International
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Schools’ surge in marketing to attract pupils fuels inequalities globally, new research reveals 16 February 2023 A pioneering study has revealed how schools worldwide are using a raft of marketing techniques to attract higher performing pupils and climb the league tables.
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Students and staff recognised at Student Social Mobility Awards tonight 13 July 2023 Students and staff have been praised for their “resilience and outstanding success” ahead of the Student Social Mobility Awards.
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Large-scale fossil study reveals origins of modern-day biodiversity gradient 15 million years ago 15 February 2023 Researchers have used nearly half a million fossils to solve a 200-year-old scientific mystery: why the number of different species is greatest near the equator and decreases steadily towards polar regions.
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Traumatic injuries and violence remain a substantial cause of childhood deaths, new report shows 13 July 2023 Traumatic injuries and violence remain a substantial cause of childhood deaths; before, during and after the pandemic, according to a new report published today [13 July] by the University of Bristol's National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) team.
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Screening has a critical effect on reducing bowel cancer incidence in England 9 August 2023 Screening has reduced the incidence of bowel cancer finds a new study jointly led by researchers from the University of Bristol and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.
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Innovative national initiative helps migrant entrepreneurs blossom in business 12 July 2023 Business is blooming for hundreds of entrepreneurs thanks to a unique project committed to boosting the prospects of migrants and refugees in the UK.
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Just add water – garden ponds and bird baths help wildlife thrive, finds study 28 June 2023 Providing water sources in residential gardens helps wildlife thrive, according to new University of Bristol-led research. The study, published in Urban Ecosystems, compared the quantity and variety of wildlife visiting urban lake water sources and residential gardens in England and found no difference in the number of small-bodied wildlife that visited.
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Study of deep-sea corals reveals ocean currents have not fuelled rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide 26 June 2023 Pioneering analysis of deep-sea corals has overturned the idea that ocean currents contributed to increasing global levels of carbon dioxide in the air over the past 11,000 years.
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Significant variations in hip fracture health costs and care between NHS hospitals and regions, study finds 10 July 2023 There are significant variations in healthcare spending and care delivery across NHS hospitals in England and Wales following hip fracture, a new study aimed at understanding how hospital care impacts patients’ outcomes and costs has revealed.
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GPs have a key role to diagnose vulval lichen sclerosus 26 June 2023 Primary care professionals should think beyond thrush and genitourinary symptoms of menopause (GSM) when women present with vulval symptoms and consider the diagnosis of vulval lichen sclerosus (VLS), research led by the University of Bristol suggests.
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