Uni technician jailed for using physics lab to prepare cocaine
A university lab technician has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after using university equipment to manufacture £10,000 worth of cocaine. Timothy Newbury, 53, who worked in the university’s Physics Department, used one of the labs as a ‘pressing workshop’ using a hydraulic press to prepare the class A drug for sale. CCTV footage showed [...]
May 20th, 2013 Read more
Uni stayed open late for Museums at Night initiative
This year marks the first time that the University of Bristol has participated in the Museums at Night initiative, which is designed to encourage new visitors to museums and libraries and galleries, through a calendar of special events and late opening hours. The event took place between 16th and 19th May, and the University played [...]
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Student volunteers hold annual dance for elderly locals
The generosity and selflessness of student volunteers from University of Bristol Union (UBU) was on display once again recently when over 50 of the older people in the community were treated to the annual Spring Dinner Dance. The event, organised by the UBU Volunteering Executive Committee, brought together a number of the city’s older residents [...]
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Bristol students slam UNITE’s ‘inadequate safety’ after break-in
A group of international students have criticised the property group UNITE for ‘inadequate safety measures’ after witnessing a break-in to their accommodation. One student was awoken at 4am by the presence of a burglar, who had been trying to climb into her room until he realised that she was awake and fled. The group of [...]
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Bristol Uni campus is ‘one of the safest’
The University of Bristol has one of the safest university campuses in the UK and has a crisis management team constantly ready to deal with unlikely events such as terrorist threats, chemical leaks, building collapses, fire, major disease outbreaks and even the major release of laboratory animals. An on-site crisis is defined as ‘an event, [...]
May 19th, 2013 Read more
Union responds to Ball backlash
At the end of the exam season the Union will host the biggest student ball in its history, with 2711 students having purchased tickets to the circus-themed event. But some have complained that they were ‘misled’ by the ball’s advertising and are disappointed that the black-tie event is shaping up to be a ‘festival’. Some [...]
May 19th, 2013 Read more
Success: Hiatt Baker residents to receive fee reduction
Hiatt Baker Hall students have finally succeeded in receiving a part-refund on accommodation fees due to the huge disruption caused by the construction of an additional 339 rooms which has taken place throughout the year. Students in the most affected rooms will receive compensation ranging from £140 to a maximum of £700, but Epigram understands [...]
May 19th, 2013 Read more
Bristol Pound and FoodCycle raise money for Community Kitchen
Bristol students involved in FoodCycle have collaborated with the Bristol Pound to raise money for the Community Kitchen in Easton. On Monday 29th April over 100 students paid £6 for the chance to eat reclaimed food prepared by award-winning chef Barny Haughton, founder of Bordeaux Quay and the Square Food Foundation. There was a variety [...]
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A bendy future for phones
Squeezing your mobile phone like a stress ball may be a sign of too much time spent in the library but that is exactly the sort of thing smartphones of the future could be used for, thanks to technology from Bristol University researchers. Six shape-shifting mobile phone prototypes have been developed by researchers at the [...]
May 19th, 2013 Read more
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