Civic spaces
Civic Spaces are designed to connect staff, students, partners, and communities in shared work.
These university engagement spaces operate as research hubs, centres for engaged learning, outreach, entrepreneurship, and public dialogue all in one, breaking down boundaries between discipline, sector, businesses and communities.
- Story ExchangeFrom September 2026, the Story Exchange will offer a unique circular events space, surrounded by artwork, for civic dialogue designed to be non-hierarchical and welcoming to support engagement of all kinds, including complex and sometimes contested issues facing society.
- The Bristol RoomsThe Bristol Rooms is a unique collaboration space opening September 2026 in the new academic building at Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus. Staff, students, and partners are invited to use the space to tackle shared societal challenges faced by our city-region and others around the globe.
- Barton Hill Micro-campusThe Barton Hill Micro-campus is a space to bring the local communities of Barton Hill and the University closer together.
- Hartcliffe and Withywood Micro-campusThe Hartcliffe and Withywood Micro-campus is a space to bring the local communities of South Bristol and the University of Bristol closer together.