Philip Leverhulme Prizes awarded to three University of Bristol academics
Three academics from the University of Bristol have been awarded prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prizes.
Faculty of Arts
UK and Colombian researchers working together for sustainable peace
Ten new research projects announced by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will address issues facing Colombia’s transition from conflict to peace.
Bristol signs new twinning partnership with the National Aerospace University in Ukraine
The University of Bristol has signed a new partnership with the National Aerospace University (Kharkiv Aviation Institute) in Ukraine as part of a UK government-backed ‘twinning’ scheme to support higher education institutions affected by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Dr Tom Mason, 1948-2022
Dr Tom Mason, formerly Senior Lecturer in English, passed away on 24 September at the age of 74. His friend, Emeritus Professor David Hopkins, offers a remembrance.
Over €9M in European grants awarded to Bristol academics
The European Research Council (ERC) will award a total of €9M in grants to Bristol academics under its Advanced Grant scheme. These grants support exceptional, professorial-level research leaders in undertaking ground-breaking, high-impact research projects.
Student filmmaker Sam releases ‘one of the best shorts of the year’ to critical acclaim
Student filmmaker Sam Jones, named by the British Film Institute (BFI) as ‘one of the most promising filmmakers under 25’, is releasing his award-winning short film today [27 February].
The students making period poverty history
Two students have launched a non-profit organization which has ended period poverty for hundreds of women in refugee camps – and they are only just getting started.
Celebrate Pancake Day in Tudor-style
The traditions of Shrove Tuesday, dating back to Tudor times, will be brought to life at a special event in Easton next week.
Transatlantic collaboration examines the legacies of slavery
Bristol has become the first university in England to join Universities Studying Slavery (USS), a multi-institutional collaboration based at University of Virginia dedicated to furthering the study of slavery’s legacy and wider historical and contemporary race inequalities.
Complex prehistoric patterns discovered around site of ancient Welsh burial chamber
A team of archaeologists, led by a researcher from the University of Bristol, has uncovered the remains of a possible Stonehenge-type prehistoric earthwork monument in a field in Pembrokeshire.