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Bristol engineers help make Nepal’s schools earthquake-resistant
Following a devastating earthquake in Nepal in 2015 that killed 9,000 people, the SAFER Nepal Project led by Professor Anastasios Sextos of The University of Bristol seeks to improve the seismic safety of school and community buildings in Nepal and prevent future tragedies.
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Opinion | Students might not be interested in data privacy, but we should be more vigilant
In 2019, it was found that British students spend 55 hours a week online – a figure that would likely have risen over lockdown. That’s about a third of our time providing data, accepting cookies and opening ourselves up to the internet and its forces. Shouldn’t we be more concerned by this?
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In Defence of Poetry: my tumultuous relationship with verse
Next year, poetry will be made optional for GCSE students in England. We would hope they choose to take it up because, as the pandemic has shown us, poetry can be a valuable form of connection and stir a growth in our humanity.
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The Happiness Pulse: a Bristol-based wellbeing tool to boost self-reflection
Created by the local Centre for Thriving Places, The Happiness Pulse is designed to help you identify the areas of your wellbeing that are in need of attention
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Bristol students take first steps in launching housing co-operative
An initiative to launch Bristol’s first student housing co-operative has got underway after raising sufficient funds to cover the costs of establishing itself as a legal entity.
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Rooms With a View
At a time when many of us haven't had the chance to throw-wide-open as many shutters as we might have liked - we asked our photographers to do us a good turn, and send over a few window related 'wow!' moments...
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Watersprite Film Festival announces the launch of the Creativity in Crisis award
In response to the Coronavirus pandemic and its effect on the modern world, the Cambridge-based festival team have launched a new project: The Creativity in Crisis Short Film Award.
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