Educational needs of mixed heritage pupils
Although mixed heritage pupils are the fastest growing minority ethnic group in UK schools little is known about their specific educational needs. Dr Leon Tikly and colleagues investigate.
Research
Optical computer: only light years away
One of science’s longest-sought devices – an ‘optical memory’ that stores digital information as light – might soon be a possibility, thanks to funding of over €1 million from the European Commission.
Exchanging keys in the Canaries
"What had all this to do with quantum computation, I wondered?" Cherry Lewis explores the unfamiliar world of quantum computation.
The long chain of reception
The word 'reception' has a special sense in the humanities. It is to do with our relationship with the past, its literature and culture.
Revolutionising thermal imaging
The magazine III-Vs Review reports on a technique developed by Dr Martin Kuball and colleagues in the Department of Physics that determines the temperature of active, GaNbased, III-V devices.
A journey into the blue
Woad, the natural blue dye-stuff most often associated with the painted faces of ancient Britons, has been at the heart of a very personal research project, begun at Bristol thirty years ago.
Delivering public services
Governments around the world are searching for policies to boost the efficiency of the public sector.
From butcher’s boy… to boffin
Bristol University's Vet School (known as 'Langford') is one of only four schools in the country to share a prestigious grant worth £21.5million. Tom Humphrey, Professor of Food Safety, told Cherry Lewis how he got where he is today, and what the grant is for.
Adopting older children
The Hadley Centre for Adoption and Foster Care Studies was established through the generous funding of the Hadley Trust. It aims to promote best practice in the field through research, practice and training.
Why study musicals?
Newly-appointed Professor, Stephen Banfield in the Music Department, believes that a Jerome Kern theatre song and a Bach chorale have much in common...