Towards the end of 2023, I visited the University Library with the SU Sabbatical Officers. We were really interested to find out more about the...read more ❯
Recent posts
A Poverty Premium on the Journey to Net Zero
Published 2/28/2024 in Bill Scott's blog
I've been reading a new report [ Our Journey to Net Zero: understanding household and community participation in the UK’s transition to a greener...read more ❯
Can the silos be broken? Cross-government working for public health
Dr Jack Newman is a Research Fellow on the TRUUD project at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. His current research considers the...read more ❯
Make your public event count!
Have you organised or been part of a public event so far this year? If so, then make sure it's recorded otherwise it won't be counted in our return...read more ❯
Pollinator working group - green week activity
Hello UoB gardeners! We need your help!
During Green Week (11 - 15 March) we will be starting to plant up our brand new pollinator garden that...read more ❯
How to liven up your degree with languages?
After learning Japanese and French with the Skills Centre, final year MChem student Hannah Glover decided to carry on with German to liven up her...read more ❯
Brilliantly Engineered a triumph for local engineering
The University was thrilled to take part in BRLSI's Brilliantly Engineered event over last weekend (24-25 February) which saw a celebration of...read more ❯
Catching the Eye
Here are a few of the stories that came across my desk(top) this week:
Yanis Varoufakis explains in UnHerd why poor farmers across the EU are...read more ❯
Let's talk about why social justice is vital for climate justice this LGBTQ+ history month
How can we deliver transformational changes to tackle climate change in a world with ongoing social justice challenges?
In this latest blog for...read more ❯
PhD profile: Laura Smyth
How do the stories we tell ourselves about an area influence the skills we develop? Laura Smyth, a second-year PhD student in our Centre for...read more ❯
Fighting for attention: How to educate youth about the dangers of e-cigarettes?
Written by Dr Sophie Braznell, Research Co-ordinator in the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath
The risks of electronic...read more ❯
Pioneer Saint
Let me tell you about a woman born in 1194. She was a young woman from a wealthy, possibly aristocratic Roman family. She was well educated and well...read more ❯
How AI could help citizens’ assemblies make well-informed decisions
Anna Mowbray is a former MSc Public Policy Student with the IPR. She works as Policy Manager at the Charities Aid Foundation and is blogging in a...read more ❯
Summer work experience options that aren't a formal internship
When thinking about summer work experience, your first thought might be an internship over the summer. Employers use summer internship schemes as a...read more ❯
LGBTQ+ History Month 2024 - Alumni panel profiles
Our LGBTQ+ History month alumni panel is coming up fast and we wanted to share a short introduction to each panel member so you can have a taste of...read more ❯
Academic Support at University
Starting at University was very unnerving to me; I knew it’d be much harder than school, but I didn’t expect the level of support that I ended...read more ❯
Prof Tim Mays on 50 years of chemical engineering at Bath
In this series of blog posts celebrating our Department of Chemical Engineering's 50th anniversary, we asked previous Heads of Depts about their time...read more ❯
50 years of chemical engineering: Prof Julian Chaudhuri reflects
In this series of blog posts celebrating our Department of Chemical Engineering's 50th anniversary, we asked previous Heads of Depts about their...read more ❯