Engineers aim to make air travel greener
Carbon emissions from air travel could be reduced thanks to a new collaboration between engineers from the Universities of Bristol and Bath and the aerospace industry.
Grants and awards
Young bioethicist bags Aussie award
Bristol University academic, Dr Ainsley Newson, was named Young Australian Achiever of the Year in the UK at a gala Australia Day dinner held at Australia House on 23 January 2010.
Major grant for wearable computing to aid research
A multidisciplinary project that aims to revolutionise the design of technologies for supporting research has been awarded a grant of £1.7m by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Arts and Humanities Research Council through the RCUK Digital Economy programme.
Professor Okasha wins Lakatos Award for Philosophy of Science book
Samir Okasha, Professor of Philosophy of Science in the Department of Philosophy, has won the 2009 Lakatos Award for his book, 'Evolution and the Levels of Selection'.
Professor Marianne Hester awarded £25,295 by the Home Office
Professor Marianne Hester from the Family Policy and Child Welfare Centre in the School for Policy Studies has been awarded a grant of £25,295 from the Home Office to conduct a review of the perpetrators of violence against women.
New research to look at ways to improve the housing needs of vulnerable women in Bristol
A nine-month research project at the University’s School for Policy Studies will look at how best to improve the way in which the housing support needs of vulnerable women in Bristol are met as part of the Supporting People (SP) programme. The programme supports approximately 9,000 people at a local level in Bristol.
Who is the greenest of them all?
Four Bristol undergraduates have made it to the final of the npower Future Leaders Challenge, a nationwide search to find the UK’s keenest, greenest university students.
Engineering alumnus wins Shell Innovation Award
Dr Nithin Thomas, a former graduate student in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, has won the prestigious Shell LiveWIRE 2012 Innovation Award.
PhD student honoured by Dashkova Humanities Institute
Jessica Tipton, a PhD student in the School of Modern Languages, has been awarded a Princess Dashkova Medal by the Dashkova Humanities Institute in Moscow.
Bristol medic heads BMA student committee
Nicholas Deakin, a third-year Bristol medical student, has been elected co-chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA) Medical Students Committee.