Bristol New Music, a weekend of the best new and experimental music on the international arts scene, will be hosted by the University of Bristol, Colston Hall, Arnolfini, Spike Island and St George’s Bristol from Friday 21 – Sunday 23 February.
The number of people using insulin to treat diabetes trebled between 1991 and 2010, researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Cardiff have found.
Students at the Merchants’ Academy, the pioneering south Bristol school co-sponsored by the University of Bristol, achieved exceptional GCSE results in summer 2013, making it one of the most improved schools in the country.
Ticks may be common in parks in and around our cities where they pose a risk for humans and their pets, new research from the University of Bristol has found.
The Mayor of Bristol has encouraged the city to support University of Bristol student Elsa Hammond in her attempt to single-handedly row the Pacific, in what he described as an “incredible, mad feat”.
Two University of Bristol projects have received a total of £162,400 funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) as part of a £4.6 million investment in 24 projects that will let the UK research community take advantage of existing environmental data for science and impact.
A new branch of mathematics has been established to create a better drug control system to cure cancer.
Trefael, an ancient monument in a windswept field near the village of Nevern in South-west Wales, has been giving up its secrets to a team of archaeologists from the Welsh Rock Art Organisation (WRAO).
Understanding how early life experiences affect food choices in adulthood will be investigated as part of a major new European Commission-funded research initiative, ‘Nudge-it’, led by the University of Edinburgh and conducted by experts from 16 institutions across the world, including the University of Bristol.
University of Bristol student Jamie Sparks and his friend Luke Birch have completed their Atlantic row, claiming the title of youngest pair to row the Atlantic, as well as raising a record breaking amount for charity.
Bruce Hood, Professor of Developmental Psychology in Society, has received the British Psychological Society’s 2013 Public Engagement and Media Award.
The 20th century saw some of the bloodiest conflicts in human history, from two world wars to the bombing of Hiroshima and the Killing Fields of Cambodia. A series of compelling videos, being launched today [4 February], will commemorate these mass atrocities and explore their present day significance by rethinking the terms of violence in the 21st Century.
The University of Bristol Theatre Collection’s latest exhibition, Actors and Artifice – the first Theatre Collection exhibition to be held at the Royal West of England Academy – opens this Wednesday [5 February].
Luke Skywalker's home planet Tatooine would have formed far from its current location in the Star Wars universe, a new University of Bristol study into its real world counterparts, observed by the Kepler space telescope, suggests.
University of Bristol students will be among those from across the country attempting the Breadline Challenge this week.
Katharine Cashman, Professor of Volcanology in the School of Earth Sciences, is one of 21 new Wolfson Research Merit Award holders. The prestigious awards are conferred by the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science.
Broderick Coburn, a final-year PhD student in the Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Composites for Innovation and Science (ACCIS CDT), has been awarded the prestigious Harry Hilton Student Paper Award in Structures at the 55th American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials (SDM) Conference.
A research centre in synthetic biology will be established at the University of Bristol thanks to a £13.6million grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Rt Hon David Willetts MP announced today.
The School for Policy studies in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law has become part of the intramural group of universities designated as School Members in the renewed composition of the NIHR School for Social Care Research (SSCR).
An international research group of scientists and engineers led by the University of Bristol, UK, has made an important advance towards a quantum computer by shrinking down key components and integrating them onto a silicon microchip.
The University of Bristol Botanic Garden and Chinese Lion Dance Troupe will help members of the public to celebrate Chinese New Year this weekend [Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 February] when they take part in an action packed programme of events and activities at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery to celebrate the Year of the Horse.
A remarkable collection of historic photographs of Guangzhou (Canton), Bristol's twin city in China, goes on show this weekend as part of the Chinese New Year celebrations in Bristol.
Bristol University is awarding honorary degrees to Sir David Carter and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden at degree ceremonies taking place today in the Wills Memorial Building.
Ever wanted to visit the Amazon rainforest without leaving Bristol? The University of Bristol Botanic Garden is offering visitors the opportunity during a special winter ‘open Sunday’ this weekend [Sunday 2 February].
Members of the public have the opportunity to get on the first step to become the games designer of the future at a DigiMakers event, organised by the University's Faculty of Engineering, the BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) and At-Bristol, this Saturday, 1 February.
Bristol University is awarding honorary degrees to Professor Steve Kay and Dr Jacqueline Cornish OBE at degree ceremonies taking place today in the Wills Memorial Building.
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will be awarded a Doctor of Engineering (DEng Hon) by the University of Bristol during its January graduation ceremonies that take place this week.
The controversy over migration between EU countries will be at the heart of a lecture in Bristol next month by László Andor, EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.
Modern computer systems are becoming increasingly parallel, which can make them much more challenging to use efficiently.
Award-winning visual arts organisation, Situations, has produced a set of short videos exploring the responses of University of Bristol staff and students to the mirrored labyrinth in Royal Fort Gardens – ‘Follow Me’ by Jeppe Hein.
Bristol University is awarding honorary degrees to Jasmine Whitbread and Andrew Shore at degree ceremonies taking place today in the Wills Memorial Building.
Do we need to rethink life's cut-off point, wonders medical ethicist Dr Richard Huxtable in the latest issue of New Scientist.
The Bristol Green Capital Partnership has elected a new Chair and Vice Chair to lead the organisation into Bristol’s year as European Green Capital 2015. Philippa Bayley, Manager of the University of Bristol’s Cabot Institute, and Liz Zeidler, Director of Happy City, will share the Chair. Nina Skubala, lead Go Green Bristol Adviser at Business West, is the newly-elected Vice Chair.
New research has shown that people who are struggling to manage their finances in old age are eight times more likely to have reduced levels of mental wellbeing than their wealthy peers.
A team at the University of Bristol has won £75,000 funding to tackle lung cancer - the UK’s biggest cancer killer.
Marine ecosystems – especially in nutrient-starved areas of the ocean – are very sensitive to abrupt climate change, according to new research from the University of Bristol.
Animal welfare scientists at the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Bristol’s School of Veterinary Sciences have been investigating the potential of a novel method of assessing the welfare of dairy cows. The research could provide early indications of health and welfare problems and help in more timely and effective interventions.
Bristol has been awarded the title of European Green Capital City for 2015 – and there are opportunities for staff and students to get involved with the planning and organisation of the year's activities.
Scientists have identified a channel present in many pain detecting sensory neurons that acts as a ‘brake’, limiting spontaneous pain. It is hoped that the new research, published today [22 January] in The Journal of Neuroscience, will ultimately contribute to new pain relief treatments.
The GW4 Alliance (the universities of Bath, Bristol Cardiff and Exeter) will launch a major partnership designed to train the next generation of environmental scientists.
