International
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Think Big: University doubles funding for international scholarships to £1million
15 January 2019
As the Think Big initiative runs into its second year the University of Bristol has increased its investment, expanding opportunities for international scholarships.
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New multi-million-pound centre to protect citizens online
14 October 2020
The University of Bristol will lead a team of the UK’s world-leading cyber security experts in the creation of a new, £8.6 million centre to protect citizens online.
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Transport Minister and Business Secretary launch VENTURER driverless car trial
11 February 2015
Transport Minister, Claire Perry and Business Secretary, Vince Cable will launch the VENTURER consortium’s driverless car trial today [Wednesday 11 February], giving the project the green light to test autonomous vehicles in the real world. The consortium includes the University of Bristol.
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UK Government announces £138 million funding for world-class infrastructure research
9 December 2015
Inadequate infrastructure costs the nation £2 million a day, and extreme events can cost hundreds of millions more. The University of Bristol is one of 14 university partners in the UK Collaboratorium for Research in Infrastructure and Cities (UKCRIC), which has secured £138 million of funding, to be match funded from other sources, as part of the UK Government’s spending review to develop a world-class, UK-based national infrastructure research community.
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#8Investments to enable everyone, everywhere, to be physically active
10 November 2020
Researchers from the University of Bristol and NIHR ARC West have contributed to the International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH) ‘Eight Investments That Work for Physical Activity‘, released today [10 November].
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Deaf moth evolves sound-production as a warning to outwit its predator
5 February 2019
A genus of deaf moth has evolved to develop an extraordinary sound-producing structure in its wings to evade its primary predator the bat. The finding, made by researchers from the University of Bristol and Natural History Museum, is described in Scientific Reports today [Tuesday 5 February].
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Cities could play a key role in pollinator conservation
14 January 2019
Given the pressures that pollinators face in agricultural land, cities could play an important role in conserving pollinators, according to a new study. The research, carried out by scientists at the Universities of Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds and Reading in collaboration with Cardiff University and the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), has revealed that gardens and allotments are good for pollinators, and lavender and borage are important garden plants that pollinators use as food sources.
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Cameras that can learn
13 October 2020
Intelligent cameras could be one step closer thanks to a research collaboration between the Universities of Bristol and Manchester who have developed cameras that can learn and understand what they are seeing.
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Costs of informal end of life care are larger than formal care services
10 November 2020
An international study into the costs and outcomes of informal end of life care has found that in the UK, Ireland and the US, care provided by informal carers, meaning family and friends, accounted for more than half of total care costs in the last three months of life.
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Researchers launch first study into COVID bereavement among BAME people
12 October 2020
A pioneering study into people's experience of bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic has been launched by researchers from the universities of Cardiff and Bristol. The study is calling for participants, particularly those from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds following the disproportionate effect COVID-19 has had on ethnic minority groups.
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