12 December 2006
The work of Aimhigher West, of which the University is a key member, has been commended by HEFCE.
11 December 2006
A South West-based research team has secured funding of £1.4 million to help develop medicines specifically for use in children.
11 December 2006
A Bristol University project which aims to document all the historically significant gardens of England has received a £314,411 boost from the Leverhulme Trust.
11 December 2006
Dr Mary Morrison, who died in Cambridge on 6 November after a short illness, was for many years the mainstay of Renaissance studies in the French Department at Bristol.
11 December 2006
An e-learning application written by Simon Price from the Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT) has won the 2006 eLearning Award for excellence in the production of learning content.
11 December 2006
A series of public lectures organised by the University as part of its contribution to the Brunel 200 celebrations has been deemed ‘a resounding success’.
11 December 2006
Bristol University’s governing Council has a new Chair. He is Jim Foulds, who has been Vice-Chair since 2004 and Chair of the Personnel and Staff Development Committee since 1998. He is also one of the University’s four Pro-Chancellors and so can deputise for its Chancellor, The Right Honourable the Baroness Hale of Richmond. He succeeds Dr Moger Woolley, who has served with distinction in the role since 1997.
7 December 2006
Fifty pupils from Teyfant Community Junior School will be given the chance to try out a variety of different sports this week, when they team up with Bristol University students and staff for an all-action programme of sporting fun. The Teyfant School Sports Day takes place tomorrow, Friday, 8 December at the University’s Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health.
7 December 2006
Exploring the lesser-known roles of the neurotransmitter serotonin.
6 December 2006
New research has shown that it might be possible to use taste as an indicator as to whether someone is depressed, and as a way of determining which is the most suitable drug to treat their depression.
