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Great George being rung manually

Great George to chime for anniversary of University’s Royal Charter

22 May 2013

Great George, the nine-and-a-half-ton bell in the tower of the University of Bristol’s Wills Memorial Building, will ring for five minutes at 1.30pm today [Wednesday, 22 May] to mark the anniversary of the University’s Royal Charter.

Philip Bruland's winning entry showing walkers and cyclists crossing the old railway bridge near the CREATE centre

Snap happy and healthy: photography winners in the spotlight

21 May 2013

The winners of an inaugural competition to capture the essence of health and wellbeing on camera have been revealed, with staff and students at the University of Bristol exercising their photographic skills to produce some colourful and thought-provoking images.

Runn

Get fit to fight cancer

17 May 2013

Staff and students who want to improve their fitness and raise money for charity have the chance to run the Bristol Half Marathon for the University Cancer Research Fund.

Clare Brophy

Bristol manager becomes 500th volunteer to take the plunge

16 May 2013

A manager from the University of Bristol’s Human Resources team has become the 500th person to volunteer at the Special Olympics GB National Summer Games, which will be held in Bristol and Bath in August.

Winning team

Walkers step up to the challenge

13 May 2013

Members of the School of Physics’ Micro- and Nano structural Materials research group took the prize for Best Team Perfomance in a four-week University challenge to promote walking organised by the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health.

Desktop design

The Single Sign-On page is changing

2 May 2013

The University’s Single Sign-On (SSO) page, which is used to authenticate staff’s access to a number of University online services, is changing from next Tuesday [7 May 2013].

Royal Fort Garden

Delve into the history of Bristol’s hidden gardens

30 April 2013

A rare glimpse into the city’s horticultural history is being offered through a series of guided tours at two of Bristol’s most beautiful and historic gardens. The University of Bristol is inviting people to delve into the rich history of two hidden gems - Goldney Garden and Royal Fort Garden – through tours taking place between May and September.

Nonesuch spring

Spring issue of Nonesuch now available

25 April 2013

The Spring issue of Nonesuch, the University of Bristol’s magazine, is available now.

The CURVES suite at Cardiff showing an immersive training session involving two trainee radiographers positioning a virtual patient and enacting a treatment fraction from a virtual LINAC

Bristol to provide cutting edge cloud network technology to enhance the fields of telemedicine

19 April 2013

Researchers at the Universities of Bristol and Cardiff will today [Friday 19 April] show how groundbreaking ultra high definition (UHD) technology is making a real difference in remote medical training and diagnosis, with 3D demonstrations on a ‘virtual patient’.

Crane on Life Sciences Building

Update on capital programme

11 April 2013

Deputy Vice-Chancellor David Clarke provides staff and students with an update on capital building projects across the University.