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Children speak out against knife crime and wear hearts on school shirt sleeves to mark Knife Crime Awareness Week
20 May 2025
More than 150 children and young people aired their colourful feelings about knife crime on white school shirts displayed in a city chapel to mark the start of national Knife Crime Awareness Week.
- Celebration of Bristol-led European consortium advancing the neuroscience of emotions 5 June 2025 After four years, an international research programme exploring the brain circuits that underlie emotional behaviour, hosted a final celebratory event at the University of Bristol.
- Research shows rivers release ancient carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, uncovering a greater role for plants and soil in the carbon cycle 4 June 2025 A new study has revealed for the first time that ancient carbon, stored in landscapes for thousands of years or more, can find its way back to the atmosphere as CO₂ released from the surfaces of rivers.
- Compelling research on women and media in Northern India bags first prize in Three Minute Thesis competition 4 June 2025 University of Bristol PhD student, Oroosa Anwar, took first place in a closely fought competition that sees researchers present their work in just three minutes.
- Influential climate scientists land prestigious Royal Meteorological Society awards 4 June 2025 Two pioneering University of Bristol climate researchers have received recognition for the impact of their work at the Royal Meteorological Society’s 2024 Awards.
- University of Bristol formalises partnership with The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 4 June 2025 The University of Bristol and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology [HKUST] have signed an agreement that will formalise their partnership, strengthening research and academic collaboration between the two institutions.
- Research suggests earlier kitten neutering does not affect bodyweight in later life 3 June 2025 Cats that are neutered at four months old compared to the traditional six months old are not at any greater risk of weight problems as they age, new research has found.
- Study reveals schools failing to address most common form of bullying: Weight-based victimisation 3 June 2025 A concerning gap in school anti-bullying policies has been revealed in a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded study by the University of Bristol and University of Bath. While weight-based bullying is reportedly the most common form experienced by students, fewer than 7% of schools in southwest England explicitly address it in their anti-bullying policies according to the study published in BMC Public Health.
- From classroom to coffee table: Bristol graduates launch Kickstarter campaign for new Escape from Pompeii board game 30 May 2025 Two University of Bristol graduates have transformed a class project into a board game designed to help educate about Ancient Rome.
- Human-like robot dexterity within grasp after £5 million funding boost 29 May 2025 University of Bristol researchers developing robot hands that can operate with human dexterity have received financial backing from Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA).
- Horses ‘mane’ inspiration for new generation of social robots 29 May 2025 Interactive robots should not just be passive companions, but active partners–like therapy horses who respond to human emotion–say University of Bristol researchers.
