Two members of staff in the Animal Service Unit (ASU) were recently each awarded an NVQ level 3 in Animal Technology. Lionel Wheeler and Anne Cornish, both Animal Technicians based in the ASU, are the first people in the country to achieve this qualification.
The University and United Bristol Healthcare Trust (UBHT) are joining forces to establish a new state-of-the-art Clinical Research and Imaging Centre (CRIC) at St Michael’s Hospital on St Michael’s Hill in Bristol. This unique collaboration will allow people in Bristol and the South West to benefit from the latest, high-quality, cutting-edge research being conducted locally.
Two academics recently arrived in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering have been awarded new grants and fellowships from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Both the University’s women’s and men’s waterpolo teams were winners in their sport at the inaugural British Universities Championships in Sheffield earlier this month. The men’s team won the Men’s Championship Finals, and the women were victorious in the Women’s Trophy Final.
With a total step count of 22,9485,28, participants in the 2008 Pedometer Challenge, organised by the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health, clocked up almost 11,475 miles in just four weeks – almost half-way around the world.
A roundup of recent research grants in the School of Chemistry.
The new University of Bristol Botanic Garden has been awarded the West Country TV Cup for best 'Outstanding Special Project' in this year’s South-West Regional Final of the Britain in Bloom Competition.
Four members of the School of Chemistry have received prestigious awards from the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Dr Olena Doran in the School of Clinical Veterinary Science has won the award for the best oral presentation in the Genetics Commission at the European Association for Animal Production (EAAP) meeting in Antalya, Turkey.
Professor Howard Jenkinson in the Department of Oral and Dental Sciences has been awarded a $2 million research grant by the US National Institutes of Health to explore the causes of Candida infections.
