14 December 2012
Over two hundred paintings in the care of the University of Bristol and its Theatre Collection are part of a hugely ambitious project to put online the United Kingdom’s entire collection of oil paintings in public ownership.
14 December 2012
Students from the UK and around the world will have free access to some of the country’s top universities thanks to FutureLearn Ltd, an entirely new company being launched by The Open University (OU). The universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Anglia, Exeter, King’s College London, Lancaster, Leeds, Southampton, St Andrews and Warwick have all signed up to join FutureLearn.
13 December 2012
The Bristol-led subglacial Lake Ellsworth project which is drilling through over 3 km of Antarctic ice into an ancient buried lake has received widespread coverage in national and local newspapers, radio and TV.
13 December 2012
A study by University of Bristol scientists which found the first unequivocal evidence that humans in prehistoric Northern Europe made cheese more than 7,000 years ago was reported by media around the world.
12 December 2012
The first unequivocal evidence that humans in prehistoric Northern Europe made cheese more than 7,000 years ago is described in research by an international team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, published today in Nature.
12 December 2012
A collection of clips, demonstrations and activities used by psychologists and neuroscientists to communicate different aspects of brain function has been created by Dr Nathalia Gjersoe and Professor Bruce Hood in the School of Experimental Psychology.
12 December 2012
A member of staff at the University of Bristol is bidding for top spot in the Christmas charts this year as part of an inspirational choir comprised of volunteers who helped at the Olympics and Paralympics. Clare Brophy, a staff development manager in the Human Resources Department, is a member of the 400-strong Games Maker Choir which releases its first single on Sunday [16 December].
12 December 2012
The Communication Systems and Networks Group in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering recently co-hosted a round-table event organised by the US instrumentation company National Instruments.
12 December 2012
School pupils in Bristol who have been undertaking ‘real’ research into genes linked to arthritis and cancer as part of a new scheme that aims to engage students in science will be presenting their findings at a conference next week [17 Dec].
12 December 2012
This week, a British team of scientists and engineers, led by Professor Martin Siegert of the University of Bristol, realise a 16 year ambition to drill down through over 3 km of Antarctic ice into an ancient buried lake. The team hopes to find signs of life in the water and clues to the Earth’s past climate in the mud at the lake floor.
