An advertising campaign to raise awareness of domestic violence in teenage relationships has been launched by the Home Office. The campaign follows research by the NSPCC, which was led by the University of Bristol's Centre for Family Policy and Child Welfare.
The University has launched a new Infection and Immunity (I&I) research theme website.
Two University of Bristol academics are part of a group of 14 leading European researchers who have received a EU grant of €10.9 million to develop and trial a new treatment for type 1 diabetes.
Bristol University is awarding honorary degrees to Mr Matthew Warchus, an award-winning theatre director and Mr Jim Foulds, Pro Chancellor at the University, at today’s degree ceremonies in the Wills Memorial Building [Tuesday 16 February].
A new model, capable of assessing the rate at which the oceans are acidifying, suggests that changes in the carbonate chemistry of the deep ocean may exceed anything seen in the past 65 million years.
The University is running a new event on 22 March for staff involved in student skills and employability development.
Dr Dudley Thompson spent over 40 years at Bristol, becoming a respected lecturer and researcher, and headed the School of Chemistry's administrative team for more than a decade. Professor Tim Gallagher, Head of the School of Chemistry, offers an appreciation.
The John Cabot Academy Team A, in conjunction with the Environment Agency, have won the Go4SET Best Overall Project Award for their project on water and recycling at the Go4SET Bristol Celebration and Assessment Day (CAD). The prize was presented by Dr Askin Isikveren, Director of Engineering Design at Bristol University.
Swimming lessons for both adults and children (aged five and over) wanting either to learn how to swim, gain confidence or improve their stroke begins from Monday 22 February at the University of Bristol swimming pool in Clifton.
A new study by researchers at the University of Bristol has found that the UK domestic cat and dog population is larger than previously reported by industry figures.
Dr Emma Hitchings, Senior Lecturer in the University’s School of Law, has been appointed a member of the Law Commission's Advisory Group on Marital Property Agreements.
The University’s Equality and Diversity Team has launched a new website for staff, bringing together resources and information on balancing work and family.
Children from urban areas whose mothers suffer from depression during pregnancy are more likely than others to show antisocial behaviour, including violent behaviour, later in life, according to new research from the Universities of Cardiff and Bristol published today in 'Child Development'.
Testing has begun on a device that can sniff out the presence of disease by smell, thanks to a £1.3 million award from the Wellcome Trust. OdoReader, developed by Chris Probert from the University and Norman Ratcliffe from UWE, uses pioneering technology to rapidly diagnose Clostridium difficile, by ‘reading’ the odour of stool samples.
The recent state of the roads is a clear illustration of what happens when water freezes into crystals of ice. But despite its frequent occurrence, the crystallisation of water is remarkably difficult to understand in detail.
This academic year has already witnessed a remarkable series of success stories around enterprise and innovation from all faculties across the University of Bristol. As the deadline approaches for its annual New Enterprise Competition (NEC), the University pays tribute to some of its inspiring young innovators from 2009.
Using satellite transmitters to track the movements of Mediterranean shearwaters – a type of sea bird – researchers found that the bird’s foraging range shrinks on days when fishing boats are operating in the area.
This year’s Semana Cultural (Cultural Week) begins on Monday 8 March.
The Students’ Union, which represents University of Bristol students, is hosting its Annual General Meeting (AGM) this week (Thursday 4 February). The event gives students the opportunity to have a say about how the Union works for them.
Carbon emissions from air travel could be reduced thanks to a new collaboration between engineers from the Universities of Bristol and Bath and the aerospace industry.
A new analysis of the way the body responds to stress suggests that administering constant high levels of drugs is not the best way to treat this condition. A better way might be to design drugs that follow the body’s own naturally-occurring rhythms.
Professor David Wynick has been appointed as the new Director of Research for North Bristol NHS Trust and University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust.
A multidisciplinary project that aims to revolutionise the design of technologies for supporting research has been awarded a grant of £1.7m by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Arts and Humanities Research Council through the RCUK Digital Economy programme.
The University of Bristol’s Norah Fry Research Centre celebrated the success of a groundbreaking initiative that supports parents with learning difficulties at a recent party hosted by the Baring Foundation in London.
The British Science Association is inviting applications for its 2010 Media Fellowship scheme, which provides scientists with an opportunity to gain first-hand experience of how science is reported.
Paolo Madeddu, Professor of Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine at the Bristol Heart Institute, is one of four opinion-leading clinicians to be appointed to the clinical advisory board of leading stem cell company ReNeuron.
Nanotechnology, climate change and drug design are just some of the cutting-edge science topics being discussed at the Festival of Contemporary Science for secondary school teachers tomorrow [30 January] at the University of Bristol.
A new scheme, which aims to target the increasing competition for graduate jobs by improving graduate employability, is being launched at the University of Bristol. The Bristol PLuS [Professional and Life Skills] Award scheme will recognise and reward students who participate in activities outside of their academic study.
The mass extinction of Australia’s giant animals, such as huge kangaroos and rhinoceros-sized wombats, might have been more rapid than previously thought, according to new research from the University of Bristol. This suggests humans could have been responsible for wiping out the country’s megafauna between 50,000 and 40,000 years ago.
Sustainability is seeking staff volunteers to carry out audits in departments participating in the University’s environmental accreditation scheme, Green Impact. Potential volunteers should express their interest by Wednesday 3 February, and training will take place on 8 or 12 February.
Professor Dave Gordon from the University's Centre for Poverty and Social Justice has been awarded a record £4.3m grant by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for his research project, 'Poverty and Social Exclusion in the United Kingdom – the 2010 Survey'. It is the largest grant ever awarded for poverty research in the UK.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Eric Thomas, has issued details of the outcome of the national pay negotiations for university staff for 2009-10.
The colour of some feathers on dinosaurs and early birds has been identified for the first time, reports a paper published in Nature this week.
The University of Bristol is part of the newly created UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF), which aims to increase and sustain the supply of industry-ready graduate engineers and boost career take-up in the sector.
The independent National Equality Panel, of which the University's Professor Tariq Modood is a member, today publishes a report entitled An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK that calls for policy interventions at each life-cycle stage to counter economic inequalities.
The last Neanderthals in Europe died out at least 37,000 years ago – and both climate change and interaction with modern humans could be involved in their demise, according to new research from the University of Bristol published today in PLoS ONE.
Two complementary studies launched today [27 January] call for more action to bridge the damaging primary-secondary divide.
Bristol University academic, Dr Ainsley Newson, was named Young Australian Achiever of the Year in the UK at a gala Australia Day dinner held at Australia House on 23 January 2010.
Bristol ChemLabS School Teacher Fellow Tim Harrison has been training science demonstrators from across South Africa to deliver lecture demonstrations and practical workshops from the ever-popular ChemLabS outreach series in their own centres and in township schools.
Samir Okasha, Professor of Philosophy of Science in the Department of Philosophy, has won the 2009 Lakatos Award for his book, 'Evolution and the Levels of Selection'.
