Determined student completes PhD after severe brain injury set back
A PhD student who sustained a traumatic brain injury following a motorbike accident has graduated from the University of Bristol last week.
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Determined student completes PhD after severe brain injury set back
A PhD student who sustained a traumatic brain injury following a motorbike accident has graduated from the University of Bristol last week.
Bristol PGR turning research into support for female tech founders across Africa
A PhD student whose research developed into an initiative empowering female tech founders across Africa has graduated from the University of Bristol.
Bristol Alum Recognised in Bangladesh StudyUK Alumni Awards
Dr Syed Farrid Uddin Farhad, who earned his PhD in 2016 through a collaborative programme between the University of Bristol’s School of Physics and School of Chemistry, has been named a finalist in the Science and Sustainability category of the 2026 Bangladesh StudyUK Alumni Awards.
Bristol PhD student, Jessica Woodgate, awarded 2025 Google PhD Fellowship
Jessica Woodgate, a PhD student in the School of Computer Science at the University of Bristol, has been awarded a Google PhD Fellowship to support her exciting research to advance ethical decision-making in multi-agent systems.
Bristol PhD researcher on personal mission to help detect breast cancer early invents temperature-sensing patch
A PhD student at the University of Bristol has developed a convenient and cost-effective wearable patch to measure subtle temperature changes across the breast, which could in future be used to detect potential abnormalities and cancerous tumours.
Be More Empowered for Success PGR: Recent event successes
The Be More Empowered for Success PGR programme has wrapped up for 2024/25, finishing on a high with the hugely successful and inspiring Be Empowered: Transforming Academic Expertise into Career Success event, and the fun badminton social: Shuttlecocks and Sandwiches.
Scholarships event celebrates the amazing diversity and calibre of postgraduate research at Bristol
Congratulations to the Bristol Doctoral College for delivering an engaging multi-faceted event in celebration of our community of around 200 PGR scholars last week.
Compelling research on women and media in Northern India bags first prize in Three Minute Thesis competition
University of Bristol PhD student, Oroosa Anwar, took first place in a closely fought competition that sees researchers present their work in just three minutes.
Three minutes. One big idea
What can you do with just three minutes? Boil an egg, make the perfect cuppa, or... explain a PhD?
Speakers announced for Be Empowered event
Be Empowered: Transforming Academic Expertise into Career Success, an event to celebrate diversity, welcomes three speakers from industry and academia. Read on for more information.