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Student doctor celebrates £64k Who Wants to be a Millionaire win
A University of Bristol student who won £64,000 on Who Wants to be a Millionaire says the experience was “surreal” and “extremely stressful”.
Widening access and participation in higher education
Our widening participation research seminar brought together professionals, politicians and researchers from across the country to learn about the impact of pioneering research projects at the University.
Catherine Walker, 1959-2017
Catherine Walker, former Undergraduate Admissions Officer/Head of Undergraduate Admissions, has died aged 58. Claire Powell, Enquiries Manager, Student Marketing, offers a remembrance.
Innovative hydrogen energy storage project secures over £7 million in funding
A consortium, involving the University of Bristol, has been awarded £7.7m from the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) of UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to develop pioneering hydrogen storage.
Transatlantic collaboration examines the legacies of slavery
Bristol has become the first university in England to join Universities Studying Slavery (USS), a multi-institutional collaboration based at University of Virginia dedicated to furthering the study of slavery’s legacy and wider historical and contemporary race inequalities.
Professor Colin Dayan returns to the University of Bristol
Diabetes expert begins a joint role linking his current post at Cardiff University with a new appointment as Professor of Diabetes and Endocrinology at the University of Bristol.
New research will disrupt solar and expedite efforts toward Net-Zero target
A team of researchers, led by chemists from the University of Bristol, has received significant funding from the UKRI to revolutionise the fabrication and application of photovoltaic devices, used to produce solar energy.
University of Bristol hosts sports day for 850 local children
This week a record number of children from 11 local state primary schools are due to join more than 100 student volunteers from the University of Bristol.
Complex prehistoric patterns discovered around site of ancient Welsh burial chamber
A team of archaeologists, led by a researcher from the University of Bristol, has uncovered the remains of a possible Stonehenge-type prehistoric earthwork monument in a field in Pembrokeshire.