Professor John Pickard wins top music award
A recording of seven compositions by John Pickard, Professor of Composition in Bristol’s Department of Music, has won the Contemporary category of this year’s Gramophone Awards.
Grants and awards
Winners of the prizes for the Best Doctoral Research Theses 2016/17
Six University of Bristol postgraduates have been awarded £500 prizes for the exceptional quality of their research degree theses.
Think Big: University welcomes future leaders to inaugural International Scholars Reception
Over 100 scholars, representing 36 countries, attended the University of Bristol’s inaugural International Scholars Reception at the Wills Memorial Building this month.
GW4 shortlisted for Times Higher Education award
The GW4 Alliance [made up of four leading research-intensive universities: Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter] has been shortlisted under the category of Technological Innovation of the Year at this year’s Times Higher Education [THE] Awards for its world-first supercomputer, Isambard.
£3.6M funding for research into the link between physical and mental health problems
A research team led by the MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (MRC CNGG) at Cardiff University and involving researchers from the University of Bristol has received significant funding for an international collaborative project to study the link between physical and mental health problems.
The Robot A-Team vital to the future of offshore wind and Net Zero
One of the UK’s most ambitious robotics projects has proven the concept for robotic teams repairing offshore wind farms. The project paves the way for human-robot teams at wind farms within 10 years and wind farms designed for robotic maintenance by 2050 – a scenario that will be vital to the UK achieving its Net Zero targets.
University of Bristol team develop a new test to assist GP antibiotic prescribing
A research team at the University of Bristol has won a prestigious international award for a technology that could help in the fight against antibiotic resistance.
International recognition for outstanding early career researcher
Dr Duleeka Knipe, from the Bristol Medical School at the University of Bristol, has received the prestigious Andrej Marusic Award in recognition of her outstanding research into suicide prevention.
Robot farm: Pioneering facilities are a game-changer for UK atomic research
The University of Bristol is leading an initiative to make cutting-edge robotics, drones and testing spaces available for nuclear research with the launch of four ‘Hot Robotics’ facilities in the UK.
Bristol innovators collect multiple awards at SPARKies
Bristol staff, alumni and start-ups carried off awards last night at the 2017 SPARKies tech and digital awards, which celebrate ‘The Best Tech in the West’.