Applications open for Kevin Elyot Award 2023
We are delighted to announce that we are now welcoming applications for the Kevin Elyot Award 2023, created in memory of the acclaimed actor and writer.
Faculty of Arts
What’s in a name? Why the words used for family members have a much bigger story to tell
The words different cultures use to describe family members have revealed some intriguing insights - including why in Balto-Slavic languages there is a complicated relationship between in-laws and weasels. University of Bristol researchers have published a new study in PLOS ONE exploring the links between kinship names in different languages.
Pioneering survey into censorship of the climate crisis in global storytelling
For the first time ever authors, journalists, film makers and scientists from across the world are being asked to share their experiences of pressure to remove or soften the exploration of the climate crisis in their work.
Student completes PhD after 50 years
A student who started a PhD in 1970 has finally graduated today.
Innovative project bringing theatre production to life shortlisted for award
An innovative partnership project that uses 3D augmented reality (AR) technology to help bring the art of theatre production to life for young people was among the nominees for a prestigious award.
Bristol academic lands grant to study gold mining, illegal logging and land-grabbing in the Amazon
A University of Bristol academic has landed a grant worth more than £1.3m to study clandestine economic activities that give rise to disastrous environmental consequences such as small-scale gold mining, illegal logging, and land-grabbing in the Amazon rainforest.
Major study will use philosophical expertise to highlight patient voices in healthcare research and practice
The Universities of Bristol, Nottingham, and Birmingham have been awarded a major £2.6 million Wellcome Discovery Grant for a six-year project which will use philosophical expertise to help bring patient voices into healthcare research and practice.
‘It’s an incredible feeling!’ - Bristol into its first University Challenge semi-final tonight
The University of Bristol is into the semi-finals of University Challenge for the first time.
New evidence suggests Bristol’s involvement in the Slave Trade began 30 years earlier than previously recorded
An historian from the University of Bristol has uncovered new evidence which suggests that Bristol’s involvement in the Transatlantic Trafficking of Enslaved Africans may have started more than 30 years earlier than previously recorded.
Take a trip back in time to when Bristol harbour was a working dockyard
This weekend thousands of people will descend on Bristol’s Docks for the popular annual Bristol Harbour Festival which takes place from July 14 to 16.