Bronze bust unveiled of Time Team presenter and university archaeology professor
A bronze bust of the famous archaeologist and Time Team regular, Professor Mick Aston, has been unveiled at the University of Bristol.
Grants and awards
University wins Green Capital Award
The University of Bristol has won The Bristol Post’s Green Public Sector Award in recognition of its work in sustainability.
Future hub for nano-engineered materials and devices
The Universities of Bath, Bristol, Sheffield and Strathclyde and their industrial partners have been given funding to develop the UK into a future hub for the manufacture of advanced semiconductor materials.
Bristol’s Entrepreneurship course recognised as best in UK and Europe
The University of Bristol Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has been recognised as having the best entrepreneurial higher education course in the UK and Europe at the Triple E Awards in Prague.
Dr Stoja receives fellowship to research at the Bank of England
Dr Evarist Stoja in the Department of Accounting and Finance has been awarded a prestigious Houblon-Norman Fellowship at the Bank of England for 2014/15.
Bristol engineers recognised for innovative work on more environmentally friendly helicopter technology
The Italian Government has recognised research undertaken at Bristol in electric propulsion of helicopters with its National Innovation Award.
Kevin Elyot Award for Writer-in-Residence – call for submissions 2018
Applications are now open for the University of Bristol Theatre Collection 2018 Kevin Elyot Award – created in memory of the acclaimed actor and writer.
Prestigious award for study of early Greek mythography
A book by Robert Fowler, Henry Overton Wills Professor of Greek, has won the Charles J Goodwin Award of Merit.
University of Bristol wins top award for supporting student social mobility
The University of Bristol’s Sanctuary Scholarship scheme, which offer scholarships to refugee and asylum seekers, won top honours at the recent Student Social Mobility Awards.
£400,000 funding boost to teach skills of the future
Two exciting projects to equip students and retrain current workers with the skills to tackle future technology and engineering challenges have been awarded £200,000 each.