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Picture perfect: Graduate Chloe Barnes wins Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2025

Artist Chloe Barnes has won Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2025, earning a £10,000 commission from The Royal Society.
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Social media influencer work is far more demanding than it looks, research finds

A study exploring the mental health impacts of social media influencer work has revealed that life online is far more ...
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Explore courses shaped by industry, state-of-the-art facilities and a community that will challenge, excite and support you. Discover a community that will inspire and support you and give you the ...
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Smartphone use hitting struggling pupils hardest, major study finds

Parents underestimate the types of harmful content their children are accessing Teachers and parents broadly support stricter school policy on smartphone use Most comprehensive study of its type on ...
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Researchers create 3D printed food for people with swallowing difficulties

Researchers have developed meals suitable for people with dysphagia (swallowing difficulties) using 3D printing technology. An international team of academics led by UWE Bristol has become the first ...
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Laying Pluckley’s ghosts to rest: new research uncovers the truth about the most haunted village in England

New research from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) has solved a series of tantalising mysteries associated with Pluckley in Kent, known for over 70 years as the ‘most haunted ...
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Celebrations begin for UWE Bristol’s autumn Graduation ceremonies

UWE Bristol's Graduation ceremonies are held at the Bristol Beacon Nearly 3,400 students will celebrate their academic achievements at UWE Bristol’s autumn Graduation ceremonies taking place this week ...
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Big leap forward for environmentally friendly ‘e-textiles’ technology

Strip of e-textile demonstrating the flexible qualities of inkjet-printed graphene. Credit: Marzia Dulal. A research team led by UWE Bristol and the University of Southampton has shown wearable ...
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Teaching Excellence Framework: UWE Bristol provides an outstanding student experience

The student experience UWE Bristol provides has been judged to be outstanding in a new sector-wide assessment of teaching quality. The University received the highest possible classification of ‘gold’ ...
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Lessons from Low Traffic Neighbourhoods will drive better public engagement, study finds

Lessons from Low Traffic Neighbourhoods have informed a new toolkit to improve engagement with the public on challenging local street issues. Produced by academics at UWE Bristol as part of the TRUUD ...
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'Wearable bodyguard' among ten new businesses by young entrepreneurs to receive funding boost

Members of the judging panel for the UWE Bristol Entrepreneurial Futures Award (L-R): Dr Paul Bennett, Peter Fane and Mark Mason. A business developing a ‘wearable bodyguard’ for safer solo journeys ...
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Pee Power technology returns to Glastonbury Festival for fourth year

Technology developed at UWE Bristol that converts urine into electricity is set to be showcased at Glastonbury Festival for a fourth year. An installation of a large 40-person urinal will return to a ...