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Healthcare Science Week 2021 - an annual celebration of the many aspects of healthcare science, 5-14 March this year - includes local input from Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) with an invitation for members of the public to find out about the fascinating work done by the fertility specialists who help create viable embryos to be used in IVF.
A community project in Newquay is being given a boost through a grant delivered by Cornwall Council.
Creative hotel staff have come up with new measures to ensure people maintain an appropriate distance from each other if they attend any meetings at any of its sites.
With the national lockdown extended until 8 March, many people and parents will be looking for at-home entertainment this February half term. Here are some of the best offerings from Bristol including a Wallace and Gromit augmented reality game, an online Lunar New Year Festival, Bristol Old Vic’s Swallows and Amazons and virtual art classes and exhibitions.
Stephen Fry, one of the UK’s best loved and most prodigious talents of the small and big screen, will give a fascinating insight into his influential and innovative work, during a special event at the University of Exeter.
School children at Fairfield School in Backwell have been getting into the festive spirit with a series of Christmas activities.
Hundreds of people across the south west benefited from over sixty presentations on digital technology at the recent three-day Festival of the Future which took place on line.
Leading academics from the University of Exeter have been recognised as being amongst the world’s most influential researchers, according to a prestigious new ranking.
A new group has come together to support Dorset’s vision to make the county a Digital Place and be at the front of digital change.
Community activism and a higher profile in schools will be essential for the numbers speaking Cornish to increase, an expert in the language has said.
A workshop designed to support people to open up about issues around death and dying is being held in Bristol on November 28.
A new environmental intelligence tool for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly will help protect the region’s precious wildlife and landscape.
Dorset Music Service is celebrating £90K of funding from Youth Music to give better access to music for children, young people -and babies this year.
A Taunton nursery has scooped a prize for its giant sunflower which measures at over 10 feet tall.
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has partnered with the University of Bristol for its legal and emerging tech vacation scheme. As part of the project, six students are taking part in a virtual two-week work placement at the firm.
Pupils at a North Somerset Independent School are celebrating its 85th birthday this week with a special service and an original song composed by music teacher Miss Clara Jeffrey.
Nationwide attention attracted by the toppling of Bristol slave trader Edward Colston’s statue has sparked the creation of a brand new resource for schools – an online workshop called ‘A Tale of Two Statues’ which contrasts the lives of Colston and John Wesley, prominent 18th century anti-slavery campaigner and founder of the Methodist movement.
Two new virtual events have been planned by bereavement experts to help members of the public and healthcare professionals better understand and deal with issues around death and dying.
