21 December 2007
Martin Birchall, Visiting Professor in Clinical Science at South Bristol, is to take up the newly established John Farndon Chair of Surgery.
20 December 2007
Carsten Reinhard, a first-year undergraduate in the School of Biological Sciences, has been awarded First Prize in the Federal German Environmental Competition.
19 December 2007
Intute, an online information service co-developed by the University’s Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT), is the winner of the Jason Farradane Award 2007.
19 December 2007
The University Athletic Union is again offering staff and students taster sessions in a range of sports in January.
19 December 2007
Wide-ranging problems relating to social housing nominations and the knock-on effects on re-housing vulnerable households, including the homeless, are revealed in new research by the University of Bristol.
18 December 2007
Professor Marianne Hester from the Centre for Family Policy and Child Welfare has been appointed a Specialist Advisor to the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee inquiry into 'domestic violence'.
18 December 2007
At Christmas it can be hard to stay healthy: the average Christmas dinner contains over 1,400 calories. Bristol University experts offer a few ideas for staying healthy and still having a good time.
17 December 2007
The biggest ever study on the effect of folate and vitamin B12 on prostate cancer is set to go ahead at Bristol University after World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) announced it would fund the project.
14 December 2007
All members of staff are invited to the 2008 exhibition and prize-giving ceremony for excellence and innovation in learning and teaching at the University of Bristol.
14 December 2007
Research revealing the first fossil evidence that modern humans left Africa between 65,000 and 25,000 years has been named at No 8 in Time Magazine’s Top 10 Scientific Discoveries of 2007. The work was carried out by an international team of scientists, including Dr Alistair Pike of Bristol University.
