International
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Bristol partners with leading Australian university to offer first dual doctoral award
19 September 2017
In a first for the University of Bristol, Vice-Chancellor Professor Hugh Brady today signed an agreement with Australia’s Macquarie University to offer a programme of Dual Doctoral Awards, providing cross-global training opportunities for post-graduate researchers.
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Major advance in race for SARS-CoV-2 inhibitor drugs
20 September 2021
A new advance towards the development of drugs specifically designed to inhibit a key SARS-CoV-2 enzyme is reported in the Royal Society of Chemistry's leading journal, Chemical Science. The international team, led by scientists from the Universities of Oxford and Bristol, has designed new peptide molecules and shown that they block (inhibit) the virus’s main protease [Mpro] - a prominent SARS-CoV-2 drug target.
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University spin-outs announced as winners of major venture capital initiative
16 October 2017
Two University of Bristol spin-out companies, Zeetta Networks and KETS Quantum Security, have been announced as winners of a major venture capital initiative led by BT, the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) and Facebook, which will provide them with access to investors with funds totalling £125 million.
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Pharmacies could play a crucial role in supporting victims of domestic and sexual abuse
23 November 2021
Pharmacies could play a crucial role in identifying and referring victims of domestic and sexual violence and abuse to specialist services but need ongoing training, support and adequate funding to do so, according to researchers from the University of Bristol's Centre for Academic Primary Care and National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West).
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New report highlights need to improve data on dead and missing migrants to better inform policy and public awareness
11 September 2017
A new report released today (Monday, 11 September) and co-edited by Bristol academic Ann Singleton has highlighted the global scale of deaths and disappearances of people lost during migration.
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Bristol’s Engineering, Education and Medicine courses among best in the country, Sunday Times and Guardian find
17 September 2021
The University of Bristol is among the best places in the country to study Engineering, Education and Medicine.
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Pioneering research reveals powerful lure of gambling adverts on social media to children
26 October 2021
A new report has exposed how children and young people are vulnerable to the growing popularity of gambling adverts on social media, prompting calls from leading experts for much tighter regulations.
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Rainfall trends in arid regions buck commonly held climate change theories
12 October 2017
The recent intense hurricanes in the Atlantic have sharply focused attention on how climate change can exacerbate extreme weather events. Scientific research suggests that global warming causes heavier rainfall because a hotter atmosphere can hold more moisture and warmer oceans evaporate faster feeding the atmosphere with more moisture.
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Research reveals drug targets for memory enhancement
16 September 2021
Bristol-led research has identified specific drug targets within the neural circuits that encode memories, paving the way for significant advances in the treatment of a broad spectrum of brain disorders.
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Bristol Composite Institute welcomes new co-directors
16 September 2021
Bristol Composites Institute at the University of Bristol has appointed two new co-directors, Professor Ole Thomsen and Professor Stephen Hallett, to succeed founding director, Professor Michael Wisnom.
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