Senate House refurbishment nominated for five awards
The refurbishment that transformed Senate House from ‘60s admin building to modern bar/restaurant, co-working space and student hub has been nominated for five awards.
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Making sense of it all
Over the last year, it sometimes seems as though society is changing so rapidly that it is hard to keep up. The EU referendum, the election of Donald Trump, the election, austerity… the list of big events keeps growing.
Newly launched British biotech company pioneers ground-breaking potential treatments for COVID-19
A team of top scientists from the University of Bristol have announced the formation of a new biotech company that is developing ground-breaking and newly patented potential treatments for coronavirus.
Anatomy academic donates 13th century manuscript to University
A Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Applied Anatomy has donated fifteen fragments of a 13th century manuscript to the University Library’s Special Collections.
Bristol students among the world’s most employable
University of Bristol students are some of the most employable in the world, a new league table has found.
BBC and UK universities launch major partnership to unlock potential of data
BBC Research and Development has announced a five-year research partnership with eight UK Universities including Bristol to unlock the potential of data in the media. The Data Science Research Partnership will be at the forefront of machine learning in the media industry, helping create a more personal BBC that can inform, educate and entertain in new ways.
Highly hazardous pesticides: policies should focus on bans, rather than secure storage, studies suggest
Global policies on access to highly hazardous pesticides – commonly ingested in acts of self-poisoning and suicide in rural Asia – should focus on national bans, rather than safe storage, according to two studies involving University of Bristol academics in The Lancet and The Lancet Global Health journals.
Tropical fly study shows that a mother’s age and diet influences the health of her offspring
The female tsetse fly, which gives birth to adult-sized live young, produce weaker offspring as they get older, and when they feed on poor quality blood.
BrisSynBio start-up wins Unit DX lab space at Bio-Start Awards 2017
BrisSynBio start-up, Zentraxa has been named 'Best South-West England SynBio Start-up' at the 2017 Bio-start Awards, winning three months of free laboratory space at Bristol-based innovation centre, Unit DX.
Fathers with learning disabilities 'left out of support', study finds
Fathers with learning disabilities are often let down by statutory services, which neglect to support them around parenting or focus only on mothers, a study has found.