24 December 2008
A new molecule important in a part of the memory that allows recognition of people has been identified by researchers at the University of Bristol.
23 December 2008
The University of Bristol’s Botanic Garden will be open to visitors for special ‘open Sundays’ throughout the winter.
23 December 2008
Children born into low-income families in UK and the US in the early years of the twenty-first century are at a disadvantage when they start school, according to new research by Elizabeth Washbrook and Jane Waldfogel from the University’s Centre for Market and Public Organisation.
22 December 2008
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Eric Thomas, reflects on the results of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).
22 December 2008
Increased government support for families has coincided with a rise in births among women who left school at 16 compared to those who stayed in education after the age of 18, according to new research by Sarah Smith and colleagues in the University's Centre for Market and Public Organisation.
18 December 2008
Two recent publications prepared by the Planning Office and the Public Relations Office provide useful information about the University's achievements over the past year and its future plans.
18 December 2008
Krüss GmbH and the University of Bristol recently celebrated the opening of the Krüss Surface Science Centre, located inside the School of Chemistry.
18 December 2008
Bristol University is among the UK’s top research universities, according to a rigorous exercise to assess the quality of research at every university. The exercise will decide how more than £1.5 billion in research funding will be allocated each year from 2009-10.
17 December 2008
Eleven students from Merchants' Academy, Withywood, took part in an award ceremony at Bristol University yesterday [16 December]. The event was to mark their participation in a drama workshop, which explored what it is like to be a teenager in Bristol in 2008.
17 December 2008
'Exposed?', a new report focusing on risks to financial security from the University’s Personal Finance Research Centre was launched yesterday evening at a House of Commons roundtable discussion hosted by Mark Lazarowicz MP. The report reveals how risks cluster together in ways that can leave people extremely exposed to the worst consequences of the economic downturn.
