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Sharing the testimonies of victims of unconsented sterilisation in Peru
4 December 2015
The Quipu Project, a transmedia documentary project which highlights the experiences of over a quarter of a million people (mainly women, but including around 20,000 men) who were sterilised in Peru in the mid-1990s, launches on Thursday 10 December with events in Bristol, England and Lima, Peru.
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Sharing the testimonies of victims of unconsented sterilisation in Peru
4 December 2015
The Quipu Project, a transmedia documentary project which highlights the experiences of over a quarter of a million people (mainly women, but including around 20,000 men) who were sterilised in Peru in the mid-1990s, launches on Thursday 10 December with events in Bristol, England and Lima, Peru.
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Bristol academics support international climate talks
3 December 2015
Academics from the University of Bristol Cabot Institute are representing the University at the Conference of Parties (COP21), the United Nations climate change conference in Paris.
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Vote Berkeley: castle dig shortlisted for Research Project of the Year
3 December 2015
The University of Bristol project at Berkeley Castle has been shortlisted as Research Project of the Year in the Current Archaeology Live! Festival and needs your vote to win.
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Professor David Smith, 1951-2015
2 December 2015
David Smith, Professor of Engineering Materials at Bristol, died last month. His colleagues and friends Martyn Pavier and Chris Truman offer a remembrance.
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Bristol students highly commended in 2015 Undergraduate Awards
2 December 2015
Eight Bristol students have been recognised in the 2015 Undergraduate Awards for the quality of their written coursework.
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£4.6M boost for future biomedical research leaders
2 December 2015
The future of biomedical research in the UK will receive a vital boost thanks to a new collaborative PhD training programme worth £4.6 million. Largely funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), the new award to the GW4 Alliance – comprising the University of Bristol, University of Bath, Cardiff University and the University of Exeter – will fund more than 50 postgraduate research students over the next three years.
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Researchers find size isn’t everything in the world of plant evolution
2 December 2015
Researchers from the University of Bristol have uncovered one of the reasons for the evolutionary success of flowering plants.
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Engineering academic elected a Fellow of the IEEE
1 December 2015
A University of Bristol academic has been elected a Fellow of the world’s largest and most prestigious professional association for the advancement of technology.
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Dogs needed for study to investigate neck pain
1 December 2015
Owners of one of the UK’s most popular dog breeds, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, are being asked by researchers at the University of Bristol’s School of Veterinary Sciences to take part in a study to investigate a novel method of assessing neck pain in dogs.
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Revealed – the single event that made complex life possible in our oceans
1 December 2015
The catalyst that allowed the evolution of complex life in Earth's oceans has been identified by a University of Bristol researcher.
Up to 800 million years ago, the Earth’s oceans were deprived of oxygen. It was only when microorganisms called phytoplankton, capable of performing photosynthesis, colonised the oceans – covering two thirds of our planet – that production of oxygen at a massive scale was made possible.
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