19 March 2010
An intervention which reduces the take-up of adolescent smoking, software that allows children to create animated films using their own toys, and sustainable solar refrigeration technology. These are just some of the innovative ideas that have been shortlisted as part of the University of Bristol’s £35,000 New Enterprise Competition 2010.
19 March 2010
The Universities of Leeds and Bristol are to collaborate on a project designed to enable higher education institutions to engage with and support their staff so they can perform better during challenging times.
19 March 2010
Three University research centres in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law (FSSL) have joined the Bristol Institute of Public Affairs (BIPA), which hosts a range of high-profile research centres and themes that draw together and foster interdisciplinary activities within and beyond the faculty.
19 March 2010
A healthcare gap amounting to a ‘death sentence’ for Cystic Fibrosis (CF) children born in Eastern Europe must be closed say researchers from the EuroCareCF Coordination Action for Cystic Fibrosis.
18 March 2010
A new crèche facility for will be opening at the University Day Nursery on 12 April.
18 March 2010
A giant brain will be the feature attraction in Bristol’s Millennium Square today [Thursday 18 March] to mark International Brain Awareness Week, which aims to increase public awareness about the progress and benefits of brain research.
18 March 2010
A team led by Professor Mark Duffield from the University’s Global Insecurities Centre in the Department of Politics and Dr Sarah Collinson of the Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute, London, has been awarded funding of almost £500,000 for a project on risk management in conflict-affected states.
18 March 2010
The subject of a sixteenth-century portrait of a young man, that belongs to the National Portrait Gallery, has been identified as Sir Robert Dudley, the illegitimate son of Queen Elizabeth I's favourite courtier, the Earl of Leicester, by students at the University of Bristol.
