26 September 2013
Charities are constantly searching for innovative, low cost ways to maximise their fundraising revenues. Insights from behavioural economics may offer some solutions. Small, seemingly trivial changes such as including a picture of a colleague on marketing material, asking donors to opt-out rather than opt-in to annual donation increases and giving sweets to potential donors have all proved to be successful methods to encourage workplace giving and to increase donor sign up.
25 September 2013
Divyesh Menon, a recent graduate of the University of Bristol Law School, has won the Law category of the Undergraduate Awards .
24 September 2013
A new book on the challenges of religious diversity, edited by academics at Bristol, is being published thanks to a bequest by an alumnus and friend of the University.
20 September 2013
A University of Bristol law professor has been awarded a prestigious accolade for demonstrating excellence in her contributions to social sciences research.
4 September 2013
Violent crime in England is having a direct impact on the amount people are walking. These are the findings of a new study, led jointly by researchers at the Universities of Bristol, Imperial College Business School and Monash, that examined the effects of violent crime on the physical activities of nearly a million adults.
23 August 2013
A new study that aims to explore public trust in A-Levels is seeking people to share their views. Results from the research, led by the University of Bristol, will be fed back to the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation and English exam boards.
22 August 2013
Children who display hyperactivity, inattention and conduct problems at the age of three are at risk of worse academic outcomes at age 16, according to new research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.
5 August 2013
Are Muslims effective participants in governance or are they victims of policies over which they have little say? This is just one of the debates, featuring contributions from academics, think-tanks, policy-makers and the voluntary and community sectors, taking place on an innovative new on-line faith and public policy forum hosted by the University of Bristol.
1 August 2013
England is building up a large future health problem in the amount of individuals who are physically inactive according to new research published today [01 Aug]. The study, which examined data on over one million adults in England, reveals nearly 80 per cent of people do not hit national physical activity government targets and finds disparities between inactivity and socioeconomic status.
16 July 2013
For the second year, a delegation from the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS ) was selected to take part in the Model NATO Youth Summit, which this year took place in Brussels from 8 to 13 July 2013.
