Applications open for Kevin Elyot Award 2024
Applications are now open for the Kevin Elyot Award 2024, created in memory of the acclaimed actor and writer.
Faculty of Arts
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‘Shorter toilet queues are here to stay!’
Queues for the women’s toilets are swiftly becoming a thing of the past, with the UK’s first ‘squat and go’ urinals now a “permanent fixture” at UK events.
Publication grant for art history book
A forthcoming book by Dr Dorothy Rowe, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Historical Studies, has been awarded a prestigious College Art Association of America Millard Meiss Publication Grant.
University's oil paintings go online as part of UK-wide project
Over two hundred paintings in the care of the University of Bristol and its Theatre Collection are part of a hugely ambitious project to put online the United Kingdom’s entire collection of oil paintings in public ownership.
UK universities embrace the free, open, online future of higher education powered by The Open University
Students from the UK and around the world will have free access to some of the country’s top universities thanks to FutureLearn Ltd, an entirely new company being launched by The Open University (OU). The universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Anglia, Exeter, King’s College London, Lancaster, Leeds, Southampton, St Andrews and Warwick have all signed up to join FutureLearn.
Discovery sheds new light on lost Bristol landmark
The exact location of a long-lost stone cross erected by the 14th century that acted as a boundary marker to define the then city limits of Bristol, and which was also the site of a gallows which stood for hundreds of years, has been discovered by an historian from the University of Bristol.
New light on the Nazca Lines
The first findings of the most detailed study yet by two British archaeologists into the Nazca Lines – enigmatic drawings created between 2,100 and 1,300 years ago in the Peruvian desert – have been published in the latest issue of the journal Antiquity.
University of Bristol experts appointed Senior Investigators by National Institute of Health and Care Research
Two University of Bristol academics have been awarded Senior Investigator status by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
New films set to boost effective adoption of Health Impact Assessments
Expert voices from planning, health, government and consultants have shared their insights of using Health Impact Assessments as a force for good to create healthier new communities.
Bristol ancient historian named as Fellow of British Academy
A University of Bristol ancient historian has just been elected a Fellow of the British Academy in recognition of her contribution to the humanities and social sciences.