Grants and awards
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Student-led hub for nutrition in medical education wins BBC Food and Farming Award
16 July 2019
A student-led organisation that aims to promote the need for greater nutrition and lifestyle medicine training within medical education has won a prestigious award at this year's BBC Food and Farming Awards. Bristol Medical School students, Iain Broadley and Ally Jaffee, co-founders of Nutritank won the Pat Llewellyn New Talent Award.
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Vet nurse teacher named as ‘inspiring leader’ by Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
12 July 2019
A teaching fellow at the University of Bristol Vet School has been named as one of 12 inspiring veterinary leaders by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) – the UK’s regulatory body for veterinary surgeons.
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National teaching awards for Bristol staff
11 June 2015
Dr Jane Pritchard and Dr Trevor Thompson have been awarded National Teaching Fellowships by the Higher Education Academy (HEA).
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Professor of Modern Italian History awarded Serena Medal from The British Academy
30 August 2019
Bristol’s Professor of Modern Italian History, John Foot, has been awarded the prestigious Serena Medal from The British Academy for his wide-ranging series of books on Italian history and culture.
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Bristol jumps up four places in Good University Guide 2020
20 September 2019
The University of Bristol has jumped up four places to 15th out of 134 UK universities in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020 [published Sunday 22 September].
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Bristol scientist receives Wolfson Research Merit Award
25 August 2015
Professor Daniela Schmidt from the School of Earth Sciences is the recipient of a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award for a project on the future of shelf-sea ecosystems.
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Pages of 17th century Shakespeare folios gifted to University
12 July 2019
The University of Bristol has received a significant gift of four original double-sided leaves from each of the four folio editions of the plays of William Shakespeare, featuring sections of Henry V, Othello and Antony and Cleopatra.
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Veterinary surgeons awarded ‘impact award’ for changing antimicrobial use in veterinary practice
20 September 2019
Veterinary researchers from the universities of Bristol and Surrey have been awarded a prestigious award by the Veterinary Record, the official journal of the British Veterinary Association (BVA), for their contribution to changing antimicrobial use in veterinary practice.
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Bristol’s University Enterprise Zone gets £1.5m boost for biotech
20 September 2019
Research England has awarded £1.5m to the University of Bristol towards developing a new state-of-the-art life sciences incubator with Unit DX, as part of its University Enterprise Zone [UEZ] programme.
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Bristol awarded £8.4 million to strengthen quantum research programmes
11 July 2019
The University of Bristol has been awarded an £8.4 million share of £94 million funding announced yesterday by the Science Minister, Chris Skidmore, for the UK’s Quantum Technologies Research Hubs.
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