UWE Bristol is the first university in the UK to make climate change education free and compulsory for all students.

Students win fight for climate change course at university

Dr Nick Axten said he needed ‘a long hard think’ over the intervening decades.

Man finally gets his PhD - 50 years after he started it

The decision was made in response to Bristol's rising coronavirus cases and the increasing pressure on the NHS.

Bristol University makes masks compulsory for staff and students indoors

A life-sized bronze statue to Henrietta Lacks, whose cells are used to this day for medical breakthroughs, has been unveiled at the University of Bristol. 

Statue of black 'mother' of modern medicine unveiled in Bristol 

Meg Abraham says living in a hotel room instead of her university accommodation is 'really disappointing and confusing'

Around 300 Bristol University students are still waiting to find out when they can move into their new accommodation, which is yet to be finished.

The students living in hotels as building delays hit Bristol Uni halls

University bosses are said to be worried about the challenging times ahead if international students can't travel.  

Bristol and Exeter universities chartering flights to bring in Chinese students

Dr Amber Young was just two weeks into her Fellowship when she was given the devastating diagnosis that she had secondary cancer in her liver and bones. 

Bristol woman completes PHD while being treated for cancer

Why the science of happiness is proving so popular

What is the secret formula of the Science of Happiness?

The Bristol University course teaching people how to be happy

Charlotte Nichols will begin her adventure with her partner on 23 July and they will take on 96 sports in 17 days.

Bristol student to take part in every Olympic sport to raise money for charity

Britain’s most influential people are over five times more likely to have attended a private school and the 93% Club wants to change this.

The student club taking on elitism 

Prime Minister Boris Johnson at Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol watches first responder Caroline Cook receiving an injection of a Covid-19 vaccine during a visit to one of the seven mass vaccination centres now opened to the general public as the government continues to ramp up the vaccination programme against Covid-19.

A Bristol study shows "there is definitely an effect" starting to show.

Covid vaccine 'doing the job' to cut cases, according to Bristol expert

It follows a rent strike by thousands of students claiming the university has not offered them enough support during the coronavirus pandemic.

Bristol University to give full rent rebate to students until Easter.

'Project Talk' hopes to give students an opportunity to discuss their mental health with one another.

University students set up support group to help one another through lockdown

In a new weekly update the university confirms 119 students and two staff members have tested positive for the disease.

119 Bristol University students test positive for Covid-19

A leading academic at the University of Bristol says coronavirus will strike the institution but that it has the processes in place to deal with any infection. 

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