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Children's genes uncover potential school league table bias 10 September 2018 A new examination of the role of children's genomes in their education progress reveals their impact on both school league tables and how teacher performance is assessed.

Poor labour market performance amongst Muslims in Britain is not due to cultural habits, study finds 19 July 2022 New research has discovered that Muslims鈥� so-called 'sociocultural attitudes' cannot explain their poor labour market outcomes in the British labour market.

China鈥檚鈥渓ivestock revolution鈥� demands 鈥渘ew transition鈥� 24 July 2018 Demand for animal protein and increasing wealth fuelled a tripling in the domestic production of livestock in China between 1980 and 2010, and the rise, despite some improvements in efficiencies at the farm level, had significant impacts on environmental sustainability, nationally and globally.

Research College showcases work of South West doctoral students 5 December 2014 The ESRC-funded South West Doctoral Training Centre (SWDTC) held its 2014 Research College at the SS Great Britain on 27 November.

West Country family gives 拢7.7m to create physics PhDs in perpetuity 26 May 2022 A West Country family will fund a new generation of gifted physicists, after leaving the University of Bristol nearly 拢8million in their wills.

Predicting the outcome of the arms race between man and bacteria 7 June 2018 Through computer simulations, scientists can predict if bacteria can be stopped with popular antibacterial therapies or not 鈥� a breakthrough which will help select and develop effective treatments for bacterial infections.

Hospital database of serious injuries can be used to identify domestic violence and abuse, finds study 26 May 2022 Domestic violence and abuse (DVA) could be identified in the future using an already established national database of serious injuries, according to new University of Bristol-led research. The pilot study, published in Injury Prevention [26 May], developed a method to identify DVA victim-survivors from hospital records.

Researchers to use algae to clean up mine water 5 December 2014 A ground breaking research project by the GW4 Alliance aims to clean up water from a Cornish tin mine, using algae to harvest the precious heavy metals and produce biofuel at the same time.

Symposium brings together leading scholars in hip hop studies 24 July 2018 Some of the biggest names in hip hop are coming to Bristol later this week for the annual Rope a Dope Hip Hop Weekender which takes place at The Rope Walk, Nelson Parade, Bedminster.

Ants show left bias when exploring new spaces 24 December 2014 Unlike Derek Zoolander, ants don鈥檛 have any difficulty turning left. New research from the University of Bristol, published today in Biology Letters, has found that the majority of rock ants instinctively go left when entering unknown spaces.