SRHE

JANUARY 30, 2024

by Tim Clark All doctoral students in the UK are expected to navigate periodic, typically annual, progress reviews as part of their studies ( QAA, 2020 ). Dr Timothy Clark is Director of Research and Enterprise for the School of Education at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Stories of ‘class hatred’ at Durham and Bristol come to mind and prompt the question: do greater economic disparities bring about greater cultural changes and animosities? (Some HEIs have taken longer than others to catch up with this; some have yet to do so and this in itself is a fresh research area. They do, but how and why?).

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SRHE

JULY 13, 2023

The future may see research-based universities recruiting strongly in the international market to provide subsidy to research from higher student fees, leaving the rest of us to offer access and quality teaching to UK students on fees not adjusted for inflation.

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The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

University of Bristol academic who was sacked after being accused of antisemitic comments wins ‘landmark’ decision A sociology professor sacked by the University of Bristol after being accused of antisemitic comments has won a “landmark” decision that he was discriminated against because of his anti-Zionist beliefs.

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The Guardian Higher Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Institution will remove Edward Colston’s insignia from its logo and set up £10m racial inequalities fund The University of Bristol has decided against retitling its buildings that are named after people with links to the transatlantic slave trade, but has pledged £10m to help address racial inequalities over the next decade.

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The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The Abraharts are one of 25 bereaved families who helped launch a parliamentary petition last October, calling on ministers to pass legislation to better protect students and arguing that their mental health, safety and wellbeing should be a government priority.

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Maddy Lawrence waited more than five hours in agony on pitch for ambulance and then developed sepsis in hospital in Bristol There were “gross” failings in the care of a student who died after after suffering a dislocated hip in a rugby accident and developing sepsis in hospital, a coroner has said.

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Hospitality Higher Education Education 66

SRHE

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The first part of this (HS1) was achieved some years ago through investment in infrastructure connecting the UK with the rest of Europe. Student accommodation is a problem for many universities, but I welcome the innovative solution of universities like Bristol, which has decided to house some students in a different country.

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The Guardian Higher Education

MAY 4, 2024

Staff offer support to protesters as locals donate food, drink, bedding and books The collection of 12 tents pitched in a soggy garden at the heart of Bristol university’s campus is on a much smaller scale than the Palestine solidarity encampments sweeping the US. This has happened in the UK, but not at this university so far.”

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