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The annual Durham University Volunteering Awards recognise individuals, teams, colleges and projects across several categories. [325] Durham University Charity Kommittee (or DUCK) is the university's student rag week [326] and the fundraising arm of the Durham Students Union. Originally a week-long event, DUCK now has events raising money for ...
By 2009, the university claimed 67 Durham associations, ranging from international to college and sports affiliated groups, catered for the more than 109,000 living alumni. [ 3 ] This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
In 2019, Durham University Business School became the fourth faculty of the university. [34] In 2022, the Waterside Building, on the River Wear north of the city centre, which had been developed as a new headquarters for Durham County Council, was sold to Durham University as a new site for the business school. [35]
The Durham University Solar Car was established in 2002. In 2023, the car completed the 3,000-kilometre (1,900-mile) Bridgestone World Solar Challenge race in Australia, finishing 11th. [14] [15] The department's solar car is one of two in Britain (the other being Cambridge University Eco Racing) to be directly sponsored by Bridgestone. [16]
As of 2021, the department reports a staff of 37 professors, 12 readers, 11 senior lecturers, 18 lecturers, 'about 100 post-doctoral researchers and fellows', and 150 PhD students. [2] Emeritus staff include, among others, Martyn Chamberlain, R. Keith Ellis, F. Richard Stephenson, and Brian Keith Tanner. [25] Notable staff include:
UDQC (University of Durham Queen's Campus) Medsoc (Medical Society) played an integral role in the lives of students on Queen's Campus, organising nights out to Durham and Newcastle, but also raising money for charities like Marrow UK. It also had many sports teams, which, despite the small size of the medical school (both in terms of numbers ...
Team Durham (formerly Durham University Athletic Union, DUAU) is a student-run organisation responsible for sport at Durham University.Durham University's sports programme, run by Team Durham, has produced more professional sports people than any other UK university (141 as of 2022) and has twice seen Durham named Times and Sunday Times Sports University of the Year (2015 and 2023).