University announcements news

• UWE Bristol lecturer and specialist education team win national teaching excellence awards

  04/08/2022

  A cyber security lecturer and a multi-disciplinary training team at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) are winners of national teaching excellence awards, announced by Advance HE today (4 August).

• UWE Bristol Honorary Graduates

  02/08/2022

  Tracy Daszkiewicz, whose prompt action and decision-making proved vital for the containment of the highly lethal nerve agent Novichok during the 2018 Salisbury poisonings, is one of eleven recipients of Honorary Degrees awarded by the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) this summer.

• UWE Bristol to host Ukrainian scholar at risk

  09/06/2022 The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) is proud to announce it is one of only six UK universities to be awarded a fellowship for a Ukrainian scholar at risk.

• Ground-breaking green skills programme for minoritised young people celebrates success

  07/06/2022 More than 70 young people have successfully completed the first stage of a transformational 'first of its kind' green skills training programme.

• UWE Bristol pledges to develop Student Futures Manifesto

  04/04/2022

  The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) is one of 22 leading universities to pledge to develop a Student Futures Manifesto – joint action between a university and its students to tackle the problems caused by the pandemic.

• UWE signs pledge to divest from fossil fuel extractor companies

  27/01/2022 UWE Bristol yesterday cemented its commitment to becoming carbon net zero by 2030 when Vice-Chancellor Steve West signed a declaration pledging to hold no investments in fossil fuel extractor companies now and in the future.

• University drops use of BAME acronym

  21/01/2022 UWE Bristol has announced it is to stop using the acronym BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) when referring to people and, instead, will use more specific terms to describe someone's ethnicity. One of the University's Pro Vice Chancellors said this decision aligned to UWE Bristol's commitment to inclusion, which is one of its core values.

• UWE Bristol sustainability solutions show to feature at COP26

  01/10/2021 A new planetarium show designed with the Engineering department at UWE Bristol has been chosen to showcase sustainability solutions as part of the Green Zone at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow from 31 October – 12 November 2021.

• Official launch for UWE Bristol's School of Health and Social Wellbeing

  16/09/2021

  UWE Bristol's new School of Health and Social Wellbeing was officially launched by West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris at a ceremony at Glenside campus.

• Talks by top leaders to begin again in the autumn

  01/09/2021 Members of the public can once again attend talks given by top leaders. Organised by the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), the lectures will cover a variety of subjects and are to include speakers from Pfizer, The Royal Television Society, Arts Council England, Mott MacDonald, and the Royal Mint.

• Bristol students have raised £1.4m through Big Give anti-waste campaign since 2013

  19/08/2021 University students in Bristol have raised £1.4m by donating almost 97,000 bags of donations over the last nine academic years as part of the Bristol Big Give. The donated items, which surprisingly have included items such as Prada bags and Jimmy Choo shoes, have been gathered from halls, private student accommodation and dozens of temporary collection banks belonging to the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

• New Consortium awarded £1.18m to transform future of visual arts in Bristol and West of England

  10/08/2021 A new consortium partnership, the West of England Visual Arts Alliance – of which the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) is a part – has been awarded £1.18 million by Arts Council England to transform the future of visual arts in Bristol and the West of England.

• National Teaching Fellowship Award and CATE for UWE lecturers

  05/08/2021 Teaching staff on UWE Bristol's Team Entrepreneurship programme have won an AdvanceHE Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE), while Professor Elena Marco has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship. The accolades recognise academic teaching excellence and are awarded by Advance HE.

• UWE Bristol amongst first universities to join UK Mental Health Charter Programme

  28/07/2021

  UWE Bristol is one of 32 universities across the UK to have joined the new Student Minds University Mental Health Charter Programme to improve support for staff and student mental health in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Large-scale Vaccination Centre @UWE set up in exhibition and conference centre

  02/07/2021 From 7 July, some members of the public will be able to receive their vaccination at UWE Bristol's Exhibition and Conference Centre (ECC), as the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Vaccination Programme opens a new large-scale centre in the decommissioned NHS Nightingale Hospital Bristol.

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