Major Chemistry awards for Bristol staff
Four members of the School of Chemistry have received prestigious awards from the Royal Society of Chemistry.
News in 2006
Dental student numbers rise
The annual intake of dental students at the University is to rise by more than 50%, thanks to a £16.1 million award to the Bristol Dental School.
Skin cancer growing fastest in SW UK
The most deadly form of skin cancer – malignant melanoma – is growing faster in the south west of the UK than anywhere else in the world. New laboratories to help combat this problem will be opened at the University of Bristol on Tuesday 22nd August, 2006.
Students reach the one million pound mark for charity
Bristol University students have raised a staggering £124,395 for charity this year, thanks to their innovative fundraising activities, also reaching the one million pound mark in 82 years of fundraising.
Undergraduate admissions
The University received over 32,000 applications for the 3,100 home-funded undergraduate places available across the full range of subjects from this October. The University’s continuing popularity is due to its international reputation for quality and its location in this vibrant city.
Young Investigator Award for Dr Taheri's obesity work
Dr Shahrad Taheri, Clinical Lecturer at the Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology, has received the Young Achiever Award from the Association for the Study of Obesity.
Wise up to the web
An online tutorial co-designed by Bristol academics gives web users guidance on sorting the wheat from the chaff.
New staff representatives elected to Council
New staff representatives have been elected to Council for three-year terms from August 2006.
New technology could revolutionise care for spinal injury victims
SensaGest Ltd has won the University’s 2006 New Enterprise Competition with new technology that could revolutionise care for victims of spinal injury.
Heroes kick off Reading Groups programme
The Department of English is extending its programme of Lifelong Learning activities from September with a series of Reading Groups.
Bristol chemist first to win SCI science education award
Bristol ChemLabS CETL Outreach Director, Dr Dudley Shallcross, is the first ever recipient of the Society of Chemical Industry’s Science Education Award.
Ballooning Society celebrates 20 years of flying
Bristol University Hot Air Ballooning Society held its 20th Anniversary ‘Reunion’ Balloon Meeting in July.
Southampton Honorary degree for VC
The University of Southampton has awarded an Honorary degree to Professor Eric Thomas, Bristol's Vice-Chancellor.
University leader lends local school a helping hand
Staff from Bristol University including the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Eric Thomas, will be going back to school today [Thursday, 17 August] to complete an imaginative challenge for pupils at Novers Lane Junior School, Knowle West, Bristol.
Freud, history and the return of the repressed
How psychoanalysis and ancient history meet in Sigmund Freud's final work
Professor Lewis Frederick Crabtree
Professor Lewis Crabtree, formerly Sir George White Chair of Aerospace Engineering, died in May.
Politics lecturer advises government on economic sanctions
Dr Eric Herring, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics, has been appointed Specialist Adviser on Economic Sanctions to the House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs.
Heart-stopping research wins postgrad prize
Anabelle Chase, a postgraduate student at the Bristol Heart Institute, won first prize for best oral presentation at the University’s Postgraduate Symposium at the end of last term.
Richard Buxton leads on major classics reference work
Professor Richard Buxton of the Department of Classics and Ancient History has been elected President of the LIMC Foundation.
IAC researcher is Young Surface Analyst of the Year
Dr Michelle Dickinson of the Interface Analysis Centre has been named Young Surface Analyst of the Year 2006.
More fires, droughts and floods predicted
As temperatures rise with global warming, an increased risk of forest fires, droughts and flooding is predicted for the next 200 years by climate scientists from the University of Bristol, UK.
Evolution of the penis worm
The detailed images of embryos more than 500 million years old have been revealed by an international team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol.
Setting the standards in nanoscience
A £7.6 million contract has been awarded to build a Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information in Bristol. The building will contain some of the ‘quietest’ labs in the world, with extremely low levels of vibrational and acoustic noise, and stringent controls on temperature and air movement.
Major boost for Alzheimer’s disease research
Two research projects into Alzheimer’s disease have been given £272,000 by the Alzheimer’s Research Trust.
Business Education website in exclusive deal
Biz/ed, the premier website for business education, has been acquired by Thomson Learning under an exclusive agreement with the University of Bristol and HEFCE.
University chemists help transform local school
Chemistry staff and students from Bristol University have been busy conducting experiments of a different kind - decorating Weston Park primary school in Lawrence Weston, Bristol.
Social Enterprises awarded £100,000
Six new social enterprise projects have received nearly £100,000 of Enterprise Development funding between them.
AIDS treatment still successful
The risk of AIDS and death still remains low for those starting treatment, ten years after introducing the highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in Europe and North America.
80-year-old engraving finally discovered
An age-old inscription has been discovered by men working on one of the city’s most famous landmarks, Bristol University’s Wills Memorial Building. The stone engraving has been hidden for over 80 years.
Reading English Literature: a course for mature students
Local people who want to return to study now have a unique opportunity to attend a new course offered by the English Department at the University of Bristol.
R.E.D Devils run for their money
A team of staff from the University of Bristol’s Research and Enterprise Development (R.E.D) department will be pounding the streets on Sunday 17th September, in a bid to raise upwards of £10,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.
Missing links: Of myths, monkeys and men
How Darwinian words, Darwinian plots and Darwinian myths necessarily inform our understanding of the world and our place within it
Transit van gets "excavated"
A transit van used for many years by archaeologists from the Ironbridge Gorge Museum is to be 'excavated' by Bristol University's Department of Archaeology and Anthropology.
New veterinary service for exotic pets
Cats, dogs and exotic pets will have new facilities when Bristol University's Department of Clinical Veterinary Science officially opens its new first opinion Small Animal Practice today [Tuesday 25 July].
Parents favour taking charge of child maintenance payments
There is parental support for the idea of independently negotiating child maintenance payments, according to new research from the University of Bristol commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Pensioners' experiences of poverty
Older people’s experiences of poverty and material deprivation are the subject of a new report by researchers at Bristol University, published today by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Myth and the new science
The different ways in which classical myth, and ideas of the mythic, intersect with different fields of thought comes under the spotlight at Bristol University this week.
The gifted and talented come to Bristol
Over a hundred gifted pupils will be coming to Bristol University next week to take part in an exciting range of activities at the prestigious NAGTY Summer School.
Bristol - National Panathlon Champions 2006
The National final of the 2006 Panathlon Challenge produced new champions, St. Bede’s RC School, Bristol. It is the fourth time the school has reached the national final, but the first time they have won.
Honorary degrees awarded today [Friday, July 21]
Bristol University is awarding honorary degrees to two prominent people at today’s degree ceremonies in the Wills Memorial Building [Friday, July 21].