Four silver tokens issued to shareholders and a supporter who assisted in the founding of Bristol Theatre Royal (now Bristol Old Vic) in 1766 have come home to Bristol. They were donated to the University of Bristol Theatre Collection this week by eighty-three-year-old Geraldine Menez, whose great-grandfather, Henry Augustine Forse, was involved in the re-modelling of the theatre in 1902.
The writer of ITV’s powerful drama Mr Bates Vs. The Post Office, and the producer behind TV hits such as Race Across The World and Gogglebox, will be among the speakers at this year’s Autumn Art Lectures at the University of Bristol.
A new piece from the University of Bristol’s Professor John Pickard will feature in a world premiere performance at a special BBC Proms event in the Royal Albert Hall tomorrow night [13 August].
A team of University of Bristol experts are poised to join the 30th United Nations Conference of the Parties, better known as COP30, which starts this week in Brazil and will push forward global climate solutions.
A University of Bristol academic who has helped champion awareness of Meals on Wheels services through her research was invited to Clarence House this week as part of a reception hosted by Her Majesty the Queen to celebrate Meals on Wheels Week (3 to 7 November).
Winners of a student startup funding competition went on to raise an average of £40 for every £1 they were awarded. That’s according to new figures released today by the University of Bristol, which show the vital – but often underappreciated – ways that students can innovate ideas into booming businesses with relatively small grants.
Research has revealed for the first time the full extent of how pupils from higher-income families are favoured by high-performing secondary school admissions criteria – but one simple change could help reverse this unfair divide.
The University of Bristol is delighted to announce the arrival of a new radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) facility in the UK.
This week, Bristol will play host to one of the largest annual gatherings of experts in African archaeology.
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From the enticements of luxury items for nuns and priests in 16th century Italy, to the historic role of masculinity in Australia’s betting culture, the arts and humanities have more to teach us about gambling harms us than just the statistics and data of other disciplines.
