9 February 2012
Pteridomania or Fern Fever took a frantic hold in Britain from the 1840s. It was a craze fostered by an array of books and magazines and special equipment designed for fern hunting trips and the cultivation of the finds in delicate fern cases.
26 January 2012
Eight Bristol graduates are running the 2012 Virgin London Marathon to raise money for the University's Cancer Research Fund.
25 January 2012
London 2012 are looking for brand new presenting talent for the live venues at this year’s Olympic Games. Working with a production team, the presenter’s role will be to entertain and inform the public before, after and during events.
19 January 2012
Along with our two academic staff Professor Derek Offord and Professor Jean Golding, two alumni have been awarded an OBE and six others an MBE in the New Years honours list.
6 January 2012
On 27th November 2011, fourth time lucky, Myles McLeod (BSc 1996, MSc 2000) as part of the production company, The Brothers McLeod, won a BAFTA at the British Academy Children’s Awards for their show Quiff and Boot.
5 January 2012
Double Chance tells the tale of Charlie Chance who invented an imaginary friend after losing his best friend, the exotic Carlos.
4 January 2012
This new book is a radical reappraisal of the whole science of keyboard tuning. Its fundamental feature is a complete revision of the terminology currently in use, since this is frequently not only confusing but also can be conflicting, as well as being inaccurate.
16 December 2011
December 21 2012 is believed to mark the end of the thirteenth B'ak'tun cycle in the Long Count of the Mayan calendar. A growing number of people believe this date to mark the end of the world or, at the very least, the end of the world as we know it: a shift to a new form of global consciousness.
24 November 2011
Every year we contact all those who have recently completed a course at the University of Bristol to take part in a survey to find out what they are doing after they leave. This survey is part of a national one, which every UK higher education institution contributes to, but the information provided is also very useful to us at Bristol to inform current and prospective students about available opportunities.