Elizabeth Blackwell Institute
@ebibristol.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary health research institute at the University of Bristol. We drive innovation in research to improve health for all.
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New on Bristol Medical School (BMS) #Sustainability blog📢
🟢BMS ranked 1st in the Planetary Health Report Card 2026
🟢Are AI chatbots really free? The environmental costs of Generative AI
🟢BMS commits to 100% vegetarian & vegan catering
🟢Plant sale raises £215 for city farm
👉 tinyurl.com/2humwmmv
🟢BMS ranked 1st in the Planetary Health Report Card 2026
🟢Are AI chatbots really free? The environmental costs of Generative AI
🟢BMS commits to 100% vegetarian & vegan catering
🟢Plant sale raises £215 for city farm
👉 tinyurl.com/2humwmmv
June 9, 2026 at 11:44 AM
New on Bristol Medical School (BMS) #Sustainability blog📢
🟢BMS ranked 1st in the Planetary Health Report Card 2026
🟢Are AI chatbots really free? The environmental costs of Generative AI
🟢BMS commits to 100% vegetarian & vegan catering
🟢Plant sale raises £215 for city farm
👉 tinyurl.com/2humwmmv
🟢BMS ranked 1st in the Planetary Health Report Card 2026
🟢Are AI chatbots really free? The environmental costs of Generative AI
🟢BMS commits to 100% vegetarian & vegan catering
🟢Plant sale raises £215 for city farm
👉 tinyurl.com/2humwmmv
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In a new blog, we share for the first time work that we are doing alongside experts from @bristoluni.bsky.social's @ebibristol.bsky.social to strengthen processes for real-time child mortality surveillance. Read more here: elizabethblackwellinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2026/06/04/e...
Explainable AI for early categorisation of child deaths: Real-time insights for prevention – Elizabeth Blackwell Institute News
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June 16, 2026 at 8:22 AM
In a new blog, we share for the first time work that we are doing alongside experts from @bristoluni.bsky.social's @ebibristol.bsky.social to strengthen processes for real-time child mortality surveillance. Read more here: elizabethblackwellinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2026/06/04/e...
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🎉 Congratulations 🎉 to Prof @lucyselman.bsky.social who will be delivering her Inaugural Lecture @bristoluni.bsky.social, on 24 March 2026, 5-7pm.
Title: 'Vulnerability as Strength: A journey in palliative care and bereavement research'.
All welcome!
🎟️Tickets: tinyurl.com/6kfyjfwv
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Title: 'Vulnerability as Strength: A journey in palliative care and bereavement research'.
All welcome!
🎟️Tickets: tinyurl.com/6kfyjfwv
@sapc.ac.uk
February 25, 2026 at 4:39 PM
🎉 Congratulations 🎉 to Prof @lucyselman.bsky.social who will be delivering her Inaugural Lecture @bristoluni.bsky.social, on 24 March 2026, 5-7pm.
Title: 'Vulnerability as Strength: A journey in palliative care and bereavement research'.
All welcome!
🎟️Tickets: tinyurl.com/6kfyjfwv
@sapc.ac.uk
Title: 'Vulnerability as Strength: A journey in palliative care and bereavement research'.
All welcome!
🎟️Tickets: tinyurl.com/6kfyjfwv
@sapc.ac.uk
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📢Coming up: Next in our webinar series:📢
'Tackling polypharmacy in primary care: Reflecting on learning from the IMPPP clinical trial'
📆Wednesday 25 March 2026
🕛1-2pm
🌐Online
Contributors: Dr Jenny Scott, Dr Deborah McCahon & Prof Rupert Payne
👉 Register: tinyurl.com/2s4e4y3w
#GPsky #PharmSky
'Tackling polypharmacy in primary care: Reflecting on learning from the IMPPP clinical trial'
📆Wednesday 25 March 2026
🕛1-2pm
🌐Online
Contributors: Dr Jenny Scott, Dr Deborah McCahon & Prof Rupert Payne
👉 Register: tinyurl.com/2s4e4y3w
#GPsky #PharmSky
February 26, 2026 at 12:33 PM
📢Coming up: Next in our webinar series:📢
'Tackling polypharmacy in primary care: Reflecting on learning from the IMPPP clinical trial'
📆Wednesday 25 March 2026
🕛1-2pm
🌐Online
Contributors: Dr Jenny Scott, Dr Deborah McCahon & Prof Rupert Payne
👉 Register: tinyurl.com/2s4e4y3w
#GPsky #PharmSky
'Tackling polypharmacy in primary care: Reflecting on learning from the IMPPP clinical trial'
📆Wednesday 25 March 2026
🕛1-2pm
🌐Online
Contributors: Dr Jenny Scott, Dr Deborah McCahon & Prof Rupert Payne
👉 Register: tinyurl.com/2s4e4y3w
#GPsky #PharmSky
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📢Coming up: Next in our webinar series: 📢
'Improving mental health in primary care: novel psychological and pharmacological interventions'
📆Monday 26 Jan 2026
🕛1-2pm
🌐Online
Contributors: Prof Nicola Wiles, @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & Dr Daniela Strelchuk
👉Register: tinyurl.com/3myjjyb2
'Improving mental health in primary care: novel psychological and pharmacological interventions'
📆Monday 26 Jan 2026
🕛1-2pm
🌐Online
Contributors: Prof Nicola Wiles, @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & Dr Daniela Strelchuk
👉Register: tinyurl.com/3myjjyb2
December 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
📢Coming up: Next in our webinar series: 📢
'Improving mental health in primary care: novel psychological and pharmacological interventions'
📆Monday 26 Jan 2026
🕛1-2pm
🌐Online
Contributors: Prof Nicola Wiles, @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & Dr Daniela Strelchuk
👉Register: tinyurl.com/3myjjyb2
'Improving mental health in primary care: novel psychological and pharmacological interventions'
📆Monday 26 Jan 2026
🕛1-2pm
🌐Online
Contributors: Prof Nicola Wiles, @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & Dr Daniela Strelchuk
👉Register: tinyurl.com/3myjjyb2
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🚀New £1m ‘data readiness’ funding call!
🛠️Organisations holding health and social care data in our region can apply for a share of £1m to make their data research ready through our #SDE.
👍Find out more here:
www.southwestsde.nhs.uk/new-1m-fund-...
#PoweredByNHSData #DataSavesLives #Research
🛠️Organisations holding health and social care data in our region can apply for a share of £1m to make their data research ready through our #SDE.
👍Find out more here:
www.southwestsde.nhs.uk/new-1m-fund-...
#PoweredByNHSData #DataSavesLives #Research
New £1m fund to accelerate research access to data - southwestsde-nhs-uk
The South West Secure Data Environment (SDE) is encouraging organisations that hold health and social care data in the South West to share more of their data, to drive ground-breaking research and inn...
www.southwestsde.nhs.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🚀New £1m ‘data readiness’ funding call!
🛠️Organisations holding health and social care data in our region can apply for a share of £1m to make their data research ready through our #SDE.
👍Find out more here:
www.southwestsde.nhs.uk/new-1m-fund-...
#PoweredByNHSData #DataSavesLives #Research
🛠️Organisations holding health and social care data in our region can apply for a share of £1m to make their data research ready through our #SDE.
👍Find out more here:
www.southwestsde.nhs.uk/new-1m-fund-...
#PoweredByNHSData #DataSavesLives #Research
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Structural racism & cultural misunderstanding compound grief for Black British/Black Caribbean communities, study finds.
Authors call for widespread changes to improve bereavement experiences & access to support.
📰News: tinyurl.com/yc5tvucm
📄Paper: tinyurl.com/2eremjs4
#NationalGriefAwarenessWeek
Authors call for widespread changes to improve bereavement experiences & access to support.
📰News: tinyurl.com/yc5tvucm
📄Paper: tinyurl.com/2eremjs4
#NationalGriefAwarenessWeek
2025: Structural racism and cultural misunderstanding compound grief | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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December 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Structural racism & cultural misunderstanding compound grief for Black British/Black Caribbean communities, study finds.
Authors call for widespread changes to improve bereavement experiences & access to support.
📰News: tinyurl.com/yc5tvucm
📄Paper: tinyurl.com/2eremjs4
#NationalGriefAwarenessWeek
Authors call for widespread changes to improve bereavement experiences & access to support.
📰News: tinyurl.com/yc5tvucm
📄Paper: tinyurl.com/2eremjs4
#NationalGriefAwarenessWeek
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📰News!🎉We are delighted to announce the launch of a new HPV Inform website for families & professionals about the HPV vaccine. The website will contribute to overcoming misinformation & provide access to information which can help protect teenage children’s health. More ▶️ tinyurl.com/3ueeex3n
December 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
📰News!🎉We are delighted to announce the launch of a new HPV Inform website for families & professionals about the HPV vaccine. The website will contribute to overcoming misinformation & provide access to information which can help protect teenage children’s health. More ▶️ tinyurl.com/3ueeex3n
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⭐New Bristol Continuity of Care Calculator ⭐ helps GPs measure continuity of care - a key step towards improvement.
🔹The tool, developed by @chris-salisbury.bsky.social & colleagues, launched today.
🔹It's free, easy-to-use & works with UK GP practice systems.
👉 tinyurl.com/mvrrr34u
#GPSky
🔹The tool, developed by @chris-salisbury.bsky.social & colleagues, launched today.
🔹It's free, easy-to-use & works with UK GP practice systems.
👉 tinyurl.com/mvrrr34u
#GPSky
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
⭐New Bristol Continuity of Care Calculator ⭐ helps GPs measure continuity of care - a key step towards improvement.
🔹The tool, developed by @chris-salisbury.bsky.social & colleagues, launched today.
🔹It's free, easy-to-use & works with UK GP practice systems.
👉 tinyurl.com/mvrrr34u
#GPSky
🔹The tool, developed by @chris-salisbury.bsky.social & colleagues, launched today.
🔹It's free, easy-to-use & works with UK GP practice systems.
👉 tinyurl.com/mvrrr34u
#GPSky
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose a major global public health challenge. Yet, most of these risk factors are preventable.
Learn about research exploring the prevalence of NCD risk factors in Bangladesh and the role schools can play in promoting health.
tinyurl.com/424b4zp
Learn about research exploring the prevalence of NCD risk factors in Bangladesh and the role schools can play in promoting health.
tinyurl.com/424b4zp
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose a major global public health challenge. Yet, most of these risk factors are preventable.
Learn about research exploring the prevalence of NCD risk factors in Bangladesh and the role schools can play in promoting health.
tinyurl.com/424b4zp
Learn about research exploring the prevalence of NCD risk factors in Bangladesh and the role schools can play in promoting health.
tinyurl.com/424b4zp
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How is grief experienced in ethnically diverse communities? And how well do current services meet the needs of all bereaved people? Join us to explore these questions in a special panel discussion for #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek on 4 December at 7pm: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
How is grief experienced in ethnically diverse communities? And how well do current services meet the needs of all bereaved people? Join us to explore these questions in a special panel discussion for #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek on 4 December at 7pm: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...
Working with Jean Golding Institute, we've provided University of Bristol researchers with pump priming funding to pursue innovative AI in health or biomedical research.
Meet the new awardees and learn more: tinyurl.com/3d4s8eme
@jgibristol.bsky.social
#AI #Health #Biomedical #Research
Meet the new awardees and learn more: tinyurl.com/3d4s8eme
@jgibristol.bsky.social
#AI #Health #Biomedical #Research
November 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Working with Jean Golding Institute, we've provided University of Bristol researchers with pump priming funding to pursue innovative AI in health or biomedical research.
Meet the new awardees and learn more: tinyurl.com/3d4s8eme
@jgibristol.bsky.social
#AI #Health #Biomedical #Research
Meet the new awardees and learn more: tinyurl.com/3d4s8eme
@jgibristol.bsky.social
#AI #Health #Biomedical #Research
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📣Your voice matters in our research!
Whether you're a patient, carer, young person, community member - we're looking for new members of our Public Advisory Group. You'll help shape our research.
Register your interest:
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/PublicAdviso...
Whether you're a patient, carer, young person, community member - we're looking for new members of our Public Advisory Group. You'll help shape our research.
Register your interest:
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/PublicAdviso...
October 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
📣Your voice matters in our research!
Whether you're a patient, carer, young person, community member - we're looking for new members of our Public Advisory Group. You'll help shape our research.
Register your interest:
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/PublicAdviso...
Whether you're a patient, carer, young person, community member - we're looking for new members of our Public Advisory Group. You'll help shape our research.
Register your interest:
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/PublicAdviso...
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A brilliant example of why our #HealthIntegrationTeams are so effective!
Bringing organisations together to help people like Howard, who are affected by stroke, go back to work.
@sironacic.bsky.social @bristolafterstroke.bsky.social
www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/helping...
Bringing organisations together to help people like Howard, who are affected by stroke, go back to work.
@sironacic.bsky.social @bristolafterstroke.bsky.social
www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/helping...
Pioneering group helping stroke survivors get back to work - Bristol Health Partners
A ground-breaking group in Bristol is helping stroke survivors prepare for returning to work. Sirona‘s Integrated Community Stroke Service piloted eight weekly group sessions as part of its rehabilita...
www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
A brilliant example of why our #HealthIntegrationTeams are so effective!
Bringing organisations together to help people like Howard, who are affected by stroke, go back to work.
@sironacic.bsky.social @bristolafterstroke.bsky.social
www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/helping...
Bringing organisations together to help people like Howard, who are affected by stroke, go back to work.
@sironacic.bsky.social @bristolafterstroke.bsky.social
www.bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/news/helping...
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GPs need training to spot perimenopause-related #MentalHealth issues - new research by Jo Burgin et al. published in @bjgp.bsky.social.
Both patients and doctors frequently miss the connection between mood changes & hormonal shifts during #perimenopause, the study found.
News: tinyurl.com/mpnv2j2d
Both patients and doctors frequently miss the connection between mood changes & hormonal shifts during #perimenopause, the study found.
News: tinyurl.com/mpnv2j2d
2025: GPs need training to spot perimenopause-related mental health issues | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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October 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
GPs need training to spot perimenopause-related #MentalHealth issues - new research by Jo Burgin et al. published in @bjgp.bsky.social.
Both patients and doctors frequently miss the connection between mood changes & hormonal shifts during #perimenopause, the study found.
News: tinyurl.com/mpnv2j2d
Both patients and doctors frequently miss the connection between mood changes & hormonal shifts during #perimenopause, the study found.
News: tinyurl.com/mpnv2j2d
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Webinar: Evaluating impact in Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE).
Join us for this FREE 90-minute session on the different approaches to evaluating PPIE in health research, led by PPIE experts.
📆Tues 21 Oct 2025, 1-2.30pm
Register: tinyurl.com/5xvmpdmw
@nihrspcr.bsky.social
Join us for this FREE 90-minute session on the different approaches to evaluating PPIE in health research, led by PPIE experts.
📆Tues 21 Oct 2025, 1-2.30pm
Register: tinyurl.com/5xvmpdmw
@nihrspcr.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Webinar: Evaluating impact in Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE).
Join us for this FREE 90-minute session on the different approaches to evaluating PPIE in health research, led by PPIE experts.
📆Tues 21 Oct 2025, 1-2.30pm
Register: tinyurl.com/5xvmpdmw
@nihrspcr.bsky.social
Join us for this FREE 90-minute session on the different approaches to evaluating PPIE in health research, led by PPIE experts.
📆Tues 21 Oct 2025, 1-2.30pm
Register: tinyurl.com/5xvmpdmw
@nihrspcr.bsky.social
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@bristoluni.bsky.social Applications are open for our RDICA Funding Scheme, which supports collaborative research development between UoB and international researchers. Deadline 1st November 2025. Find out more: www.bristol.ac.uk/internationa...
Research Development International Collaboration Awards | International Research Development | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
September 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
@bristoluni.bsky.social Applications are open for our RDICA Funding Scheme, which supports collaborative research development between UoB and international researchers. Deadline 1st November 2025. Find out more: www.bristol.ac.uk/internationa...
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🧠 Mental health literacy found to be a key factor in how CBT for depression works.
New research by @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & colleagues published in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
📰Read the news: tinyurl.com/y5kmv6jj
#MentalHealth #CBT #Depression #HealthLiteracy
@nihrspcr.bsky.social
New research by @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & colleagues published in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
📰Read the news: tinyurl.com/y5kmv6jj
#MentalHealth #CBT #Depression #HealthLiteracy
@nihrspcr.bsky.social
2025: Mental health literacy found to be a key factor in how CBT for depression works | Centre for Academic Primary Care | University of Bristol
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September 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
🧠 Mental health literacy found to be a key factor in how CBT for depression works.
New research by @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & colleagues published in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
📰Read the news: tinyurl.com/y5kmv6jj
#MentalHealth #CBT #Depression #HealthLiteracy
@nihrspcr.bsky.social
New research by @charlotte-archer.bsky.social & colleagues published in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
📰Read the news: tinyurl.com/y5kmv6jj
#MentalHealth #CBT #Depression #HealthLiteracy
@nihrspcr.bsky.social
Find out how Dr Emma Anderson's research is improving vaccine conversations between doctors and parents in Azerbaijan. She's now working with the WHO to create online training to reach health workers across many countries.
@emma-anderson.bsky.social #vaccines
Read about it: tinyurl.com/3r5b8c9v
@emma-anderson.bsky.social #vaccines
Read about it: tinyurl.com/3r5b8c9v
September 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Find out how Dr Emma Anderson's research is improving vaccine conversations between doctors and parents in Azerbaijan. She's now working with the WHO to create online training to reach health workers across many countries.
@emma-anderson.bsky.social #vaccines
Read about it: tinyurl.com/3r5b8c9v
@emma-anderson.bsky.social #vaccines
Read about it: tinyurl.com/3r5b8c9v
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💈Today on the BBC: Barbers and hairdressers in Bristol are encouraging people to talk about sexually transmitted diseases.
Keep up the great work Common Ambition Bristol🙌🏿
#Sexualhealthweek #SHW25
nihrarcs.bsky.social
shipsexhealth.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Keep up the great work Common Ambition Bristol🙌🏿
#Sexualhealthweek #SHW25
nihrarcs.bsky.social
shipsexhealth.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
September 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
💈Today on the BBC: Barbers and hairdressers in Bristol are encouraging people to talk about sexually transmitted diseases.
Keep up the great work Common Ambition Bristol🙌🏿
#Sexualhealthweek #SHW25
nihrarcs.bsky.social
shipsexhealth.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Keep up the great work Common Ambition Bristol🙌🏿
#Sexualhealthweek #SHW25
nihrarcs.bsky.social
shipsexhealth.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Interested in exploring how climate change impacts our health? 🌍 🌡️
Don't miss this seminar on the effects of rising temperatures on the health of humans and other species on 17 September.
Open to all online, or in person for University of Bristol staff and students.
@cabot-institute.bsky.social
Don't miss this seminar on the effects of rising temperatures on the health of humans and other species on 17 September.
Open to all online, or in person for University of Bristol staff and students.
@cabot-institute.bsky.social
Join us for this online seminar on the effects of rising temperatures on the health of humans and other species. The event will be of particular interest to those working at the intersection of climate change and health.
More information: www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/events...
More information: www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/events...
August 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Interested in exploring how climate change impacts our health? 🌍 🌡️
Don't miss this seminar on the effects of rising temperatures on the health of humans and other species on 17 September.
Open to all online, or in person for University of Bristol staff and students.
@cabot-institute.bsky.social
Don't miss this seminar on the effects of rising temperatures on the health of humans and other species on 17 September.
Open to all online, or in person for University of Bristol staff and students.
@cabot-institute.bsky.social
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Experts urge the medical profession to confront the global arms industry.
In a new @bmj.com series uncovering the role of the arms trade in health, Mark Bellis, Gene Feder & colleagues call for greater scrutiny of its health-harming activities & relationship with governments.
tinyurl.com/yc5mu9xb
In a new @bmj.com series uncovering the role of the arms trade in health, Mark Bellis, Gene Feder & colleagues call for greater scrutiny of its health-harming activities & relationship with governments.
tinyurl.com/yc5mu9xb
September 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Experts urge the medical profession to confront the global arms industry.
In a new @bmj.com series uncovering the role of the arms trade in health, Mark Bellis, Gene Feder & colleagues call for greater scrutiny of its health-harming activities & relationship with governments.
tinyurl.com/yc5mu9xb
In a new @bmj.com series uncovering the role of the arms trade in health, Mark Bellis, Gene Feder & colleagues call for greater scrutiny of its health-harming activities & relationship with governments.
tinyurl.com/yc5mu9xb
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🚀 The University of Bristol has been named Research University of the Year 2026!
🎓 We’ve also jumped to 8th in the overall league table! Learn more about the Daily Mail University Guide 👉 brnw.ch/21wUUUA
🎓 We’ve also jumped to 8th in the overall league table! Learn more about the Daily Mail University Guide 👉 brnw.ch/21wUUUA
August 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🚀 The University of Bristol has been named Research University of the Year 2026!
🎓 We’ve also jumped to 8th in the overall league table! Learn more about the Daily Mail University Guide 👉 brnw.ch/21wUUUA
🎓 We’ve also jumped to 8th in the overall league table! Learn more about the Daily Mail University Guide 👉 brnw.ch/21wUUUA