Professors Claxton and Deem become Academicians
Professor Guy Claxton and Professor Rosemary Deem have been elected Academicians of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences.
Grants and awards
PhD graduate wins UK neuroscience prize
Karen Luyt, a recent Bristol PhD graduate, has won the 2006 British Neuroscience Association (BNA) Postgraduate Prize for the year’s best neuroscience thesis.
Chemistry students shortlisted for volunteering award
Five students in the School of Chemistry have been shortlisted for a Higher Education Academy Student Volunteering Award.
Crystals, nanostructures and lasers: three new Chemistry grants
Three new research grants have recently been awarded to academics in the School of Chemistry.
University shortlisted twice in Times Higher Awards
The University’s Energy and Environmental Management Unit and the International Office have both been shortlisted in the Times Higher Awards 2007.
Life-saving clean-water project secures $13m from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The fight against water-borne disease will receive a major boost thanks to groundbreaking work by an international consortium led by the University of Bristol and supported by a $13 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Royal Society Wolfson Award for Professor Mann
Professor Stephen Mann FRS in the School of Chemistry has been awarded a five-year Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award.
Bristol takes lead on new globalisation research agenda
The Worldwide Universities Network, of which the University of Bristol is a partner, has been awarded £3.7 million to set up a new Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies.
Andrew Orr-Ewing gains Royal Society-Wolfson Award
Professor Andrew Orr-Ewing of the School of Chemistry has won a Royal Society-Wolfson Research Merit Award.
Bristol University spin-out company XMOS secures $16 million venture-capital funding
XMOS Semiconductor, the creator of software defined silicon (SDS) chips and a University of Bristol spin-out company, has secured $16 million venture-capital funding. Co-founder, Ali Dixon, was a student in computer science at the University just three years ago.