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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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Counselling and Music Therapy Postgraduate and Professional Open Event

This event will cover our Counselling Certificate, MA Counselling and Psychotherapy and MA Music Therapy. You will find out all you need to know about the courses and the excellent teaching facilities ...
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Graduate’s winning design to feature on Brabazon Hangar

UWE Bristol and YTL Developments have teamed up to run a student design competition for a large-scale artwork at the Spitfire Community Hangar at Brabazon.
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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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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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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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'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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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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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 ...
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Vast majority of rural councils have no targets for social housing, study finds

New research reveals a serious shortfall in rural social housing, with only 20 per cent of local authorities setting targets to deliver it. A new report from countryside charity CPRE, produced with ...