday in Paris Rhea Hourigan, 19, was getting ready for bed when she suddenly collapsed while on holiday in Paris and her devastated family have been unable to see her Chronicle Live · May 5, 2023
Leading North East historian and archaeologist Dame Rosemary Cramp dies Dame Rosemary was the first female professor at Durham University and an expert in Anglo-Saxon history Chronicle Live · May 1, 2023
Space · Apr 24, 2023 This 'tarantula' in space could teach us the secrets of dark matter The SuperBIT telescope recently flew to the edge of the atmosphere on a football field-sized balloon. Its first images may start to unveil the true nature of dark matter.
Wales Online · Apr 22, 2023 Brits take incredible pictures of 60m-year-old galaxies using huge space balloon Balloon-based versus space telescopes cost less than launching a large telescope
Daily Mirror · Apr 11, 2023 UK citizenship test 'like a bad pub quiz' - see bizarre facts people expected to know A study by Durham University warns the Life in the UK citizenship test is littered with errors and out-of-date information as it called for an urgent shake-up
Chronicle Live · Apr 10, 2023 UK citizenship test unfit for purpose and 'not making the grade', Durham University report finds The Government's 'Life in the UK' citizenship test has been branded still "like a bad pub quiz" in a new report by Durham University's Professor Thom Brooks
Chronicle Live · Mar 30, 2023 Durham University scientists discover ultramassive black hole '30 billion times the mass of the sun' Researchers say it is the first black hole every found using a method called gravitational lensing
ABC News · Mar 29, 2023 Astronomers detect rare 'ultramassive' black hole, about 33 billion times the mass of the Sun, using gravitational lensing Astronomers making use of a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing have discovered a black hole about 33 billion times the mass of the Sun.
The Week · Mar 29, 2023 Scientists discover black hole nearly 33 billion times bigger than the Sun Scientists from Durham University have discovered one of the largest black holes ever detected in the universe, and it’s 32.7 billion times bigger than the Sun.
Daily Mirror · Mar 29, 2023 Scientists find ultra massive black hole 33 billion times the mass of the Sun Scientists from Durham University believe the gargantuan black hole is one of the biggest ever found.
Evening Standard · Mar 29, 2023 Scientists discover ultramassive black hole ‘30bn times the mass of the Sun’ It is one of the biggest black holes ever found, scientists say
Wales Online · Mar 29, 2023 Ultramassive black hole '33 billion times the mass of the Sun' discovered Ultramassive black holes are the most massive objects in the universe.
The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2023 Scientists discover ultramassive black hole ’30bn times the mass of the Sun’ It is one of the biggest black holes ever found, scientists say.