What do students want for their Bristol Futures?

Back in Welcome Week, we invited students to make a wish for their Bristol Futures by tying a ribbon onto a tree and filling in an online form (with a chance to win £100). We received over 150 responses from … Continue reading...

The Bristol Futures Festival 2022 

Welcome Week 2022 featured the launch of the first Bristol Futures Festival. It introduced first year students to the unique Bristol educational offer; championing themes of enterprise and innovation, sustainability, and global citizenship. During the festival students learned how they … Continue reading...

Literacy rates and teen pregnancy

In this unit, issues of global importance are examined through the lens of data. Sustainability and climate change, inequality and global public health are discussed through two student-led projects. The second project involved assessing the causes, consequences, and factors of … Continue reading...

Different Forms of Injustice

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Regarding gender equality, the UN’s fifth Sustainable Development Goal, there is a long way to go to reach their target of empowering all women and girls globally. In this report, I will consider some … Continue reading...

Life Below Water: a glimpse into the connections beneath the surface

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Source: ‘School of Fish Swimming Underwater’ by Adriprayago Liemena (2019). https://www.pexels.com/photo/school- offish-swimming-underwater-7826494/

The year 2015 saw a ‘universal call to action’ to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that by 2030 all people … Continue reading...

Overconsumption as a form of Injustice

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Source: ‘Group of people protesting against police brutality’ by Mathis P.R. Reading (2020)
https://www.pexels.com/photo/group-of-people-protesting-against-police-brutality-4646819/

Injustice is a very relevant topic when considering societal and environmental challenges – but what is it? Injustice is often … Continue reading...

Wolf protection in Western Europe

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While the wolf has remained in some European ecosystems all the way despite the multiple human threats, like in Italy’s Abruzzi mountains, the wolf’s return has become a central topic amongst European conservationists and … Continue reading...