Top 10 UK Uni ๐ Leading research ๐ฌ World-class teaching ๐ฉโ๐ Vibrant city ๐ Ranked 55th in the world (World University Rankings 2024) ๐
Here's the fantastic Mya-Rose Craig
@BirdGirlUK
receiving her honorary degree at
#BristolGrad
earlier ๐
At 17, she's the youngest Briton to be awarded such an honour. It recognises her work to engage more children from minority ethnic backgrounds in conservation ๐ฆ
We're delighted to welcome
@OlivetteOtele
our first Professor of the History and Memory of Enslavement to the University this week.
She will work with staff, students & communities to help the University better understand its past and use that knowledge to shape its future.
Inspirational words from the University of Cape Town VC, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, to our graduating students ๐ฃ
She's joining them here
@wills_memorial
and will shortly be an honorary
#BristolGrad
!
She's also the โmost influential woman academic in Africaโ (CEO Mag) ๐ช
Weโre launching a brand-new ยฃ1 million scholarship programme to support Black heritage students๐
The Black Bristol Scholarship Programme is the latest in a series of steps weโre taking to make Bristol a truly inclusive environment for everyone:
We're pleased to announce the appointment of our first Professor of the History of Slavery
Olivette Otele will work with staff, students & local communities to interrogate our history and explore links to the slave trade
@UoBrisHistory
@BrisBlackHums
We have been awarded ยฃ100 MILLION by
@ResEngland
, our partners and philanthropists!
To research and develop cutting-edge tech,
which will benefit society and change the world,
at the new Bristol Digital Futures Institute.
๐ฎ๐ฉโ๐ป๐
#TempleQuarter
#BuiltWithUKRPIF
What an honour it's been for us to celebrate the achievements of football legend Gary Mabbutt at
#BristolGrad
today ๐
His success on and off the field - particularly raising awareness of diabetes - has been an inspiration to many.
From the first woman to become Executive Director of
@royalsociety
, to Africa's most influential female academic...
This summer's
#BristolGrad
has seen a record number of inspirational women awarded honorary degrees ๐
#BristolUniWomen
We are working closely with the police in their search for one of our students, Olisa Odukwe, last seen leaving his home in Redland on Sat morning. We ask the public & University community to be alert & contact the police if they think theyโve seen him.
Congratulations to
@OlivetteOtele
who has had an
@ihr_history
prize named after her.
The Olivette Otele Prize will be awarded annually for the best paper submitted to
@IHRHistoryLab
Postgraduate Research Seminar by a UK Black PhD research student.
We are thrilled to announce Prof Evelyn Welch will be our new Vice-Chancellor โ the first woman to hold this role ๐
She said: โI am excited about the Universityโs new strategy & proud to be the first woman to lead such an outstanding institution.โ
๐๐ฝ
Did you know Lady Hale, who delivered the
#SupremeCourt
ruling on prorogation today, was our Chancellor for 12 years?
A special
#BristolUniWomen
portrait in
@wills_memorial
celebrates her phenomenal career as a pioneering woman in law.
#LadyHale
๐ท๏ธ
Weโre aware of an ongoing fire in our Fry Building, which is currently being refurbished. Everyoneโs accounted for. More updates when we have them.
We've installed rainbow steps this week to celebrate our amazing LGBT+ staff and students. ๐๐
Cantocks Steps are a permanent reminder of our commitment to be a community where all feel safe, welcome & respected. โค๏ธ
@UoBrisEDI
#BristolPride
#LoveBristolUni
We're so proud of the 220 final year medical students qualifying early this week to work as
#NHS
doctors during the
#COVID19
crisis. They'll attend a virtual qualification ceremony on Friday with our Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Hugh Brady >>
๐ข A major discovery in the fight against
#COVID19
๐ข
Our scientists
@MaxPlanckBris
have identified a new drug target in the structure of the virus that could be used to stop it infecting human cells - a potential โgame changerโ in defeating the pandemic
Announcement ๐ข ๐ข
We are creating 400 new PhD scholarships ๐
The ยฃ16.8m investment opens up Bristolโs world-leading
#research
to a global audience and helps shape the next generation of postgraduate researchers.
Spread the word!
๐๐๐
@vickihird
@UniofReading
@lisafryer9
Hi Vicki, it is indeed a great idea! We were one of the first universities to introduce a scholarship for asylum seekers and refugees in 2016:
"We must take radical action now" ๐
This is why we've become the first UK university to declare a
#ClimateEmergency
reaffirming our strong commitment to take action on
#ClimateChange
So proud of our newly qualified medics ๐ Today, over 200 graduated early in our first ever online
#BristolGrad
.
They will now join the
#NHS
as doctors, working valiantly to beat
#COVID19
Vice-Chancellor Hugh Brady passes on our thanks ๐ฉบ
#unisupport
We're very proud that
@OlivetteOtele
- our Professor of History of Slavery & Memory - is included in a major new exhibition of portraits of black female professors.
'Phenomenal Women' runs from 18/3 to 31/3 at City Hall in London and is online now โฌ๏ธ
What a run from this incredible team ๐
They are the 1st Bristol team to make a
#UniversityChallenge
final and have won countless fans along the way ๐
Congratulations to Tess, Jacob, Sam and Alejandro โ we are proud of you โญ
Congratulations also to the winners, Durham ๐
Whoโs excited for the final season of Sex Education on Netflix? You might spot some familiar locations...
Maeve gets studious in the Wills Memorial Library and the new canteen at Cavendish College is actually our School of Chemistryย ๐คฏ
#SexEducation
Meet amazing fourth-year medical student Eva, who is helping our Medical School tackle the UK-wide bias and racism in training doctors. Her campaigning led to the school becoming the UK's first to implement a strategy to decolonise the medical curriculum.
The
#BlackLivesMatter
campaign has served to amplify existing concerns about the Universityโs history and whether we should rename buildings named after families with links to the slave trade. We commit to reviewing the names as well as our University logo. (1/3)
#REFResults
are out today! Weโre delighted they recognise the outstanding quality and impact of our research:
๐ 94% of research assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent
๐ฌ Ranked 5th in the UK according to
@timeshighered
#REF2021
We are delighted and very proud that Professor Stephen Sparks, a Professor of Geology in our School of Earth Sciences, has been awarded a knighthood in the Queenโs New Year Honours list. Many congratulations Sir Stephen!
Henrietta Lacks, a black woman whose cells led to critical medical advances, has been memorialised in bronze.
Her family attended the unveiling of the sculpture, created by Helen Wilson-Roe, to honour the 'mother' of modern medicine.
#HELA100
Our amazing team is into the final of University Challenge! ๐
A HUGE well done to Tess, Sam, Jacob and Alejandroย for their commanding performance last night ๐
This will be be Bristolโs first ever final โ and weโll all be rooting for Team Bristol!
#UniversityChallenge
๐ธ BBC
Extremely proud to announce we've been named a 'University of Sanctuary' for our efforts to welcome refugees and asylum seekers into our community ๐ค
#LoveBristolUni
@UniofSanctuary
Itโs just been announced that we will receive ยฃ225m to create the UKโs most powerful supercomputer. ๐ฅ๏ธ
Isambard-AI will harness the huge potential of AI in fields such as climate research and drug discovery when it opens next summer! ๐
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The results are inโฆ weโve been named as 13th best university in the UK in
@thesundaytimes
Good University Guide ๐คฉ
On top of rising two places, 19 of our subjects ranked within the top 10 in the country! Feeling proud of our staff and students ๐
History has been made at the University today as we welcome Professor Evelyn Welch as the first female Vice-Chancellor & President since our doors opened in 1909.
Please join us in giving
@evelynwelch2013
ย a warm welcome to the University and our amazing city.
#WeAreBristolUni
Dear non-UK EU citizens,
"You are our friends, our neighbours & our colleagues... Everyone who chooses Bristol as their home is welcome, valued & respected."
Read the open letter signed by
@SquiresJudith
on behalf of Bristol Uni.
#WeAreInternational
Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
! Weโre proud of our history championing gender equality, being the 1st UK uni to:
โ๏ธ welcome women on an equal basis (1876)
โ๏ธ have a female Registrar (1931)
โ๏ธ sign a gender pay gap agreement (2020)
#IWD2020
#EachforEqual
#BristolUniWomen
Weโre delighted to welcome Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng as our first-ever Bristol Illustrious Visiting Professor to supercharge African scholarship, inspire learning and advance leadership globally. Find out more & get involved
#InternationalCollaboration
Lydia Wilkinson received the loudest cheer of the day at
#BristolGrad
๐๐ผ๐๐ผ
Her achievements are all the more poignant after her mum and younger brother were killed in March 2017, when Lydia was in her first year.
Weโre incredibly proud of you Lydia!
Happy International Women's day to all the inspirational women, past and present, who are part of our University community โ๏ธ
#IWD2021
#InternationalWomensDay
Happy birthday to us! Did you know we're 110-years-old today? ๐ฅณ
To mark the occasion,
@GreatGeorgeWMB
๐ was rung manually this week. We went to meet him and his dedicated crew of ringers!
#FridayFeeling
#FollowFriday
Some good news!
We've just achieved Fairtrade status AND we've won a Zero Waste award for slashing waste across the campus
Plus all 990 of our laboratories now have Green Labs Certification, a world 1st ๐
It's been a good week for
#sustainability
!
๐
As the world mourns the death of
#HerMajesty
the Queen, we extend our deepest sympathies to the
@RoyalFamily
at this very sad time.
The union flag will be flown at half-mast on our Wills Memorial Building as we remember her legacy and many visits to the University.
(1/3)
We were the first institute of higher education in the country to admit women on an equal basis with men. Join us tonight at Bristol's
#suffrage100
march, starting at 6pm on Berkeley Square
#vote100
#100years
๐ญ๐คBristol has been named the UK's most artistic city ๐จ๐ป
Whether you're more of a theatre fan or a bit of a Banksy buff, we've got you covered. From the
@Wshed
to
@Upfest
we're now recognised as the top town for creatives.
So proud of our city.๐
Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
! Weโre proud of our truly remarkable women:
โ๏ธ First uni in England to welcome women on an equal basis
โ๏ธ Women make up 55% of our total workforce
โ๏ธ A third of our senior team are now women
#IWD2019
#BalanceForBetter
๐ฃA major breakthrough in the fight against
#COVID19
An international team of scientists - led
@BristolBiochem
@CMMBristol
- has potentially identified what makes SARS-CoV-2 highly infectious and able to spread rapidly in human cells
#Neuropilin
A
@BristolChem
team is producing thousands of litres of hand sanitiser for Bristolโs key workers throughout the
#Coronavirus
pandemic - thanks to amazing support from colleagues, local businesses and suppliers.
#WeAreTogether
๐จWe're declaring a climate emergency๐จ
What's a climate emergency you say?
Our Head of Sustainability explains what it is
What we're doing
And why you should too ...
#ClimateEmergency
#LoveBristolUni
'We're a really mixed, diverse and energetic community... that's what excites me about the school, it's the people I get to work with.'
Michele Barbour, Professor and Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor Enterprise & Innovation
Join
#Bristol
#Dental
School ๐
THREAD FOR APPLICANTS: Following yesterday's Government announcement about A-level results, weโre delighted to confirm that we will accept applicants who have met the terms of their offer. (1/4)
#WeAreBristolUni
Bristol is so beautiful at sunset, the light slowly fading over the River Avon. ๐
Have a great evening everybody.
Photo by Jon Jerrome
#LoveBristolUni
Our very own spaceman and star
@TimCosmos
graduated last week afterโฆ
๐ 4 years studying meteorites
๐ endless cups of coffee
๐ countless late nights in the lab
Here he shares how it felt to finally cross the stage and collect his PhD ๐
Well done
#BristolGrad
Tim!
#PhDlife
We have some news that's out of this world๐
Bristol Uni MSc graduate Anne C. McClain will head into space today with
@NASA
to serve on the International Space Station.
Congratulations
@AstroAnnimal
! We'll look at the stars tonight, proud that you're up there with them.โจ
UPDATE: We are taking a number of measures to safeguard our whole community and slow the potential spread of the Coronavirus. These include bringing forward the student Easter holiday period to 18 March.
Full statement:
Congratulations to all the incoming Bristol Uni students receiving their A-Level results today ๐ฅณ
We canโt wait to welcome you to campus!
#ALevelResultsDay2023
Bristol Dental School is moving to a new city centre location next year ๐๏ธ We need 100+ new staff to join us. Check out what makes the school special and the place to be ๐
See our current vacancies and register for future opportunities ๐
We continue to work closely with the police in the search for one of our students, Olisa Odukwe, last seen leaving his home in Redland on Sat morning. We ask the public & University community to contact the police if they think they have seen him.
Sir David Attenborough will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at our very first
#BristolAlumniAwards
tonight ๐
Follow
@BristolAlumni
as we celebrate the achievements of our inspirational graduates, friends and supporters.
A new kind of vaccine that needs no refrigeration๐คฏ!
Our scientists from
@BrisBioDesign
used synthetic biology &
@Oracle
cloud computing to yield results that could revolutionise vaccine development. ๐
#VaccinesWork
#LoveBristolUni
Fantastic news today as we've climbed 10 places to 64th globally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities ๐๐
We're immensely proud of our world-leading research and its transformative impact on society!
#ARWU
#ShanghaiRanking
Tonight, to mark 100 years of suffrage, we are launching a series of portraits in
@wills_memorial
celebrating
#BristolUniWomen
who have shaped the University - and the world.
See the portraits and read about their wonderful achievements:
#Vote100
A week ago, Bristol was at the forefront of the global
#BlackLivesMatter
movement when the statue of
#Colston
was toppled.
"The task now is to translate this despair and rage into commitment to work together towards racial equality," writes
@OlivetteOtele
Lockdown hasnโt stopped the amazing Bristol University Symphonia performing - we love their virtual rendition of Leroy Anderson's Buglerโs Holiday ๐บ๐ถ watch the full clip here:
It's that time again ๐
Happy International Balloon Fiesta, Bristol!
Keep an eye on the sky this weekend for our University of Bristol balloon โค๏ธ
๐ธ Bristol University Hot Air Ballooning Society
#BristolBalloonFiesta
As the sun sets on 2019, we wish everyone a very
#HappyNewYear
๐โจ๐ and best wishes for 2020.
Here's a stunning view from our
#FryBuilding
, whose opening was one of our 2019 highlights.
Semi-finalists! ๐
Our magnificent quizzers are into the semi-finals of University Challenge!
Congratulations to the team for a commanding performance tonight ๐
#UniversityChallenge
@BBCTwo
The results are in! In the QS World University Rankings, the University of Bristol is...
๐ Still ranked 9th in the UK
๐ Rising up to 55th in the world
๐ฅณ
@worlduniranking
#QSWUR
We've commissioned artist Helen Wilson Roe to create a sculpture of Henrietta Lacks, a Black American woman whose cells led to crucial medical advances.
It will be the first public sculpture of a Black woman made by a Black woman in the UK.
@LacksFamily