8 April 2008, 6.30 pm
The Vice-Chancellor paid a visit to New York on Tuesday 8 April and Washington DC on Thursday 10 April. Drinks receptions were held at both locations.
26 June 2008, 6 pm
The Leader of the Chagos Refugee Group, Olivier Bancoult, presented a lecture entitled 'Forty Years in Exile: Return to the Promised Land'. The lecture was followed by a reception in the Senior Common Room.
4 July 2008, 4 pm
All alumni were invited to return to Bristol for the annual Convocation Reunion Weekend.
5 July 2008, 7.45 pm
Richard Cross (BA 1991), Richard Hudson (BDS 1992) and Saul Myerson (MB ChB 1993) organised a big reunion of those who were in Wills Hall twenty years ago in 1988 at the Wills Hall Dinner.
6 August 2008, 6 pm
The University of Bristol Foundation, USA Inc. held a 6th Annual Bon Voyage Party for US Offer Holders and Alumni.
17 August 2008, 2 pm
A visit to Aveline's Hole, the oldest Mesolithic cemetery in Europe.
12 September 2008, 6 pm
A weekend reunion was arranged at the delightful Brown's Bay Inn on Wolfe Island, in Lake Ontario just off Kingston.
20 September 2008, 6.30 pm
Following the success of previous joint ventures, John Weaver (BSc 1953) from the Western Canada Alumni group, and John Binsted (BA 1954) and Jane Camblin (BA 1973) from the Western US group, decided to hold a reunion weekend on Saturday 20 September 2008 in Vancouver BC.
22 September 2008, 7.30 pm
Alumni attened an event in Birmingham to hear Nick Paul (BSc 1966) talk about his life since Bristol days, as well as his current experiences as Chairman of Advantage West Midlands. Nick's talk was followed by a drinks reception, providing the opportunity for local graduates to meet each other. This event took place at Austin Court in Birmingham.
16 October 2008, 6 pm
Niall McCann gave a talk about what it takes to row across the Atlantic Ocean as part of a two-man team. All alumni, staff, students and friends of the University came along to this free lecture.