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Biggest Pee Power urinal to date located near Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury
16/06/2017
PEE POWER® has been given a prime location at Glastonbury Festival just a few hundred metres from the Pyramid stage to showcase turning urine into electricity.
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Young engineers face drone 'fly-off' challenge
13/06/2017
A team of nine engineering students from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) will design and build an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), also known as a drone, as part of an annual competition run by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
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VENTURER driverless car project publishes results of first trials
01/06/2017
VENTURER is the first Connected and Autonomous Vehicle project to start in the UK. The results of VENTURER preliminary trials show that the handover process is a safety critical issue in the development of AutonomousVehicles (AVs).
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Researcher to develop bio-inspired 'smart' knee for prosthetics
30/05/2017
A researcher at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) is developing a bio-inspired 'smart' knee joint for prosthetic lower limbs.
Dr Appolinaire Etoundi, based at Bristol Robotics Laboratory, is leading the research and will analyse the functions, features and mechanisms of the human knee in order to translate this information into a new bio-inspired procedure for designing prosthetics.
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Inspiring curiosity for an innovative future
16/05/2017
Curiosity Connections is a new network being launched this week to connect people inspiring primary STEM learning in the Bristol region.
Science teachers and communicators across the Bristol region are coming together to share ideas, resources and learning to help inspire Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in primary schools.
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UWE Bristol and South-West Open Youth Orchestra celebrate RPS Music Awards win
11/05/2017
The South-West Open Youth Orchestra, with support from UWE Bristol Music Technology lecturer and composer, Dr Liz Lane have won the Royal Philharmonic Music Award for Learning and Participation.
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Apprentice Engineer awarded IET Engineering Horizons Bursary
07/03/2017
Lee Walker, an apprentice and part time BEng Electronic Engineering student at UWE Bristol is the successful recipient of the IET Engineering Horizons Bursary supported by the Lloyd's Register Foundation.
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Stage set for world's first autonomous drone racing competition
07/02/2017
Drone enthusiasts will descend on the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) for a world-first competition.
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Student volunteers spread Christmas cheer through technology
20/12/2016
Staff and students at Luckwell Primary School in Bedminster have been inspired by technology through a student led project at UWE Bristol.
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'Pee Power' showcased as part of the 80th anniversary series of the Royal Institution' Christmas Lectures
14/12/2016
The research team behind 'Pee Power' based at Bristol BioEnergy Centre, Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), showcased their pioneering technology at the Royal | Institution's 2016 CHRISTMAS LECTURES filmed in their world-famous lecture theatre and due for broadcast on 26 December 2016.
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Students pair up to bring engineering to primary pupils
01/12/2016
An integrated project which pairs engineering students with trainee teachers to bring hands-on science programmes into primary schools has received Calalyst funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).
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UWE Bristol awards honorary degree to Airbus' Tom Williams CBE
30/11/2016
Airbus Chief Operating Officer, Tom Williams CBE, has been awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration in recognition of his contribution to operations, manufacturing and business.
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Call for government investment to strengthen advanced engineering and digital innovation in SW England and SE Wales
03/11/2016
The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) has formed part of an important consortium of major businesses, Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and higher education institutions that has found that the South West England and South East Wales region can lead the UK and compete with the world in the areas of advanced engineering and digital innovation, and has called for targeted government investment to drive innovation in these areas.
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Double success for UWE Bristol at Red Women of the Year Awards
19/10/2016
The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) is celebrating a double triumph at the Red Women of the Year Awards 2016.
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Exclusive view of the Living Brick
14/10/2016
Members of the press are invited to an exclusive preview of a prototype 'Living Brick' which could transform the way we live and work.
The blocks, which contain a microbial fuel cell filled with natural -potentially programmable- microorganisms, which will act as a digestive system for buildings, are being designed as part of the €3.2m LIAR (Living Architecture) project.
