The Latest Breaking News from the University of Bristol

Graduation joy for student who went to 11 schools

From the age of five Chloe Fussell helped care for her disabled siblings and terminally ill mother.

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2023

Organisation sewing reusable sanitary pads for refugees gets charity status

Ella Lambert, 23, began sewing reusable period pads for refugees in her kitchen during the Covid lockdown.

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2023

Parents urged to talk about water safety after rise in child drownings in England

Researchers reported ‘alarming increase’ in drownings among low-income and ethnically diverse children

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2023

Researchers discover critical factors that determine survival of airborne viruses

Researchers at the University of Bristol have made significant discoveries about the reasons why airborne viruses lose their infectivity. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jun 21, 2023

Student suicides: The parents united by grief taking the fight to universities

Parents whose children took their own lives are calling for a statutory duty of care for students in higher education to save others from the same fate, Tara Cobham writes

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2023

University of Bristol strikes: UNISON confirms more walk-outs as pay dispute continues

The university says it respects their decision but "these are not issues that Bristol can solve on its own"

Bristol Post · Jun 15, 2023

Scientists think they've FINALLY cracked what came first - the chicken or the egg

The most baffling of evolutionary conundrums has, it appears, been solved by researchers led by a team at University of Bristol, which studied fossil species and living species

Daily Mirror · Jun 14, 2023

Experts solve the chicken/egg conundrum

Scientists believe they may have finally found the answer to the question: which came first, the chicken or the egg? The chicken’s earliest reptilian ancestors, “dating back millions of years before even the dinosaurs evolved, may not have laid eggs”, said The Times. Researchers from the University of Bristol in the…

The Week · Jun 13, 2023

Hip surgery policies based on weight ‘worsen health inequality’, study warns

A study by the University of Bristol said the rules were restrictive.

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2023

Student runs 2,000 miles along the Portway during studies

He said he recognised 'every pebble' after signing off from his studies with a 100km ultramarathon

Bristol Post · Jun 12, 2023