University of Bristol

Providing free school meals to all secondary pupils is feasible and acceptable, and brings many potential benefits, finds a new University of Bristol-led study of a pilot scheme in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, published…

Many of the subjects taught and researched at the University of Bristol are world-leading, finds a global rankings released today.Forty subjects offered at the University have placed in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023,…

Depression in Alzheimer's has different risk factors than depression in older adults without the disease, finds a major new study in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. The University of Bristol-led research looked at over 2,000 people…

A new festival that aims to open up conversations around death and bereavement will take place in May. Good Grief Weston will offer 30 workshops and events over eight days (Monday 1 to Monday 8 May) across more than 20 venues.'Good Grief…

Two academics from the University of Bristol are among the 22 researchers to receive Discovery Fellowships from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).Dr Sofia Oliveira, a Senior Research Associate in the…

A new discovery by scientists at the University of Bristol changes ideas about the origin of branching in plants.By studying the mechanisms responsible for branching, the team have determined what the first land plants are likely to have…

Countries must intensify efforts to track HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence among people who inject drugs, and to prioritise this group in prevention and elimination work, according to new University of Bristol-led research,…

Today marks the one year anniversary of the UK-Ukraine Twinning Initiative which united the University of Bristol and the National Aerospace University: Kharkiv Aviation Institute in Ukraine as well as hundreds of other universities as…

A team of researchers will voyage more than a mile beneath the Pacific Ocean in submersible The Alvin, famous for diving to the wreck of RMS Titanic in 1986.The exercise is part of a four-week expedition of the Galapagos islands to…

A University of Bristol graduate who founded a start-up because he was sick of his job says it is now turning over half a million pounds a year.Euan Davies started Sliderfy, which makes custom slider sandals, in a “dingy Bristol flat” in…