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Pupils in Tanzania receive boost to learning thanks to anonymous donor

6 March 2013

An anonymous donor has awarded the University of Bristol £242,000 for a new project to help improve learning for pupils in disadvantaged rural secondary schools in Tanzania, Africa.

Alumni donations help fast track research into dementia

23 March 2012

Over 750,000 people in the UK suffer from some form of dementia, and more than half of them have Alzheimer's disease. The generous support of Bristol alumni is helping to drive forward dementia research, not just at Bristol but across the UK.

Alumni and friends kick off the Festival of School Sport

29 February 2012

As the UK counts down to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London, here at the University of Bristol we’re preparing by counting down to the 2012 Bristol Festival of School Sport. The Festival would not be possible without generous donations from alumni and friends, and support from volunteers.

Alumni and friends invest in Bristol beyond their lifetimes

10 November 2011

In 2010/11 the University received an incredible £1,909,663 through gifts in Wills.

Driving forward wind-powered technology

8 September 2011

Donations from a Bristol alumnus, Geoffrey Lemon (BSc 1960), and from The Bristol Port Company, have helped a team from the University of Bristol’s Faculty of Engineering enter the ‘Racing Aeolus’ international wind-powered vehicle competition.

New Hodgkin Scholar announced

27 July 2011

Thanks to philanthropic support, we’re able to offer a Hodgkin Scholarship again in 2011/12. This year it will be awarded to a development worker from the new Republic of South Sudan.

£150,000 award to support human rights implementation

27 July 2011

A generous gift of £150,000 from the Oak Foundation will enable Bristol’s Human Rights Implementation Centre to continue its collaboration with the UN and international NGOs to protect those most oppressed in the world.

$1.1 million donation for pioneering stem cell MS trial

3 June 2011

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research is to benefit from a $1.1 million donation to further a pioneering bone marrow stem cell trial, which has been shown to have possible benefits for the treatment of the disease.

£120,000 raised for the Cabot Project

3 June 2011

The Cabot Project, run by Dr Evan Jones of the Department of History, has been awarded £90,000 funding from Gretchen Bauta, a private Canadian benefactor with a particular interest in Canada's early history.

Preventing brain damage in babies

22 February 2011

A donation from The Moulton Charitable Foundation has enabled Bristol researchers to take their ground-breaking work on preventing brain injury in babies to the next stage.