Students and staff shine at University of Bristol sporting awards
On Saturday 3 June the University of Bristol celebrated the outstanding sporting achievements of our students and staff with the Bristol Reds awards.
News in June
Elizabeth Blackwell Institute appoints new Director
Professor Rachael Gooberman-Hill has been appointed to Director of the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research at the University of Bristol and will take up the role on 1 August 2017.
Epigenetic changes at birth could explain later behaviour problems
Epigenetic changes present at birth - in genes related to addiction and aggression - could be linked to conduct problems in children, according to a new study by King’s College London and the University of Bristol.
Student team win Airbus drone challenge
Students from the University of Bristol built and flew drones in a two day challenge called “Drone Dash 1”, sponsored by the Airbus Global University Partnership Programme this week.
New research shows paid McKenzie Friends operating mostly outside the courtroom
New research published today by the Universities of Cardiff and Bristol shows that the bulk of work undertaken by paid McKenzie Friends is delivered outside court, with very few seeking actively to represent their litigant in person clients in the court room.
School of Earth Sciences mourns passing of ‘departmental lungfish’
Local media have noted the demise of a lungfish who resided in the School of Earth Sciences and developed a following on social media.
Study finds link between teen cannabis use and other illicit drug taking in early adulthood
Researchers from the University of Bristol have found regular and occasional cannabis use as a teen is associated with a greater risk of other illicit drug taking in early adulthood. The study by Bristol’s Population Health Science Institute, published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, also found cannabis use was associated with harmful drinking and smoking.
Bristol ranked in the world's top 50, league table reveals
The QS World University Rankings 2018 have ranked the University of Bristol at ninth in the UK and 44th in the world.
2017 Bristol Teaching Award winners announced
The winners of the 2017 Bristol Teaching Awards, a joint venture between the University and Bristol SU, were announced at an Awards dinner, hosted by the Vice-Chancellor in the Great Hall of the Wills Memorial Building on Tuesday 6 June.
Helen Dunmore, 1952-2017
Helen Dunmore, an award-winning poet, novelist and children’s writer who taught at Bristol, died earlier this month.
A beautiful hybrid: Quantum computer art
Artists and scientists from the University of Bristol and the Royal College of Art have joined forces to blend two very different disciplines and create the beautiful fusion that is quantum computer art.
Mother's personality can affect child's mental health
Scientists have looked at over 8,000 parents and children in Children of the 90s and found that the children of women with personality traits associated with emotional and relationship difficulties were at greater risk of depression, anxiety and self-harm in their late teens than their peers.
Bristol students host alternative sports day for 900 local secondary school children
Over 900 school pupils will be trying their hand at a range of alternative sporting activities today [6 June], as the University of Bristol looks to inspire a life-long love of sport and exercise.
Get ‘buzzy’ with nature in the city
Celebrate the start of summer and all things bright and beautiful by joining in with one of the many diverse activities on offer at this year’s Festival of Nature.
‘Appy’ voters, now that’s a political party!
Students at the University of Bristol have launched an app targeted at young voters, which delivers each major party manifesto in digestible chunks and in the tools of the time.
World-renowned Harvard scientist to give public lecture [9 June]
World-renowned Harvard University scientist, Professor Nancy Krieger will be giving a free public lecture [9 June] around health inequities using examples from her recent studies into US mortality, the reporting of US civilian deaths due to police violence, breast cancer, and the shadow of Jim Crow. The event is to mark the launch on Friday 9 June of the new Bristol Population Health Science Institute at the University of Bristol.
University-supported charity for disabled children wins Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
A charity for disabled children, which has closely been associated with the University of Bristol for many years, has been awarded The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.
Facial expressions can cause us problems in telling unfamiliar faces apart
Using hundreds of faces of actors from movies, psychologists from the University of Bristol have shown how facial expressions can get in the way of our ability to tell unfamiliar faces apart.
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Largest study to date finds autism alone does not increase risk of violent offending
A diagnosis of autism alone does not increase the risk of violent offending, suggests a study published in the June 2017 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP).
THE World Rankings puts Bristol in UK top ten for fifth year running
The University of Bristol is ninth in the UK and one of 12 UK institutions in the top 100 universities worldwide, according to the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.
University of Bristol in top 20 of the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide
The University of Bristol has been ranked 19th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017 - a rise of one place on last year.