Bristol academics honoured in Queen’s Brithday list
Three Bristol academics have been honoured in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
Grants and awards
Doing it right: Bristol wins Business in the Community Awards
The University’s Positive Working Environment programme and Dr Nick Walker of the School of Chemistry both won awards in the recent 2007 Business in the Community Awards.
New online research resources on the way
It will be easier for researchers to find online research resources from conferences, workshops and seminars, thanks to a collaboration between Bristol and Manchester Universities.
Former Vice-Chancellor elected to National Academy of Sciences
Professor Sir John Kingman, the University’s Vice-Chancellor from 1985 to 2001, has been elected a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences.
Partners in regenerative medicine
The University recently received two awards in the area of regenerative medicine under the Department of Trade and Industry’s Office of Science and Innovation Science Bridges Programme.
Andrew Dick elected to Academy of Medical Sciences
Professor Andrew Dick of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, and Head of the Academic Unit of Ophthalmology, has been elected to the Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
From violent fathers to muscular dystrophy: four new grants in Policy Studies
Four new research grants have recently been awarded to academics in the School for Policy Studies.
Leverhulme grants for Bristol academics
Five Bristol academics have received research awards from the Leverhulme Trust, one of Britain’s most important grant-making foundations.
HEFCE Clinical Senior Lectureships to Bristol medical staff
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has made Clinical Senior Lectureship Awards to three candidates nominated by the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry.
Student VIPs to attend VP conference
Five students in the Department of Earth Sciences have been awarded bursaries to attend the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology conference.