Bristol University and the University of the West of England will battle it out for football honours in the Football Varsity match, which takes place 12 March at Manor Farm FC.

Greater maternal body mass index (BMI) during offspring development does not have a marked effect on offspring fat mass at ages nine to eleven years, according to a new study from the University of Bristol published today in PLoS Medicine.

Spectators at many large-scale live events miss a lot of the action - until now. A team of engineers at Bristol University working closely with industrial partners have developed a way of providing spectators with near real-time access to events as they unfold via Smart mobile phones.

Bristol Science City launched today with support for a range of fun events, lectures and demonstrations celebrating the city’s world-class scientific research and innovation.

The Joint Unions Safety Reps and Departmental Safety Advisors (DSAs) are holding their fourth annual conference on Wednesday 2 April in the Franks Lecture Theatre, Department of Physics, Tyndall Avenue.

Len Hall, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Dean of Medical and Veterinary Sciences, is to become one of the University of Bristol’s four Pro Vice-Chancellors from September 1. He will replace Professor David Clarke, who will take up the new post of Deputy Vice-Chancellor on the same date.

Did you know that there are extinct volcanoes near Bristol? A trip to visit them at Sand Point, Weston-Super-Mare, will be led by Professor Steve Sparks on 16 March.

Professor Howard Jenkinson in the Department of Oral & Dental Science (Dental School) has been awarded a grant of £285,000 from The Wellcome Trust to research ways to combat diseases caused by Streptococcus bacteria.

A University of Bristol heart disease specialist will open the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) “mud run” at Ashton Court this Sunday [March 9]. Andrew Newby, British Heart Foundation Professor of Vascular Cell Biology, and a team of scientists and clinicians from the Bristol Heart Institute will be taking part in the run, to raise money for the BHF.

David May, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Bristol, as well as Chief Technology Officer at start-up XMOS Semiconductor Ltd, has been named as one of ‘35 people, places and things that will shape the future’.

Bristol University is asking people who were caught up in the floods that hit Gloucestershire last year for their accounts of the event. A new initiative – The Gloucestershire Floods Project – aims to record and document their experiences and memories to build a lasting record of how the floods affected those living in the area.

Staff are invited to attend a student-centred, e-learning Easter workshop on 16-17 April.