New Vice-Chancellor takes up post
Professor O’Brien succeeds Professor Stuart Corbridge, who retired in July.
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Professor O’Brien succeeds Professor Stuart Corbridge, who retired in July.
In a comprehensive study produced by The Sunday Times' Good University Guide, Durham is ranked 130th out of 133 institutions.
Graduates will still be awarded their degree in absentia on 2nd July 2021, and the University will “record a short video to mark the occasion”.
A record-breaking seven past and present Durham University students have been chosen to represent their respective home nations at the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games. Six sporting stars will be representing Team GB in Hockey and Rowing, as well as one recent graduate who will be representing Canada in Fencing. The athletes were recently congratulated during a group Zoom call with Durham University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Stuart Corbridge. Leading the way to Tokyo is twenty-one-year-old Fiona Crackles, a Sport and Exercise Sciences student in her second year, representing Team GB as part of t...
Dunelm House, the Students’ Union building, has gained listing protection after being reclassified as a Grade II building by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. This means the building cannot be demolished. The decision came after The Twentieth Century Society, which runs campaigns to defend buildings with significant historical or architectural relevance from change or demolition, submitted a second appeal to the department on the basis that problems with maintaining the building’s concrete structure could be easily solved. “We are delighted and look forward to working ...