13 February 2012
An inspirational student from the University of Bristol who dramatically lost his sight in a matter of weeks is preparing for a gruelling cycle ride from London to Amsterdam. Daniel Smith and his twin brother Michael, both 20, were living life to the full at university when they noticed their vision deteriorating.
9 February 2012
The University of Bristol has been selected as one of four universities to benefit from a new charitable trust which will offer students bursaries to help with the cost of living. Student accommodation providers UNITE has launched its own charitable trust to support prospective students who might otherwise be deterred from applying to university.
9 February 2012
Professor Tariq Modood, the author of a new report launched by the British Academy today (9 Feb 2012), will suggest that models of integration need to be tailored to different migrant groups at the first of the Dialogue Society’s HardTALK series.
8 February 2012
Adam Finn, Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Bristol Medical School, expressed his concerns to the local media about the rise in reported measles cases in Bristol.
8 February 2012
A study by a team at the University's School of Veterinary Sciences has shown that growing up on a farm directly affects the regulation of the immune system and causes a reduction in the immunological responses to food proteins.
8 February 2012
Dr Marieke Dubbelboer in the Department of French has recently published a book on Alfred Jarry’s experimental and satirical Almanachs du Père Ubu, works which to date have received little critical attention.
8 February 2012
A new study by academics from the University of Bristol's School of Oral and Dental Sciences suggests stripping some mouth bacteria of their access key to gangs of other pathogenic oral bacteria could help prevent gum disease and tooth loss.
7 February 2012
Research by Dr Fernando Montealegre-Z in the School of Biological Sciences which recreated the song of a 165 million-year-old cricket received widespread media coverage around the world.
