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Research to help tackle knife crime in Bristol makes headway
22 July 2024
Researchers at the University of Bristol are joining forces with Bristol City Council and other partners in a bid to help reduce knife crime locally and beyond.
- Research to help tackle knife crime in Bristol makes headway 22 July 2024 Researchers at the University of Bristol are joining forces with Bristol City Council and other partners in a bid to help reduce knife crime locally and beyond.
- Ultra-processed food makes up almost two-thirds of calorie intake of UK adolescents 17 July 2024 Adolescents consume around two-thirds of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods (UPFs) new research from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge has found.
- Comparing COVID-19 experiences in prisons to inform future pandemic preparedness 11 July 2024 SPS lecturer, Dr Nasrul Ismail, awarded a new British Academy Grant to lead an international research team comparing COVID-19 experiences in Southeast Asian prisons to enhance future pandemic preparedness.
- New citation metrics for Policy & Politics 21 June 2024 We’re delighted to announce that Policy & Politics (P&P) has achieved an impressive result in the 2024 Journal Citation Reports with a 2-year Impact Factor of 4.3.
- New PhD to investigate mental health benefits of surfing 17 June 2024 A new University of Bristol PhD will study the relationship between surfing and mental wellbeing, after a new report found the sport boosts physical and mental health.
- SPS academics nominated for Inspiring and Innovative teaching 6 June 2024 Julian Molina and Francisco Palma Carvajal were both nominated for the Inspiring and Innovative Teaching Award for the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law. Julian won the award at yesterday's BILT Teaching Awards Celebration Event.
- Celebrating 20 years of our Masters in Public Policy (MPP) 3 June 2024 We were delighted to be able to mark 20 years of our Masters in Public Policy programme with a celebration event last week (May 30th).
- New Report - Homes for all. Convening a coalition for change. 23 April 2024 SPS Professor Alex Marsh among collaborators delivering new report offering a distinctive intervention in the housing policy debate
- Bristol expert backs bold national bid to save a million children in the UK from poverty 16 April 2024 An ambitious campaign to lift one million children from relative poverty in the UK was launched today – and leading child poverty researcher Professor David Gordon is among the top experts showing his support.
- Report warns that 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.