Mr McDonald, who is Labour MP for Stockton North and was appointed Minister for Industry in the Department for Energy ...

All secondary-age school pupils in year eight (aged 12 and 13) in England will be required by the government to take a reading test. The declared purpose is to help drive up reading standards so that ...

Chevening Scholarships are the UK government's fully funded global scholarship programme, sponsored by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations. The programme makes awards ...

Installed on the UK-built VISTA telescope at the European Southern Observatory’s site in Chile, 4MOST is an exciting new instrument for astronomers. It does not just take pictures of the sky; it ...

Durham graduate and Team GB rower Lauren Irwin recently returned to her college to open a new student rowing facility. Lauren ...

The Summit attracts university leaders from all over the world. It was being held in the Middle East for the first time, in ...

A leader who repeatedly ran for president, he never won – in part due to the 2007 election being manipulated in favour of ...

Leading women’s law expert Professor Clare McGlynn from our top-rated Law School has played a key role in a groundbreaking court case in Australia that strengthens the international fight against ...

A new project aiming to develop a novel way to treat high blood pressure has received £125,000 from the Scottish Funding Council. The research is being led by DIOKA Therapeutics, a pre-spinout company ...

A bold new initiative to reshape how research is delivered in the UK has been awarded £4.5m from the Research England Development (RED) Fund. The Research Professional Futures (RPF) project, led ...

Our global reputation for employability reflects the quality and relevance of our education and research. We're a world top 100 university, every year since 2010 in the QS World University Rankings We ...

Dr Aarron Atkinson-Toal is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Durham University. His experience spans a broad range of marketing, business, and psychology disciplines, which he has used to teach ...