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Professor Sir Eric Thomas, former Bristol Vice-Chancellor, passes away 14 November 2023 Professor Sir Eric Thomas FMedSci, former Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Bristol, sadly passed away on Friday 10 November 2023 aged 70 following a short battle with cancer. He was Bristol's 12th Vice-Chancellor, and led the University for 14 years between 2001 and 2015 during a period of significant change in higher education.

Pioneering research forecasts climate change set to send costs of flooding soaring 31 January 2022 Climate change could result in the financial toll of flooding rising by more than a quarter in the United States by 2050 鈥� and disadvantaged communities will bear the biggest brunt, according to new research.

People鈥檚 long-term pain after knee surgery is reduced, new treatment has shown 27 January 2022 With one in five people experiencing ongoing pain long after knee replacement surgery, new research, led by the University of Bristol and North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and published in The Lancet Rheumatology today [27 January], has shown a way to help reduce people鈥檚 continuing pain that could also save the NHS time and money too.

Bristol announces 拢16.8m investment in 400 new PhD scholarships 27 January 2022 The University of Bristol has announced it will create 400 new postgraduate scholarships.

University appoints new Pro Vice-Chancellor for Global Engagement 17 March 2022 The University of Bristol is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Agnes Nairn to the post of Pro Vice-Chancellor for Global Engagement.

Bristol team chase down advantage in quantum race 26 January 2022 Quantum researchers at the University of Bristol have dramatically reduced the time to simulate an optical quantum computer, with a speedup of around one billion over previous approaches.

Drugs already licensed could be trialled to potentially treat secondary brain cancer, new research finds 29 November 2023 The largest review of papers for brain cancer that has spread from the lungs has found abnormalities in the brain cancer and for which licensed drugs could be clinically trialled to find out if they could treat the disease. The research led by the University of Bristol and published in Neuro-Oncology Advances also found genetic differences between smokers and non-smokers.

New report scrutinises Bristol referendum options that will decide how council is run 7 March 2022 A report published today explores the pros and cons of the Bristol City Council leadership options ahead of the referendum in May, which will determine whether Bristol continues to have an elected mayor.

Scientists identify the most extreme heatwaves ever recorded globally 4 May 2022 A new study has revealed the most intense heatwaves ever across the world 鈥� and remarkably some of these went almost unnoticed decades ago.

Bristol set to supercharge growth of next generation zero carbon emission technology 27 April 2022 Power transformers currently the size of shipping containers delivering energy to homes and businesses across the UK could be shrunk to the size of a suitcase, thanks to a pioneering process which deploys a new supercharged material with unprecedented levels of efficiency.

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