The tools for analysing research data in the social sciences are to be further refined and developed, thanks to funding from the Economic and Social Research Council that includes £1.4 million for a group from the University of Bristol.
Students at the University of Bristol are being urged to give sport another go after a project secured £173,211 in National Lottery funding from Sport England.
A new research centre in communications, the first of its kind in the UK, will be officially launched at the University of Bristol today[Wednesday 30 March]. The new Centre will provide major benefits to the country’s economy and will be key in educating the scientists and engineers needed for Britain’s future.
Dr Michele Barbour, Lecturer in Biomaterials Science, has been awarded a prestigious Medical Research Council PhD studentship for research into a new dental filling material.
Professor Mervyn Miles of the School of Physics has been awarded a prestigious Wolfson Research Merit Award by the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science.
Dr Ellen Clarke has been awarded a prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship at All Souls, Oxford.
The University of Bristol has received £1.6million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council UK (EPSRC) to establish a new centre for research into how decisions are made. This work will ultimately lead to better artificial decision making systems such as automatic stock market trading systems and early warning systems for disasters.
A student at the University of Bristol has received the Chinese Government Award for demonstrating outstanding performance in her PhD studies.
Professor Ron Johnston, FBA from the University of Bristol's School of Geographical Sciences has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for his services to scholarship.
Professor Susan Harrow of the University’s Department of French has been awarded a prestigious accolade for her services to French culture. Professor Harrow has been awarded the grade of ‘Officier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques', an Order, founded by Napoleon in 1808, to reward those who have made a major contribution to French education and culture.
