University of Bristol

The NCMD thematic report Sudden and unexpected deaths in infancy and childhood, published last week , uses unique and comprehensive data on child deaths in England to examine how neonatal health affects child mortality. It looks at deaths…

It rose four places to 16th in People & Planet’s University League 2022/23, which ranked 153 universities based on their “environmental and ethical performance”.People & Planet, a student campaign group, gave Bristol a 1st class…

The project, Realising Enabling Architectures and Solutions for Open Networks (REASON) brings together an ecosystem representing the entire telecommunication R&D supply chain, including three major mobile network equipment vendors,…

The research team carried out a comprehensive synthesis of existing evidence to explain the under-use of primary care mental health services by people in ethnic minority groups and their over-use of crisis care pathways and involuntary…

In addition, nearly 11 million agree to some extent that they feel like they have no control over their financial situation. More than 4 million strongly agreed that they have no control.The Financial Fairness Tracker, commissioned by the…

Student Minds, which runs the Award, said “in the last 2-3 years, Bristol University has taken a strong, structured, whole-university approach towards improving mental health and wellbeing across the whole community”.Student Minds…

The Tommy's App, which is in development at the Tommy’s National Centre for Maternity Improvement, has been awarded £1.8 million through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).The tool will enable midwives and doctors…

The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite took off from Vandenberg in California on 16 December.SWOT will use a revolutionary radar instrument, named KaRIn, to survey at least 90% of the Earth’s surface,…

By looking at the tooth shapes of the earliest dinosaurs and simulating their tooth function with computational modelling, experts were able to compare them to living reptiles and their diets. Their findings, published today in Science…

Hamza Dar – known as Humz – was on a “downward spiral of anxiety and drugs”, made worse by undiagnosed ADHD.In his first year at the University of Bristol he did not submit any work and had a 0% attendance rate. But he sought help through…