Centre for Floods, Communities and Resilience news

Did you experience drought of '76? University researchers want to hear tales of historic dry summer

Researchers are urging people who experienced the 1976 drought to share their stories for an academic project.

On the 40^th anniversary of the country's most severe water shortage in living memory, academics from a team led by the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) are seeking accounts of how Britons coped.

UWE Bristol says, 'EA is recruiting more sponsored flood risk engineers'

Recent flooding across the UK is proving that we still need to train more engineers with specialist expertise in flood risk management.

UWE Bristol researchers want to talk to groups about management drought in Cornwall

Researchers from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) are seeking to talk to groups and people in Cornwall about the impact of drought on water availability and management of resources.

UWE's world-leading research increases by 170%

The volume of world-leading research at UWE Bristol (the University of the West of England, Bristol) has gone up by 170%, according to the results of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 out today.