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PolicyBristol coordinate REPHRAIN’s Ofcom Consultation Response
5 August 2024
PolicyBristol have collaborated with REPHRAIN (the National Research Centre on Privacy, Harm Reduction and Adversarial Influence Online) to produce a response to Ofcom’s consultation on ‘Protecting Children from Harms Online’.
- PolicyBristol coordinate REPHRAIN’s Ofcom Consultation Response 5 August 2024 PolicyBristol have collaborated with REPHRAIN (the National Research Centre on Privacy, Harm Reduction and Adversarial Influence Online) to produce a response to Ofcom’s consultation on ‘Protecting Children from Harms Online’.
- University of Bristol and Cabinet Office workshop: modelling for policy 29 September 2023 On Friday 6th July, researchers from the University of Bristol, along with the Cabinet Office, hosted a workshop on modelling for policy.
- Stand with Hope as life-sized Lego suffragette arrives in Bristol 18 September 2023 A life-sized model of a suffragette named Hope, who is built out of 32,327 LEGO bricks, has gone on display at the University of Bristol. Hope's visit has been facilitated by the PolicyBristol team.
- New ESRC IAA project: Sharing the lessons learned to improve prison healthcare in the UK 25 July 2022 What are the impacts of austerity on prison healthcare in England since 2010? With prisons reportedly still ‘in recovery’ from COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, and multiple pressures on the NHS and the public finances, how will the health of prisoners be protected and improved? How can advocates for better health care make their case?
- Commons Select Committee calls for ideas from the public 14 July 2022 ‘My Science Inquiry’ invites proposals on what the Science and Technology Committee should investigate next and why, including what action is needed from the Government.
- PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITY: Research assistant or Doctoral student to work with the new Bristol Living Rent Commission 29 June 2022 This is an exciting opportunity for a post-doc or PhD student to work alongside the Bristol One City team, gathering evidence and compiling a report summarising the work of the new Bristol Living Rent Commission.
- Professor Philip Taylor gives evidence to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee. 23 March 2021 Professor Philip Taylor gave evidence to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee on the role of batteries and fuel cells in achieving Net Zero.
- Bristol academics Ioanna Bakopoulou and Will Baker meet the APPG on a Fit and Healthy Childhood 26 February 2021 Bristol academics Ioanna Bakopoulou and Will Baker recently attending a meeting at the All Party Parliamentary Group on a fit and healthy childhood.
- Global experts create COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Handbook 12 January 2021 A team of scientific experts, led by the University of Bristol, have created an online guide to help fight the spread of misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. Topics in the handbook include public behaviour and attitudes, policy, facts, and misinformation.