27 September 2013
Diaries, letters and newspapers of the day tell of the watershed month when Britain went to war with Germany. In Bristol, for example, when crowds lined the streets to cheer the Territorials leaving their base on Whiteladies Road, a horse and cart lost control on Park Street and crushed a woman to death.
12 September 2013
Liam Barnett (MEng 2010) was given the gift of life when he received a new liver in summer 2011 and has since won seven Gold medals in seven record times at the World Transplant Games this summer.
30 August 2013
Our passions make us who we are. They dictate everything we do from what we study to how we spend our time. They also dictate how we choose to help others. For Sheila Anderson (LLB 1956) – whose kind legacy donation to Bristol equals more than £1.5 million – law, learning and opportunity were top of her list.
7 August 2013
Paul is an ordinary lad who on waking up on an ordinary day, just cannot talk normally, mouthing occasional words but mostly struck dumb. A diagnosis from a top consultant informs him that his complaint is simply an inability to say out loud any word containing that most common sign in our ABC (it's found twixt "d" and "f").
7 August 2013
A most unusual novel in French, set in Paris in the near future: a world that is all upside down. The European Union has long since fallen apart and France is now a prosperous kingdom at war with Islamic neighbours. Virgin Mary has replaced Marianne in its town halls and people greet each other in Latin. In this world of intrigues, a young journalist recovers his memory after an accident but loses his faith. Yet amusing events and curious characters add a dose of spice to it all.
1 August 2013
In the Convocation elections 2013, over 626 alumni voted for alumni they wanted to represent them. Each year, members of Convocation are elected to various voluntary roles within the University’s governance structure to represent the views of alumni and to help develop the alumni community. All alumni are members of Convocation and eligible to participate, including academic staff and graduands (final year students, both undergraduate and postgraduate, who successfully obtain their degree in July).
24 July 2013
Come to Bristol this summer for a plethora of family activities: see the sky glow, the streets overrun with animated dogs, primal-screams bust out of Ashton Court, and feet march along an ancient, biological pilgrimage. And don’t forget to take advantage of the 10 per cent alumni discount on the cost of a self-catering flat in the University.
12 July 2013
It’s an honour, for Roger Holmes (BSc 1981) and other alumni
6 June 2013
The 'long' fourteenth century perhaps can be seen as Thessalonica's heyday. Alongside its growing commercial prowess, the city was developing into an important centre of government, where members of the Byzantine imperial family of the Palaiologoi ruled independently under full imperial titles, striking coinage and following an increasingly autonomous external policy.
4 June 2013
The ongoing movement toward globalization challenges us to reconsider issues of individual identity. Are we evolving into citizens of the world? How crucial is nationality? And for men, what does it now mean to be male?