Bristol in top five universities targeted by top employers for fifth year in a row
A major new report has revealed that students at the University of Bristol are among the most targeted by Britain’s top 100 employers.
Grants and awards
Collaborative COVID-19 lockdown effort delivers major boost for vaccine innovation in Bristol
Faster vaccine development could be a step closer thanks to £4 million investment to Imophoron Ltd, a Bristol University biotech start-up developing a novel, next generation rapid-response vaccine platform called ADDomer™. Imophoron will use the investment to bring ADDomer vaccines to clinical stage, initially targeting three viruses, RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), COVID-19, and mosquito-borne Chikungunya.
Development of new blood test for GPs could help diagnose brain tumours earlier
A new simple blood test for brain tumours that could be used by GPs in primary care will be developed thanks to funding of nearly £500,000 by Cancer Research UK. Around 60,000 patients in the UK are living with a brain tumour but only 20 per cent of patients are still alive five years after diagnosis, partly because they present late with large inoperable tumours.
Organic crystal research wins EU funding
A Bristol-led, international project investigating a new method of controlling the growth of organic crystals, with potential benefits for pharmaceutical development, has been awarded EU funding.
Ballast Seed Garden artist wins Vera List Centre Prize for Art & Politics
A Bristol art project about migration has won the 2016-2018 Vera List Centre Prize for Art and Politics. Presented every two years to an artist, or group of artists, whose work furthers social justice, this year the winner is Brazilian artist Maria Thereza Alves, who created Bristol’s Floating Ballast Seed Garden, in collaboration with the University of Bristol Botanic Garden, Bristol City Council and Arnolfini.
Bristol Digital Futures Institute selects its first fellow
Stephen Hilton, founder and director of Bristol Futures Global, has become Bristol Digital Futures Institute’s first fellow.
Bristol among UK’s most sustainable universities, rankings find
Bristol has been named as one of the most sustainable universities in the country.
University wins strategic awards to support translational research
The University of Bristol has won two awards from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to support translational research – work that turns fundamental scientific discoveries into improvements in human health and economic benefit. A total of £650,000 was awarded to the University to provide flexible funding for early stage translational projects, to enable the development of academic-industry collaborations, and allow impact development.
Bristol dominates international geochemistry awards
Dr Kate Hendry and Professor Jon Blundy – both members of the University of Bristol’s Cabot Institute and School of Earth Sciences – have won two of the three awards bestowed this year by the European Association of Geochemistry (EAG).
Funding to develop laser cleaning decontamination techniques for nuclear decommissioning
The University of Bristol has been awarded £505,000 research and development funding as part of the UK Japan Civil Nuclear Programme to develop laser contamination cleaning techniques for nuclear industry applications.