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People want less mowing and more wild spaces but only if they look good. Researchers found that public support for rewilding depends more on how attractive green spaces appear than on their environmental benefits.

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November 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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@dramypearson.bsky.social from our @durhampsych.bsky.social is part of a research team exploring terminology associated with different forms of neurodivergence. Find out more about their work 👉
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#autism #adhd #dyslexia #neurodiversity #psychology
November 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Our leading sustainability research has a global impact. Since 2021, we've been involved in COP, and this year, seven experts are attending @cop30brazil.bsky.social in Belém, Brazil. Learn more about our holistic approach to climate action: bit.ly/43ndJHT

#COP30 #Sustainability #COP30noBrasil
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November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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@carolineclason.bsky.social @geogdurham.bsky.social @durhamglaciology.bsky.social has co-authored a major new report from the UK National Commission for UNESCO looking at the consequences of melting ice on people and planet. Discover more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Congratulations to @shaidmahmood.bsky.social on joining the Government’s HE Access and Participation Task & Finish Group.
Shaid is passionate about raising aspirations & helping people achieve their goals.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Almost two years of seaweed study by @grockesibl.bsky.social from @durhamearthsci.bsky.social has prompted further investigation of water quality at #Scarborough

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November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Professor Jeff Warburton from our Geography Department has shed light on how dam disasters of the 1920s led to vital safety reforms but with today’s changing climate.

Learn more: www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Our physicists are investigating how a UK-led team could design and build a core instrument for a NASA mission to search for life on distant planets. The Habitable Worlds Observatory is expected to launch in the 2040s 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

@ucl.ac.uk @ukspaceagency.bsky.social
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October 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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📢 Durham University Business School achieves global recognition.

Our MSc International Business has been ranked 3rd globally and 1st in the UK in the QS International Trade Rankings 2026.

Find out more 🔗 brnw.ch/21wWQa0

#QSRankings #DurhamUniversityBusinessSchool
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October 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Professor Justin Willis @durhamhistory.bsky.social joins fellow researchers in looking at the life of prominent Kenyan politician Raila Odinga following his death. Find out more: www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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What does the future hold for the North East of England?

Professor Ray Hudson's new book takes a look at the region's transformation from being a "workshop of the world" to a destination for Amazon distribution centres.

📖 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

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October 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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The UK must significantly increase water availability to meet decarbonisation goals, according to research by our Department of Engineering, bsky.app/profile/durh... and water retailer Wave.

Solutions could include water recycling and seawater desalination 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
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October 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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ME and ME-like symptoms affect approximately 1.35 million people in the UK.
Find out how @kacheston.bsky.social, from our Department of Sociology and @durhamimh.bsky.social, is collaborating with @actionforme.bsky.social to understand the impact of this condition: www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
October 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Our researchers are working with affrichighlands.bsky.social to track red deer 🦌 in the Scottish Highlands to understand their movements and impact on the landscape.

📺Watch the latest episode of BBC Scotland’s Landward to find out more.

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@ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social
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October 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Professor @claremcglynn.bsky.social from our Law School played a key role in a deepfake sexual abuse case.

Her expert evidence helped secure a major penalty of over £220,000, recognising the serious harm caused by sharing fake explicit images.

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October 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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We're deepening research ties with Japan with the appointment of Prof Claire O’Malley as UK Co-Chair of the RENKEI consortium, a partnership between UK & Japanese universities➡️https://www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/latest-news/2025/10/durham-university-to-co-chair-japan-uk-renkei-research-consortium-/
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October 1, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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New research involving @drmbothapsych.bsky.social in our @durhampsych.bsky.social finds that identity distress (where someone has difficulty forming a cohesive sense of identity) is at the heart of higher rates of poor mental health experienced by autistic people. Find out more 👉 bit.ly/3KMtz88
September 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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📣 New exhibition!

See "Journey of a Century: From the Forbidden City to the Palace Museum" — a striking photo exhibition marking 100 years of China’s Palace Museum.

📅 On now at our Oriental Museum until 31 May 2026: www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
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September 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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A new report, from our Department of Theology and Religion, on the experiences of victim-survivors in the Mike Pilavachi case calls on the Church of England to create a culture in which spiritual authority is handled safely.

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September 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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We are The Times and The Sunday Times University of the Year 2026 and ranked third overall in its Good University Guide. We are top in the UK for Geography, Classics, and Theology. We are also the UK University of the Year and joint runner-up for Graduate Employment🎉
September 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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New #research from our Business School & @newcastleuni.bsky.social reveals the shocking extent of #childpoverty in the UK.
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September 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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We are The Times and The Sunday Times University of the Year 2026 and ranked third overall in its Good University Guide. Congratulations to our global university community on this success. 🎉

Read more: brnw.ch/21wVU4Q
September 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Listen to @ashpercival-borley.bsky.social from our @durhamhistory.bsky.social discuss her work giving a voice to women in war as part of BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week, chatting with Lyse Doucet, Michaela Wrong and Shahidha Bari 📻👂👉https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002jgnq
September 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Our scientists have helped verify the superconducting wires that will power the world’s largest fusion energy project: ITER.

Their work ensures the giant magnets at the heart of the machine will perform flawlessly bringing us a step closer to clean energy.

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September 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Our astronomers have helped solve a centuries-old puzzle surrounding one of the Universe’s oldest and densest star systems – and discovered a new class of object called “globular-cluster-like dwarfs” 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
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September 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM