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Contributing to the welfare of laying hens
13 September 2012
Research into the welfare of laying hens, undertaken by Professor Christine Nicol, contributed significantly to the UK Government's decision to sign up to the battery cage ban in January 2012.
Cot deaths: How a Bristol research pioneer has saved more than 100,000 young lives worldwide
18 July 2012
Cot deaths in the UK have fallen by 80 per cent over the last 20 years following groundbreaking research by Peter Fleming, Professor of Infant Health and Developmental Physiology and Dr Pete Blair, Senior Research Fellow and their team
The lessons of multilevel modelling
8 May 2012
Multilevel statistical models developed by Professor Harvey Goldstein and Dr George Leckie show school league tables to be unreliable guides to school choice.
Making sense of those vital statistics
18 April 2012
Behind every quantitative research project, there’s a statistician waiting to make sense of the data, and more than 18,000 users worldwide are working with software developed at Bristol’s Centre for Multilevel Modelling to do it.
Changing heads in Ghana: From bureaucrats to inspiring educational leaders
13 March 2012
Ghana’s government is investing in new leadership training across the country’s primary schools thanks to the combined energies of 20 inspiring Ghanaian headteachers and the expertise of a Bristol-led research programme known as EdQual.
Providing primary care in a community setting
13 February 2012
Dr Louise Nash is heading up an exciting new initiative to take primary dental care services to the residents of south Bristol.
Tackling teen relationship violence on TV
12 February 2012
“Do you make your girlfriend weak at the knees ...because she’s scared you’ll hit her?” This was one of several tough questions directed at teenagers in two recent government-funded media campaigns incorporating TV, cinema, outdoor and online adverts. The powerful campaigns reached nearly 3 million 13 to 18 year old TV viewers1, challenging their attitudes and helping them to recognise abuse in their relationships.