Grants and awards
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New research into why obesity can lead to osteoarthritis
6 July 2011
Scientists at the University of Bristol鈥檚 Musculoskeletal Research Unit are investigating why people with very dense bones are more likely to develop the painful condition of osteoarthritis.
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New 鈧�675,000 study will examine online abuse in teenage relationships
7 January 2013
The role of online technology in instigating and maintaining control and violence in young people鈥檚 intimate relationships will be examined in a new study led by researchers at the University of Bristol.
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Engineering student reaches ICE competition final
15 June 2011
James Cox, a PhD student in the Department of Civil Engineering, has reached the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) 2011 Graduate and Student Paper Competition (GSPC) final.
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Bristol-Open University collaboration wins Peter Townsend memorial book prize
23 August 2011
A book co-authored by Randall Smith, Professor of Social Gerontology in the School for Policy Studies, and colleagues Julia Johnson and Sheena Rolph from The Open University, has won the inaugural Peter Townsend Policy Press Prize.
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Wheat genome project gains funding boost from CIRC
15 June 2011
Research into the wheat genome by scientists at the University of Bristol is one of six projects to be awarded funding by the 拢7million Crop Improvement Research Club (CIRC), the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) announced today at Cereals 2011, the leading technical event for the arable industry.
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Professor of Geography awarded OBE in Queen's honours list
13 June 2011
Professor Ron Johnston, FBA from the University of Bristol's School of Geographical Sciences has been awarded an OBE in the Queen鈥檚 Birthday Honours for his services to scholarship.
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Professor awarded French accolade
13 June 2011
Professor Susan Harrow of the University鈥檚 Department of French has been awarded a prestigious accolade for her services to French culture. Professor Harrow has been awarded the grade of 鈥極fficier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Acad茅miques', an Order, founded by Napoleon in 1808, to reward those who have made a major contribution to French education and culture.
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University awarded Ofsted top grade
23 May 2011
The University of Bristol鈥檚 Graduate School of Education (GSOE) has been awarded 鈥極utstanding Provider Status鈥� following an Ofsted Secondary Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Inspection.
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Young researcher wins Women in Science award
1 July 2011
Dr Heather Whitney, European Research Council Research Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences, is one of four winners in this year鈥檚 L鈥橭r茅al-UNESCO UK and Ireland Fellowships For Women in Science.
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Bristol scientists to solve the 鈥渕ystery鈥� of Antarctic mass loss
5 October 2011
An international team of scientists at the University of Bristol and Newcastle has been awarded 拢760,000 by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to investigate the changing mass of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
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