News in June

Alzheimer's Society has announced that it has committed almost £2 million as part of its biggest-ever single investment in dementia care research and Professor Julian Hughes, RICE Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at the University of Bristol was a co-applicant on the grant.

Bristol student to address UN General Assembly

Third year French and Spanish student Nick Bloom was one of 60 applicants selected to be heard at the United Nations in New York this July.

Bristol scholarship students head to New Zealand

Eight Bristol students are about to begin summer research scholarships awarded by the University of Auckland (UoA) in New Zealand, a fellow member of the Worldwide Universities Network.

Expedition aims to discover how melting ice is affecting supplies of nutrients in the sea

A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, is preparing to take part in research expedition to coastal Greenland where they will examining, for the first time, how melting ice is affecting supplies of nutrients to the oceans.

Green Impact Awards 2017, sustainability, environment, Green University, Bristol

University celebrates sustainability at the 2017 Green Impact Awards

23 June 2017

Sustainability activity at the University of Bristol was recognised this week at the 2017 Green Impact Awards. Professor Judith Squires, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education and Students, presented 41 awards to 30 teams, celebrating their efforts to improve sustainability during the past year.

Cracking the mystery of avian egg shape

A team of international scientists – including an archaeologist from the University of Bristol – have cracked the mystery of why bird eggs are shaped the way they are.

Centre for Gender and Violence Research launches new journal

The Journal of Gender-Based Violence is the first international journal based in Europe to showcase the work of scholars across disciplinary and topic boundaries.

£2 million award will advance understanding of mechanisms of learning and memory

Neuroscientists at the University of Bristol have been awarded a prestigious £2 million Wellcome Trust Investigator Award for a five-year study to investigate the neuronal circuits that drive our recognition memory.

University of Bristol given 'Silver' ranking in Teaching Excellence Framework

Bristol has been given a ‘Silver’ ranking in the pilot Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), which was published on 22 June 2017.

Blades Research Hub to support development of next generation turbine blades

A £2.3 million research partnership between the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and the University of Bristol could help unlock larger and more powerful wind turbines than ever before.

Bristol’s female engineers on a mission to inspire women with a Blu-ray™ screening of Hidden Figures

Female engineers from the University of Bristol's Faculty of Engineering are on a mission to inspire women to pursue science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects this Friday [23 June] when 90 local secondary school girls, aged 11- to 15-years old, celebrate International Women in Engineering Day.

Human Geography Master’s celebrates 25 years

2017 marks a quarter century for one of the UK’s leading Master’s programs in Human Geography at the University of Bristol.

University of Bristol ranked 22nd in Europe, new league table confirms

The University of Bristol has been ranked 22nd out of almost 400 universities in Europe, according to a new league table published today [21 June].

Students use world-class space facilities to design their own volcano monitoring satellite

A team of students and staff from the University of Bristol are designing a volcano monitoring satellite as part of the University's satellite programme. The group of 17 students and academics have been given unique access to the Concurrent Design Facility at the Science and Technology Facilities Council's (STFC) RAL Space, to design the University's first CubeSat.

Bristol-led scientific paper wins RSPB award

A scientific paper led by a team of biologists from the University of Bristol has won a major award from the RSPB.

Bristol scientist named Innovator of the Year for sight-saving device

Dr Shelby Temple, from the University of Bristol’s School of Biological Sciences, has been named Innovator of the Year 2017 for his ground-breaking work into polarisation and macular degeneration.

£1.8m for major study into management of bleeding after childbirth

The UK National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) has awarded a collaboration led by Liverpool, Bristol and Sunderland £1.8m to run a large study into the drug treatment of bleeding after childbirth (also called postpartum haemorrhage or PPH).

Early career researcher wins Cancer Research UK 2017 Research Engagement Award

Dr Kaitlin Wade from the University's MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit has been awarded this year’s CRUK Research Engagement Award in the category of Rising Star.

Bristol hosts top US students for Fulbright Summer Institute

Ten of the USA’s brightest undergraduates have been spending four weeks at the University of Bristol to explore the culture, heritage and history of the UK, as part of the Fulbright UK Summer Institute scheme.

University scholarship for refugees and asylum seekers is renewed