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University of Bristol
Latin: Bristolliensis (Bris.)
Motto:	Vim promovet insitam "[Learning] promotes one's innate power" – from Horace, Ode 4.4[1]
Established:	1909 (predecessor in 1876)[2]
Type:	Public
Endowment:	£46m[3]
Chancellor:	Baroness Hale of Richmond[4]
Vice-Chancellor:	Prof Eric Thomas[5]
Visitor:	The Lord President of the Council ex officio[6]
Staff:	5,119 (2006)[7]
Students:	22,780[8]
Undergraduates:	15,330[8]
Postgraduates:	7,450[8]
Location:	Bristol, England (51°27′23″N 02°36′16″W / 51.45639, -2.60444Coordinates: 51°27′23″N 02°36′16″W / 51.45639, -2.60444)
Campus:	Urban
Colours:	Pantone 187[9]
Affiliations:	Russell Group Coimbra Group Worldwide Universities Network Universities UK
Website:	http://www.bristol.ac.uk

The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England.^[10] It received its Royal Charter in 1909,^[11] although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.^[12] It is one of the original "red brick" universities.^[13] Bristol ranks as one of the top 10 universities in the United Kingdom according to most published league tables^[14][15][16] and is University which receives the most applications of any British University.^[17] The University has an annual turnover of £260m and is the largest independent employer in Bristol.^[18]

The University is a member of the Russell Group,^[19] European-wide Coimbra Group^[20] and the Worldwide Universities Network, of which the University's Vice-Chancellor Prof Eric Thomas is the current Chair.^[21] The most recent Research Assessment Exercise gave 15 departments a 5* rating.^[22] Bristol has around 23,000 students and is one of two universities in Bristol, the other being the more recently established University of the West of England. The University has gained press attention for its high private school intake and the 2003 dispute over its admissions system.^[23]

Contents 1 History 1.1 University College, Bristol 1.2 University of Bristol 1.3 2003 admissions row 2 Academic reputation 2.1 League tables 3 Students' Union and student life 4 Halls of residence 5 Academic structure 5.1 Faculty of Arts 5.2 Faculty of Engineering 5.3 Faculty of Medical and Veterinary Sciences 5.4 Faculty of Science 5.5 Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry 5.6 Faculty of Social Sciences and Law 5.7 Degrees 6 Governance 7 Symbols 7.1 Academic dress 7.2 Logo and arms 8 People 8.1 Alumni 9 See also 10 References 11 Further reading 12 External links

[edit] History

[edit] University College, Bristol

Main article: University College, Bristol

The University was preceded by University College, Bristol, founded in 1876,^[12] where its first lecture was attended by only 99 students.^[24] The University was able to apply for a Royal Charter due to the financial support of the Wills and Fry families, who made their fortunes in tobacco plantations and chocolate, respectively. Although the Wills Family made huge sums of money from the slave-produced plantations, they later became abolitionists who gave their money to the city of Bristol.^[25] The Royal Charter was gained in May 1909, with 288 undergraduates and 400 other students entering the University in October 1909. Henry Overton Wills III became its first chancellor.^[12] The University College was the first such institution in the country to admit women on the same basis as men.^[12] However, women were forbidden to take examinations in medicine until 1906.^[26]

There shall be from henceforth for ever in Our said City of Bristol a University...

King Edward VII, Charter of Incorporation of the University of Bristol, 4 December 1909[27]

[edit] University of Bristol

Main article: History of the University of Bristol

Since the founding of the University itself in 1909, it has grown considerably and is now one of the largest employers in the local area, although it is smaller by student numbers than the nearby University of the West of England.^[8] Bristol does not have a campus but is spread over a considerable geographic area. Most of its activities, however, are concentrated in the area of the city centre, referred to as the "University Precinct". It is a member of the Russell Group of research-led UK universities, the Coimbra Group of leading European universities and the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN).

The Wills Memorial Building on Park Street.

Most of the buildings here are used by the University. The Wills Memorial Building is left of centre. Viewed from the Cabot Tower on Brandon Hill

The Victoria Rooms now house the University's Department of Music.

Royal Fort and the Physics department

The Faculty of Engineering Queen's Building

The School of Chemistry

The School of Medical Sciences Teaching Laboratories

The AIMS Seminar Centre

The Department of Drama

|} After the founding of the University College in 1876, Government support began in 1889. After mergers with the Bristol Medical School in 1893 and the Merchant Venturers' Technical College in 1909,^[28] this funding allowed the opening of a new Medical School and an Engineering School—two subjects that remain among the University's greatest strengths. In 1908, gifts from the Fry and Wills families, particularly £100,000 from Henry Overton Wills III (£6m in today's money), were provided to endow a University for Bristol and the West of England, provided that a Royal Charter could be obtained within two years. In December, 1909, the King granted such a Charter and erected the University of Bristol.^[27] Henry Wills became its first Chancellor and Conwy Lloyd Morgan the first Vice-Chancellor.^[29] Wills died in 1911 and in tribute his sons George and Harry built the Wills Memorial Building, starting in 1913 and finally finishing in 1925.^[30] Today, it houses parts of the academic provision for earth sciences and law, and graduation ceremonies are held in its Great Hall. The Wills Memorial Building is a Grade II* listed building.^[31]

In 1920, George Wills bought the Victoria Rooms and endowed them to the University as a Students' Union.^[12] The building now houses the Department of Music and is a Grade II* listed building.^[32]

At the point of foundation, the University was required to provide for the local community. This mission was behind the creation of the Department of Extra-Mural Adult Education in 1924 to provide courses to the local community. This mission continues today; a new admissions policy specifically caters to the 'BS' postcode area of Bristol.^[33]

Among the famous names associated with Bristol in this early period is Paul Dirac, who graduated in 1921 with a degree in engineering, before obtaining a second degree in mathematics in 1923 from Cambridge. For his subsequent pioneering work on quantum mechanics, he was awarded the 1933 Nobel Prize for Physics.^[34] Later in the 1920s, the H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory was opened by Ernest Rutherford.^[35] It has since housed several Nobel Prize winners: Cecil Frank Powell (1950);^[36] Hans Albrecht Bethe (1967);^[37] and Sir Nevill Francis Mott (1977).^[38] The Laboratory stands on the same site today, close to the Bristol Grammar School and the city museum.

Sir Winston Churchill became the University's third Chancellor in 1929, serving the University in that capacity until 1965.^[12] He succeeded Richard Haldane who had held the office from 1912 following the death of Henry Wills.^[29][26]

During World War II, the Wills Memorial was bombed, destroying the Great Hall and the organ it housed.^[12] It has since been restored to its former glory, complete with oak panelled walls and a new organ.

In 1946, the University established the first drama department in the country.^[12] In the same year, Bristol began offering special entrance exams and grants to aid the resettlement of servicemen returning home. Student numbers continued to increase, and the Faculty of Engineering eventually needed the new premises that were to become Queen's Building in 1955. This substantial building housed all of the University's engineers until 1996, when Electrical Engineering and Computer Science moved over the road into the new Merchant Venturers' Building to make space for these rapidly expanding fields. Today, Queen's Building caters for most of the teaching needs of the Faculty and provides academic space for the "heavy" engineering subjects (civil, mechanical, and aeronautical).

With unprecedented growth in the 1960s, particularly in undergraduate numbers, the Student's Union eventually acquired larger premises in a new building in the Clifton area of the city, in 1965. This building was more spacious than the Victoria Rooms, which were now given over to the Department of Music. The new Union provides many practice and performance rooms, some specialist rooms, as well as three bars: the Epi; the Mandela (also known as AR2) and the Avon Gorge. Whilst spacious, the Union building is thought by many to be ugly^[39] and out of character compared to the architecture of the rest of the Clifton area, having been mentioned in a BBC poll to find the worst architectural eyesores in Britain.^[40] The University has proposed relocating the Union to a more central location as part of its development 'masterplan'.^[41]

The 1960s were a time of considerable student activism in the United Kingdom, and Bristol was no exception. In 1968, many students marched in support of the Anderson Report, which called for higher student grants. This discontent culminated in an 11-day sit-in at the Senate House (the administrative headquarters of the University).^[12] A series of Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors led the University through these decades, with Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort taking over from Churchill as Chancellor in 1965 before being succeeded by Dorothy Hodgkin in 1970 who spent the next 18 years in the office.^[29]

As the age of mass higher education dawned, Bristol continued to build its student numbers. The various undergraduate residences were repeatedly expanded and, more recently, some postgraduate residences have been constructed. These more recent ventures have been funded (and are run) by external companies in agreement with the University.

Since 1988, there have been only two further Chancellors: Sir Jeremy Morse, then chairman of Lloyds Bank who handed over in 2003 to Brenda Hale, the first female Law Lord.^[26][29]

One of the few Centres for Deaf Studies in the United Kingdom was established in Bristol in 1981, followed in 1988 by the Norah Fry Centre for research into learning difficulties. Also in 1988, and again in 2004,^[42] the Students' Union AGM voted to disaffiliate from the National Union of Students (NUS). On both occasions, however, the subsequent referendum of all students reversed that decision and Bristol remains affiliated to the NUS.

In 2002, the University was involved in argument over press intrusion after details of Euan Blair's application to university (son of then-Prime Minister Tony Blair) were published in national newspapers. Euan eventually gained a 2:1 in Ancient History from Bristol.^[43]

As the number of postgraduate students has grown (particularly the numbers pursuing taught Master's Degrees), there eventually became a need for separate representation on University bodies and the Postgraduate Union (PGU) was established in 2000.^[44] Universities are increasingly expected to exploit the intellectual property generated by their research activities and, in 2000, Bristol established the Research and Enterprise Division (RED) to further this cause (particularly for technology-based businesses). In 2001, the university signed a 25-year research funding deal with IP2IPO, an intellectual property commercialisation company.^[45] In 2007, research activities were expanded further with the opening of the Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science (ACCIS) and The Bristol Institute for Public Affairs (BIPA).

In 2002, the University opened a new Centre for Sports, Exercise and Health in the heart of the University precinct.^[46] At a cost, local residents are also able to use the facilities.^[47]

Expansion of teaching and research activities continues. In 2004, the Faculty of Engineering completed work on the Bristol Laboratory for Advanced Dynamics Engineering (BLADE). This £18.5m project^[48] provides cutting-edge technology to further the study of dynamics and is the most advanced such facility in Europe. It was built as an extension to the Queen's Building and was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in March 2005.

In January, 2005, The School of Chemistry was awarded £4.5m by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to create Bristol ChemLabS: a Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL),^[49] with an additional £350k announced for the capital part of the project in February, 2006. Bristol ChemLabS stands for Bristol Chemical Laboratory Sciences; it is the only Chemistry CETL in the UK.^[50]

There is also a plan to significantly redevelop the centre of the University Precinct in the coming years.^[51]

[edit] 2003 admissions row

Main article: 2003 Bristol University admissions row

The University has been regarded as being elitist by some commentators,^[52] taking 42% of its undergraduate students from non-state schools, according to the most recent 2006/2007 figures, despite the fact that such pupils make up just 7% of the population in the UK.^[53] It should be noted that 20% of sixth-form pupils attend non-state funded institutions. In late February and early March 2003, Bristol became embroiled in a row about admissions policies, with some private schools threatening a boycott^[54] based on their claims that, in an effort to improve equality of access, the University was discriminating against their students. These claims were hotly denied by the University.^[55] In August, 2005, following a large-scale survey, the Independent Schools Council publicly acknowledged that there was no evidence of bias against applicants from the schools it represented.^[56] The University has a new admissions policy,^[33] which lays out in considerable detail the basis on which any greater or lesser weight may be given to particular parts of an applicant's backgrounds—in particular, what account may be taken of which school the applicant hails from. This new policy also encourages greater participation from locally resident applicants.

[edit] Academic reputation

League tables generally place Bristol within the top ten universities in the United Kingdom. The 2008 University League Table published by The Times placed Bristol 8th, The Sunday Times placed Bristol 10th and The Good University Guide placed Bristol 7th.^[57][58]Internationally, The Times Higher Education Supplement placed Bristol 64th in the world in 2006 and 37th in 2007.^[59] Another international ranking, the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking of World Universities, placed Bristol 62nd globally in 2007.^[60] According to data published in The Telegraph Bristol has the third-highest percentage of 'good honours' of any UK university, behind Oxford and Cambridge.^[61]

In addition, the following courses offered by University of Bristol, managed to reach top 5 in the Times ranking (2008): Computer Science(3-rd), Electrical and Electronic Engineering(3-rd), Civil Engineering(5-th), Biological Sciences(3-rd), Mathematics (3-rd), Psychology (4-th).

In addition, Bristol is particularly strong in the field of social sciences, particularly in Economics, Finance and Management, and was recently rated 4th in the 2008 Guardian University Guide for Business and Management Studies. ^[62]

Bristol is also known for its research strength, having 15 departments gaining the top grade of 5* in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. Overall, 36 out of 46 departments rated gained the top two ratings of 5 or 5*, and 76% of all the academic staff working in departments scored these top two levels.^[63][64] In terms of teaching strength, Bristol had an average Teaching Quality Assessment score of 22.05/24 before the TQA was abolished.^[65] For admission in October 2005, Bristol reported an average of 10.8 applications per place with the average A-level score on admission being 436.4.^[66] That year, Bristol's drop-out rate was 2.2% compared to the benchmark set by HEFCE of no more than 3.1%.^[67]

[edit] League tables

UK

	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
Times Good University Guide		8th[68]	7th[69]	7th	12th[70]
Guardian University Guide	32nd[71]	14th[72]	12th	13th[73]	19th[74]
Sunday Times University Guide		10th[75]	9th	9th[76]	8th[76]
Daily Telegraph		N/A	7th[77]	N/A	N/A
The Independent	16th[78]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

World

	2007	2006	2005
THES - QS World University Rankings	37th[79]	64th[79][80]	49th[81]
Academic Ranking of World Universities	62nd[82]	62nd[83]	64th[84]
Newsweek - The Top 100 Global Universities	49th[85]	N/A	N/A

[edit] Students' Union and student life

Main article: University of Bristol Union

The University has a Students' Union, the University of Bristol Union, which claims to have the largest Students' Union building in the country.^[86] From this location, the student radio station BURST (Bristol University Radio Station) broadcasts and the student paper Epigram publishes. In terms of student life, the Union is responsible for the organisation of the annual freshers' fair, the coordination of Bristol Student Community Action, which organizes volunteering projects in the local community, and the organization of entertainment events and student societies. The current President of the union is Tobin Webb.^[87] Previous presidents have included Sue Lawley and Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik. There is a separate union for postgraduate students, as well as an athletic union, which is a member of the British Universities & Colleges Sport.^[88] In distinction to the 'blues' awarded for sporting excellence at Oxford and Cambridge, Bristol's outstanding athletes are awarded 'reds'.^[89]

[edit] Halls of residence

Main article: Halls of residence at the University of Bristol

Accommodation for students is primarily in the central precinct of the University and two areas of Bristol: Clifton and Stoke Bishop.^[90] In Stoke Bishop, Wills Hall on the edge of the Clifton Downs was the first to be opened, in 1929, by then-Chancellor Winston Churchill. Its original quadrangle layout has been expanded twice, in 1962 and 1990.^[90] Churchill Hall, named for the Chancellor, followed in 1956, then Badock Hall in 1964.^[90][91] At the time of Badock Hall's establishment, some of the buildings were called Hiatt Baker Hall, but two years later, Hiatt Baker moved to its own site and is now the largest hall in the University.^[90][92] The first self-catering hall in Stoke Bishop was University Hall, established in 1971 with expansion in 1992.^[90] The Universities newest undergraduate residence, Durdham Hall, was opened in Stoke Bishop in 1994.^[90] All of the main halls elect groups of students to the Junior Common Room to organize the halls social calendar for the next year.

In Clifton, Goldney Hall was built first in the early 1700s by a wealthy merchant family of the same surname and eventually became part of the University in 1956.^[93] It is a popular location for filming, with The Chronicles of Narnia, The House of Eliott and Truly, Madly, Deeply, as well as episodes of Only Fools and Horses and Casualty, being filmed there.^[94] The Grotto in the grounds is a Grade I listed building.^[95] Clifton Hill House is another Grade I listed building now used as student accommodation in Clifton.It was originally built in between 1745 and 1750 by Isaac Ware, and has been used by the University since its earliest days in 1909.^[90][96] Manor Hall comprises five separate buildings, the principal of which was erected from 1927–1932 to the design of George Oatley following a donation from Henry Herbert Wills.

One of its annexes, Manor House, has recently been refurbished and officially 'reopened' in 1999.^[90][97]

Several of the residences in the central precinct are more recent and have been built and are managed by third-party organisations under exclusivity arrangements with the University. These include Unite House and Chantry Court, opened in 2000 and 2003 respectively by the UNITE Group,^{[98][99][100]} as well as Dean's Court (2001, postgraduates only) and Woodland Court (2005), both run by the Dominion Housing Group.^[101][102]

[edit] Academic structure

The University is made up of a number of schools and departments organised into six faculties:^[103]

[edit] Faculty of Arts Archaeology and Anthropology Drama: Theatre, Film, Television History of Art Music Philosophy Classics & Ancient History English Historical Studies Theology and Religious Studies French  German Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies Italian Russian

[edit] Faculty of Engineering Aerospace Engineering Civil Engineering Computer Science Electrical and Electronic Engineering Engineering Mathematics Mechanical Engineering [edit] Faculty of Medical and Veterinary Sciences Anatomy Biochemistry Cellular & Molecular Medicine Clinical Veterinary Science Physiology and Pharmacology [edit] Faculty of Science Biological Sciences Chemistry Earth Sciences Experimental Psychology Geographical Sciences Mathematics Physics

[edit] Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Clinical Science at North Bristol Clinical Science at South Bristol Community-Based Medicine Oral & Dental Science Social Medicine [edit] Faculty of Social Sciences and Law Politics Social Work Sociology Education (Graduate School of) Geographical Sciences Policy Studies Deaf Studies Hearing and Balance Studies Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences Accounting and Finance Economics Management Law

[edit] Degrees

Bristol awards a range of academic degrees spanning bachelor's and master's degrees as well as junior doctorates and higher doctorates. The postnominals awarded are the degree abbreviations used commonly among British universities. The University is part of the Engineering Doctorate scheme,^[104] and awards the Eng. D. in systems engineering, engineering management, aerospace engineering and non-destructive evaluation.^[105]

Bristol notably does not award by title any Bachelor's degrees in music, which is available for study but awarded B.A. (although it does award M.Mus. and D.Mus.), nor any degree in divinity, since divinity is not available for study (students of theology are awarded a B.A.). Similarly, the University does not award B.Litt. (Bachelor of Letters), although it does award both M.Litt. and D.Litt. In regulations, the University does not name M.D. or D.D.S. as higher doctorates, although they are in many universities.^[106], as these degrees are normally accredited professional doctorates.

The degrees of D.Litt., D.Sc., D.Eng., LL.D. and D.Mus., whilst having regulations specifying the grounds for award,^[107] are most often conferred as honorary degrees (in honoris causa).^[108] Those used most commonly are the D.Litt., D.Sc. and LL.D., with the M.A. (and occasionally the M.Litt.) also sometimes conferred honorarily for distinction in the local area or within the University.

[edit] Governance

Main article: Governance of the University of Bristol

In common with most UK universities, Bristol is headed formally by the Chancellor, currently Brenda Hale and led on a day-to-day basis by the Vice-Chancellor, currently Prof Eric Thomas. There are four Pro-Vice-Chancellors and three ceremonial Pro-Chancellors.^[109] The Chancellor may hold office for up to ten years and the Pro-Chancellors for up to three, unless the University Court determines otherwise,^[110][111] but the Vice-Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellors have no term limits.^[112][113] From September 2008, there will also be a Deputy Vice-Chancellor, who will stand in for the Vice-Chancellor on all matters when the latter is away from the University.^[114]

Responsibility for running the University is held at an executive level by the Vice-Chancellor, but the Council is the only body that can recommend changes to the University's statutes and Charter,^[115] with the exception of academic ordinances. These can only be made with the consent of the Senate, the chief academic body in the University which also holds responsibility for teaching and learning, examinations and research and enterprise.^[115][116] The Chancellor and Pro Chancellors are nominated by Council and appointed formally by Court, whose additional powers are now limited to these appointments and a few others, including some lay members of Council.^[117] Finally, Convocation, the body of all staff, ceremonial officers and graduates of the University, returns 100 members to Court and one member to Council,^[109] but is otherwise principally a forum for discussion and to ensure graduates stay in touch with the University.

[edit] Symbols

In common with other universities in the United Kingdom, Bristol uses its particular pattern of academic dress as well its logo and coat of arms to represent itself.

[edit] Academic dress

Main article: Academic dress of the University of Bristol

The University specifies a mix of Cambridge and Oxford academic dress. For the most part, it uses Cambridge-style hoods and Oxford-style gowns. Unusually for British universities, the hoods are required to be 'University red' (see the logo at the top of the page) rather than black.^[118]

[edit] Logo and arms

In 2004, the University unveiled its new logo. The icons in the logo are the sun for the Wills family, the dolphin for Colston, the horse for Fry and the ship-and-castle from the mediaeval seal of the City of Bristol, as also used in the coat of arms. The shape of the whole logo represents the open book of learning.^[9] This logo has replaced the University arms shown, but the arms continue to be used where there is a specific historical or ceremonial requirement. The arms comprise:

argent on a cross quadrate gules the arms of the City of Bristol between in pale and a sun in splendour (for Wills) and an open book proper, leaved and clasped or, and inscribed with the words Nisi quia Dominus, and in fesse to the dexter a dolphin embowed (for Colston), and to the sinister a horse courant (for Fry), both of the third.

The inscription on the book is the Latin opening of the 124th Psalm, "If the Lord Himself had not (been on our side...)".^[1]

[edit] People

Bristol has produced four Nobel Laureates and academics include ten Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences, ten Fellows of the British Academy, twelve Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering and eighteen Fellows of the Royal Society.^[119]

Present academics include Sir Michael Berry, knighted in 1996, one of the discoverers of quantum mechanics' 'geometric phase',^[120] John Rarity who, in 2001, set a then world-record 1.9km range for free-space secure key exchange using quantum cryptography,^[121] and Mark Horton, one of the presenters of the BBC's Coast television series.^[122] Patricia Broadfoot, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Gloucestershire, and Nigel Thrift, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick both were previously faculty at Bristol.^[123][124] Anthony Epstein, co-discoverer of the Epstein-Barr virus, was Professor of Pathology at the University from 1968–1982.^[125] Historical academics include Sir John Lennard-Jones, discoverer of the Lennard-Jones potential in physics^[126][127] and Alfred Marshall, one of the University College's Principals and influential economist in the latter part of the 19th century.^[128]

[edit] Alumni

Main article: Alumni of the University of Bristol

Notable alumni of the University of Bristol include writers Dick King-Smith, Angela Carter and David Nicholls, author of the novel Starter for Ten, turned into a screenplay set in the University of Bristol.^[129] Other high-profile former students include illusionist Derren Brown and TV newsreader Alastair Stewart, as well as musician James Blunt. Radio 4 presenter Sue Lawley was a student, as were Little Britain stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams,^[130] Simon Pegg (of Hot Fuzz fame) and Chris Morris, creator of the controversial Brass Eye. Liberal Democratic MP Lembit Opik was President of Bristol University Students' Union during his time there. For a full list of famous alumni, see Bristol University's page on notable alumni.

[edit] See also

• Education in Bristol

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

• University for Bristol: A History in Text and Pictures by Don Carleton, University of Bristol P. (October 1984), ISBN-10: 0862922003
• Wills Memorial Building (University of Bristol Buildings series) by Sarah Whittingham, ISBN-10: 086292541X
• How Did This Garden Grow?: The History of the Botanic Gardens of the University of Bristol by Rosalind Delany, Friends of Bristol University Botanic Garden ISBN-10: 0954350405

[edit] External links

University and Media Bristol University official website University of Bristol Students’ Union Bristol University Student Newspaper BURST radio

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