Dragana (Dee) Smart, Head of Public Engagement with Research, passed away on 28 December 2025 after being diagnosed with cancer 12 months earlier. The Public Engagement team and friends and colleagues from across the University of Bristol offer this tribute to a much-loved colleague and friend.
Steve Fenton, Deputy Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship and a leading scholar in the field of race, ethnicity, and nationalism, died in May 2025. His friend and colleague, Jon Fox, offers a tribute.
Professor Andrew 'Andy' Whitelaw, Chair in Neonatology at the University of Bristol and consultant neonatologist at Southmead neonatal intensive care unit, died on 9 November 2025 after a short illness. His colleagues in Bristol Medical School and North Bristol NHS Trust offer a tribute.
Dr Oliver Russell, co-founder and first director of the University’s famous Norah Fry Research Centre (now the Norah Fry Centre for Disability Studies in the School for Policy Studies), died on 25 July. His colleagues offer a remembrance.
Peter Haggett, Professor of Urban and Regional Geography, passed away on 9 February at the age of 92. His colleagues and former students in the School of Geographical Sciences pay tribute to one of the discipline’s most distinguished scholars and a former Acting Vice-Chancellor of this University.
James Foulds, former Chair of University Council, passed away in February at the age of 88. We offer this tribute to a devoted and stalwart supporter, advisor and friend of the University.
Dr Gaositwe Keagakwa Tibe Chiepe, a notable politician and educator who was the first Motswana woman to attain a Master’s degree from the University of Bristol, has died. We offer a tribute to an outstanding diplomat and a champion of education.
Dr John Moger Woolley, former Chair of University Council, passed away in December. We offer this tribute to a trusted colleague, friend and Bristol alumnus who led the University Council (now the Board of Trustees) for nine years.
Dr Stephen Lyne, former Senior Academic Fellow in Accounting, passed away in September. His friends and colleagues offer this tribute to an exemplary colleague who was instrumental in the development of the School of Economics, Finance and Management – the predecessor of the University of Bristol Business School.
Peter Metelerkamp, Associate Professor in Film and Television, passed away on 21 July at the age of 70. His friends Katie Mack, Senior Lecturer in Film and Television and Kate Withers, Film and Television Resource Manager offer a tribute.
