For better and worse, Durham’s student population has an impact on locals
How Josephine Butler is remembered across the country
January 2024
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Richard Muir obituary
Other lives: Diplomat who did much to nurture friendly relations between Britain and Oman
August 2023
Lack of diversity in teaching in England means minority ethnic pupils miss out
Exclusive: Pupils in north-east and London most likely to never have a teacher of similar ethnicity, study finds
July 2023
UK’s largest pub firm guilty of health and safety breach over student’s death
Stonegate Pub Company faces fine after heavy decorative screen fell on Olivia Burt, 20, in Durham
June 2023
Marking boycott may delay degrees of more than 1,000 Durham students
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Osman Durrani obituary
‘I haven’t had a single normal year at university’: the UK students graduating without a graded degree
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Janet Townsend obituary
May 2023
Dame Rosemary Cramp obituary
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John Walker obituary
Harrowing lives of children sent to work in English mills revealed in first study of kind
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Terry Millward obituary
March 2023
Ultramassive black hole discovered by UK astronomers
Durham University scientists say black hole about 30 billion times the mass of the Sun is first to be found with gravitational lensing
January 2023
‘Huge win’ for trade union as Durham University raises PhD students’ pay
University had paid some postgraduate researchers ‘less than minimum wage’
Good early years teaching may boost earnings of children in England – study
Study reports one in 40 primary schools in England produce entire classes likely to earn more than their peers
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Ann Loades obituary
Other lives: Theologian based at Durham University who was a pioneer in Christian feminism and in theology and the arts
November 2022
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David Dougan obituary
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September 2022
Forgotten history of Durham University’s school of medicine
Letters: David Hunter sheds light on the fate of the Queen’s campus facility. Plus a letter from David Duell
August 2022
From rent strikes to free-speech walkouts – how did Durham University become a frontline of the UK’s culture wars?
Durham has become the focus of anger from both sides of the political spectrum. Students and academics try to explain why its campus skirmishes keep spilling out into the tabloids
