Dr Fergus Baker has been awarded the University of Bristol’s Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis for his research into black holes, as the University celebrates outstanding doctoral research across its faculties.
The University of Bristol is celebrating the achievements of Professor Andy Radford and Dr Stephen Mawdsley, who are the University's first recipients of UKCGE Recognised Supervisor status. Their success reflects the outstanding support they provide to postgraduate researchers and reinforces Bristol's commitment to excellence in doctoral supervision
Emma Louca's Accessible Letterpress Project recognised at Festival of Enterprise
Academic careers often look polished and orderly on paper, but every "successful" trajectory is full of rejections, wrong turns, and unexpected detours. Join our speakers as they share the parts of their journeys you won't find on their CVs: the grants that didn't land, the projects that stalled, and the moments that reshaped what success meant to them. We are delighted to announce that our three speakers to join this panel event are:
Ishani Abeywardena, a fourth‑year PhD student from the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, has been selected for the UK Government’s highly competitive PhD placement scheme with the Open Innovation Team (OIT) at the Department for Education.
This March, we're inviting PGR students to slow down, breathe out, and make space for the parts of life that don't revolve around research. Over five themed weeks, the Bristol Doctoral College will be sharing activities designed to boost your wellbeing, spark joy, help you connect with the PGR community, and reconnect with yourself.
A PhD student who sustained a traumatic brain injury following a motorbike accident has graduated from the University of Bristol last week.
A PhD student whose research developed into an initiative empowering female tech founders across Africa has graduated from the University of Bristol.
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.
