A pioneering project to get Bristol school children involved with university research has been given the go-ahead thanks to a £150,000 funding boost. The University of Bristol will join forces with over 20 local schools to motivate youngsters and excite them about the opportunities presented by higher education.
Dr Esther Crawley, Reader in Child Health at the University’s School of Social and Community Medicine has commented to the media on new findings, published in Psychological Medicine today [31 Jan 13], about a multi-centre PACE trial, which found that rehabilitative cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and graded exercise therapy (GET) were more effective treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) than specialist medical care (SMC) alone.
The University of Bristol is awarding honorary degrees to Dr Charles Wong and Martyn Brabbins at today’s degree ceremonies in the Wills Memorial Building.
Volunteers are being sought to help restore the garden of one of Clifton’s most distinguished mansions back to its former glory. Clifton Hill House, steeped in history since it was completed in 1750, has been owned by the University of Bristol for more than 100 years.
A fascinating archive of material including props, prompt scripts and photos from every production in the history of one of Bristol's premier arts organisations, Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory (SATTF), has been donated to the University of Bristol Theatre Collection, one of the world’s largest theatre collections dedicated to British theatre history.
New research, led by the School of Veterinary Sciences at the University of Bristol, has shown that a protein, known as IL-13, could be the key to the development of fibrosis in Crohn’s disease.
The University of Bristol’s Norah Fry Research Centre has been awarded £200,000 from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation for a new project that aims to help parents with learning disabilities obtain better support.
The University of Bristol is awarding honorary degrees to Professor Anne Phillips and Dr Caroline Harper at today’s degree ceremonies in the Wills Memorial Building.
A physiotherapy service based on initial telephone assessment has the ability to provide faster access to the service and cut waiting times, a study involving University of Bristol researchers published today on bmj.com suggests.
Professor Adam Finn was interviewed by BBC One's 'Inside Out West' about the increased risk of narcolepsy among children vaccinated with the swine flu vaccine.
The University of Bristol is awarding honorary degrees to John Rutley and Professor Jean Golding at today's degree ceremonies in the Wills Memorial Building.
A new scheme that aims to help first year students find relevant work experience and insight into the world of engineering and related technology companies has been launched by the University of Bristol’s Faculty of Engineering.
Researchers from the University's School of Veterinary Sciences have found that omega-3 could help laying hens avoid bone damage, which affects millions of hens each year, and the research may also help human patients suffering from osteoporosis.
The Faculty of Arts at the University of Bristol has appointed three new Chairs: Professor Shane Butler (Chair in Latin Language and Literature), Professor Katharine Ellis (Stanley Hugh Badock Chair in Music) and Professor Simon Shaw-Miller (Chair in History of Art).
Michelle Cini, Professor of European Politics in the University’s School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, was interviewed on BBC Breakfast television today about David Cameron’s speech on Europe and the implications for Britain should we leave the EU.
The Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter today announced a formal collaboration, bringing together a high concentration of research expertise and capability in the South West of England and Wales. The collaboration will enable the group to explore and identify opportunities where their combined research strength can more effectively address global challenges, while also maximising the impact of and return on investment from research funding.
A recent look at how research at the University of Bristol has had an impact beyond academia has illustrated the diversity and global reach of Bristol’s research portfolio.
A new project, which aims to improve social interactions, will develop and test an innovative rehabilitation method using humanoid robotics and virtual reality thanks to funding of €2.9 million by the European Commission.
A research programme that aims to develop new ways of engaging communities in decision making with businesses and policy makers will begin thanks to funding of £2.4 million from the Economic and Social Research Council [ESRC].
A long-serving member of staff at the University of Bristol has been presented with a British Empire Medal - a special accolade bestowed on her by the Queen – in recognition of her work to preserve the history and heritage of Clifton.
The University of Bristol is taking part in a unique code-breaking competition as part of this year’s Cyber Security Challenge UK.
Lamp posts, bus stops and post boxes will soon play an even more important role in how Bristol operates thanks to a new award which will change the way people interact with the city.
Staff members, Dr Dorothy Rowe and Dr Barnaby Haran, and MA student, Sarah Kew, from the Department of History of Art will be giving public gallery talks, lectures and seminars around Bristol Museum and Art Gallery's current display of contemporary art entitled No Borders: Global to Local.
University of Bristol industrial archaeologist, Dr Cassie Newland, will be presenting the new landmark BBC Two series, The Genius of Inventions, which starts on Thursday 24 January.
Details of around 2,000 major volcanic eruptions which occurred over the last 1.8 million years have been made available in a new open access database, complied by scientists at the University of Bristol with colleagues from the UK, US, Colombia and Japan.
New research shows that more than 75 per cent of people with a particular version of a gene don’t produce under-arm odour but use deodorant anyway.
Technology experts from the University of Bristol will be sharing their knowledge and advice as part of Digital Bristol Week - the largest free programme of training, events, workshops and panels ever held in Bristol for media professionals. A packed schedule of events, organised by the BBC, runs from 26 January until 1 February and offers tree training, workshops and panel discussions for media professionals in the city.
A study of around 100 newly collected specimens of early ammonoids (marine invertebrates with distinctive coiled shells) suggests that the number of species they belong to might have been over-estimated due to the large variability in size and shape within each species.
A talk organised by the University of Bristol’s Botanic Garden tomorrow [Thursday 17 January] will highlight some of the problems facing pollinators along with possible solutions.
The University of Bristol Theatre Collection has been awarded £22,371 by the National Archives under the latest round of The National Cataloguing Grants Programme for Archives.
Increasing the minimum school leaving age had a positive effect on the educational attainment of future generations, according to research published today [16 Jan]. The University of Bristol study found increasing parents’ education by one year improved their children’s grades by as much as one grade in two GCSEs.
Multicellularity in cyanobacteria originated before 2.4 billion years ago and is associated with the accumulation of atmospheric oxygen, subsequently enabling the evolution of aerobic life, as we know it today, according to a new study from the University of Zurich involving researchers now at the University of Bristol, and Gothenburg.
The University of Bristol has welcomed a record-breaking 90 academic delegates from a leading Japanese university as it forges a pioneering international research collaboration. A high-powered contingent from Kyoto University travelled to Bristol this week [9 to 11 January] to discuss how the latest thinking and technologies could solve some of the planet’s biggest challenges.
Labour’s latest campaign to attract members has run into the sands because the party has failed to learn the lessons of past failure in the Blair years, according to an article by two University of Bristol academics published today in the journal British Politics.
A study by academics in the University of Bristol's School of Clinical Sciences that aims to investigate how the brain processes stress and creates memories of psychologically stressful events will begin shortly thanks to funding of £758,000 from the BBSRC.
Becoming infected with one parasite could change your chances of becoming infected with another, according to new research from Cardiff University and the University of Bristol published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Judith Squires, Professor of Political Theory and Dean of Social Sciences and Law at the University of Bristol, is to become one of the University’s Pro Vice-Chancellors.
Professor Alex Bentley of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology was part of a panel discussion about imitation on the BBC World Service's The Forum.
The results of a pioneering UK-wide clinical trial that compared treatments for patients with a common type of kidney disease has found one to be significantly more effective. The results of the study, published online in The Lancet today [9 Jan], will be recommended to clinicians worldwide as the most effective approach to treating the condition.
A University of Bristol project is one of eight new collaborations exploring books and print as historical, contemporary and future phenomena to receive funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
