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Bristol hosts first international child and family conference
10 June 2025
Renowned experts in childhood and family life will be in Bristol in June for the inaugural International Child and Family Conference.
- Bristol hosts first international child and family conference 10 June 2025 Renowned experts in childhood and family life will be in Bristol in June for the inaugural International Child and Family Conference.
- Congratulations to Dr Angeliki Papadaki on becoming a University Enterprise Fellow 13 May 2025 We are delighted to announce that Dr Papadaki from the School for Policy Studies has been named as one of the University’s 2025-2026 Enterprise Fellows.
- Young people turn school uniform into compelling anti-knife crime art 13 May 2025 More than 100 school shirts emblazoned with compelling messages capturing children and young people’s feelings about knife crime are set to be publicly exhibited.
- SPS academic becomes Academy of Social Sciences Fellow 10 April 2025 We are delighted to announce that Professor Geraldine Macdonald, Professor of Social Work from the School for Policy Studies, has been named as one of the new cohort of outstanding social scientists to join the Academy of Social Sciences.
- SPS academic awarded Senior Investigator status by the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR). 31 March 2025 Congratulations to Professor Geraldine Macdonald, Professor of Social Work in the School for Policy Studies, who has been appointed as a new NIHR Senior Investigator.
- Key network to ensure rights for parents with learning disabilities & learning difficulties is moving to a new home 6 March 2025 Vital service that supports professionals working with parents with learning disabilities/difficulties is moving from the University of Bristol to Research in Practice
- ‘Nothing is impossible’ says Somali refugee who juggled Uber driving and studies to fulfil graduation dream in tribute to late brother 18 February 2025 When Abdullahi Abdi threw his mortarboard in the air on graduating and looked skyward, his sense of elation was overshadowed by huge sorrow.
- Congratulations to our Class of 2024 23 January 2025 We were delighted to celebrate with graduates from the Class of 2024 at an event St George's after the formal graduation in the Wills Memorial Building.
- Statement on the abduction of alumnus Jesús Armas 22 January 2025 The University of Bristol is calling for the release of alumnus Jesús Armas, a human rights activist who has been detained against his will in Venezuela.
- Childhood Studies alumna Dez Holmes awarded MBE 16 January 2025 Congratulations to Dez Holmes who has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours list for services to improving social care practice.