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’.
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Hothouse climates of the past – lessons for the future
Some of the world's leading climate change scientists will be in Bristol next week to discuss extreme warm climates throughout the history of the earth and how they help us understand the future of our planet.
Students go head-to-head with Paxman in new season of University Challenge
The University of Bristol’s quiz team return to screens tonight with University Challenge, in a battle of wits against Trinity College, Cambridge.
Bristol expertise plays important part in discovery of brand new heavy particle
Five years on from discovering the Higgs boson, a team of international scientists have discovered a brand new heavy particle at the LHCb experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Bristol marches for science
On Saturday, April 22 thousands of Bristol supporters of science – from students, to famous names from science and television - will take to the streets to add their weight to a worldwide movement of marches taking place in celebration of the vital role scientific evidence plays in everyday life.
Phil Gould, 1948–2021
Phil Gould, Estates Assistant in the Victoria Rooms, passed away earlier this month. Matt Davies and other colleagues offer a remembrance.
Captivating ‘theatrical fashion musical’ brings group’s total raised to £23,500
Students raised £23,500 for charity with a series of events that ended with a theatrical feast.
Former Chancellor appointed as first female President of the Supreme Court
The University’s former Chancellor, the Right Honourable the Baroness Hale of Richmond, has been appointed as the President of the Supreme Court.
Grammar schools fail to help middle-income families
Selective education harms the university prospects of bright pupils who just miss out on a place at a grammar school, according to new research from the UCL Institute of Education (IOE), University of Bristol and University of Warwick.
Subjects at the University of Bristol are world-class, new league table confirms
Many of the courses taught at the University of Bristol are among the best in the world, according to a new international league table.