College news

Current news and research updates form around the College and wider University. Older items can be viewed in our archive section at the bottom of the page.

News listing

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Lost manuscript found in Cathedral archives

21 June, 2019

An exciting discovery of a lost text by 17th century writer Alice Thornton at Durham Cathedral has…

Scotland's first African orchestra performs in Edinburgh

14 June, 2019

Scotland’s first professional African Symphonic Orchestra performed in Edinburgh as part of a major…

Yoga improves health in later life, study says

30 May, 2019

Older adults who practise yoga are more likely to be in better mental and physical shape, research…

Centre enables data-driven research to thrive

27 May, 2019

A research centre has been launched to support data-led research innovation in the arts, humanities…

Lectures explore why classical world matters

27 May, 2019

​​​​​​​Leading scholar and classicist Dame Mary Beard has been outlining the themes being explored…