Faculty of Arts
- Applications open for Kevin Elyot Award 2024 19 April 2024 Applications are now open for the Kevin Elyot Award 2024, created in memory of the acclaimed actor and writer.
- Exhibition to mark 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale signing 3 April 2024 A new exhibition marking the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale, a pivotal agreement between Britain and France, has been co-curated by a University of Bristol academic.
- ‘Shorter toilet queues are here to stay!’ 28 March 2024 Queues for the women’s toilets are swiftly becoming a thing of the past, with the UK’s first ‘squat and go’ urinals now a “permanent fixture” at UK events.
- Report warns performing arts under threat from future global shocks unless lessons are learned from pandemic 26 March 2024 Live performing arts are facing an existential threat from a range of potential global shocks unless there is significant and sustained investment in resilience planning, according to a new international study.
- Students and staff meet UK’s Spanish Ambassador to further strengthen Hispanic relations 21 March 2024 More than 100 students and staff enjoyed thoughtful conversations with the Ambassador of Spain to the United Kingdom as part of a visit to further Spanish engagement across education and research.
- Shakespeare’s sister: how using digital archives revealed hidden insights into world famous playwright’s unknown sibling 21 March 2024 By analysing digital copies of an incredibly rare and obscure 17th century Italian religious text, a University of Bristol academic has revealed that a long-lost document previously thought to have been written by William Shakespeare’s father belongs in fact to his relatively unknown sister Joan.
- Discovery sheds new light on lost Bristol landmark 20 March 2024 The exact location of a long-lost stone cross erected by the 14th century that acted as a boundary marker to define the then city limits of Bristol, and which was also the site of a gallows which stood for hundreds of years, has been discovered by an historian from the University of Bristol.
- Trailblazer visits Bristol to celebrate women’s sport and inspire next generation of players 27 February 2024 People in Bristol are invited to a special screening of the hit Netflix documentary Game On, which celebrates the inspiring rise of women’s sport and features some of the world’s most successful sports stars.
- Student, 70, graduates despite sight loss trauma 22 February 2024 A 70-year-old grandad who left school with four O-levels has graduated today from the University of Bristol, despite losing much of his eyesight during his degree.
- 2024 Alumni Award winners announced! 30 January 2024 A Sign Language interpreter, a conservationist and an esteemed Shakespearean are among the University of Bristol's 2024 Alumni Award winners.
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