• Skip to main content
  • Skip to global navigation
  • Skip to search toggle
  • Skip to site navigation
  • Home
  • Study at Bristol
    • Undergraduate
    • All undergraduate courses
    • Open days and visits
    • New undergraduate students
    • Postgraduate
    • All postgraduate programmes
    • Open days and visits
    • New postgraduate students
    • Study at Bristol
    • International students
    • Accommodation
    • Students' Union
    • Mumbai Enterprise Campus
  • About
  • Schools & faculties
  • Research
  • Business & partnerships
  • News
  • People
University of Bristol logo
News and features
  • Current students
  • Current staff
  • Alumni
  1. Homepage
  2. News and features
  3. 2016
  4. January
News and features
  • Research
  • International
  • Grants and awards
  • Obituaries
  • Student notices
  • All news feeds

News in January

    Marathon man Richard runs 4092km in 2015
    5 January 2016

    A Bristol man has run at least 5km everyday throughout 2015, fulfilling a personal challenge and raising over £2,500 for charity. Richard Harris, a Professor of Quantitative Social Geography at the University of Bristol, has not only completed the challenge but he’s averaged 11km a day thanks to completing a number of marathons and ultra-marathons.

    Current pace of environmental change is unprecedented in Earth’s history
    4 January 2016

    University of Bristol Cabot Institute researchers and their colleagues today published research that further documents the unprecedented rate of environmental change occurring today, compared to that which occurred during natural events in Earth’s history.

Pages: << < 1  |  2
Feedback
Contact

University of Bristol,Beacon House,Queens Road,Bristol,BS8 1QU,United Kingdom

  • Tel: +44 (0)117 928 9000

Information for

  • New students
  • Current students
  • Current staff
Connect
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • TikTok
  • Instagram
Study at Bristol
  • Undergraduate study
  • Postgraduate study
  • International students
  • Accommodation
  • Library
  • Students' Union
  • Sport, exercise and health
Research
  • Find a researcher
  • Faculty research
  • Impact of our research
  • Research quality and assessment
  • Engaging with the public
About the University
  • Maps and travel
  • Tours and visits
  • Events
  • The University on film
  • Explore the city of Bristol
  • Board of Trustees
Support the University
  • Alumni and friends
  • Donate
Jobs
  • Working at Bristol
  • Job listing
A-Z of the University
  • #
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y
  • Z
  • See all
Site and legal
  • Help
  • Terms and conditions
  • Accessibility statements
  • Privacy and cookie policy
  • Cookie preferences
  • Modern Slavery statement
Copyright © 2025 University of Bristol. All rights reserved.
Back to top