Grants and awards
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Capital Projects Office wins Client of the Year
24 July 2012
The University’s Capital Projects Office has won the Client of the Year Award in the Constructing Excellence South West and the Chartered Institute of Building South West Built Environment Awards 2012.
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Psychologist emerges victorious in Olympic-themed competition
24 July 2012
Bristol University psychologist Dr Pete Etchells has won the science world’s equivalent of X Factor by answering over 450 questions from school children across the country to win their vote.
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Vet School group receive award for significant advances in humane slaughter
24 July 2012
The Stunning and Slaughter Group at the University of Bristol’s School of Veterinary Sciences is the winner of the 2012 ‘HSA John Ace-Hopkins Award for Significant Advances in Humane Slaughter’.
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£320k funding boost for dementia research
24 October 2012
Dementia research in Bristol has received a major boost thanks to a grant of £320k. The funding will enable researchers at the University of Bristol to carry out detailed experimental investigations of how electrical signals in brain circuits are disturbed by tauopathy — an important pathological hallmark seen in the brains of sufferers of Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementias.
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The future of science education
25 January 2011
The University of Bristol has been awarded a grant to participate in HP’s Catalyst Initiative, a global social innovation program designed to develop more effective approaches to science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) education worldwide.
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Does class spell success at university?
25 January 2011
How do students from different backgrounds fare at different universities in the same city? How are their needs met and what ‘added value’ do universities provide? These are some of the key questions being asked in a unique study by the University in partnership with the University of the West of England.
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Students win award for volunteering efforts
18 January 2011
Students from the University of Bristol have won a ‘vinspire’ award for their volunteering efforts in running a lunch club for the city’s senior residents.
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Counting the cost of the digital revolution
17 February 2011
We are all familiar with digital media, from online news and 3G phones to apps and iPads, but what are the implications of the shift from print to online on energy use and greenhouse gas emissions? Researchers from the University are teaming up with the Guardian to address these issues.
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Creating the next generation of leaders for the communications industry
30 March 2011
A new research centre in communications, the first of its kind in the UK, will be officially launched at the University of Bristol today[Wednesday 30 March]. The new Centre will provide major benefits to the country’s economy and will be key in educating the scientists and engineers needed for Britain’s future.
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Department of Russian awarded £800,000 for major new study
16 February 2011
Professor Derek Offord from the Department of Russian has been awarded £800,000 from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to conduct the first large-scale history of the French language in Russia.
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