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Operation Beech to run for 12 nights over Halloween and November noise ‘peak’
Noise complaints typically peak at the end of October and early November as Halloween (31 October) and Bonfire Night (5 November) bring out party spirits. What's fun for some can turn into misery for others if the celebrations are excessively loud and run long into the night. This year, both of the key dates are followed by what for many will be a normal work day, making lost sleep doubly unwelcome. Starting on Wednesday (30 October), University of Bristol's appeals to studen
Oct 28, 2024


UoB faces tests as CLO leaves, Cotham students defy party warning
The new academic year has started with two unwelcome developments. First, the University of Bristol’s community liaison officer,...
Sep 26, 2024
CLO search begins, 'waste rule' returns, landlord data disappears ...
Here’s a quick catch-up on some recent developments as we enter the 2024-25 academic year: UoB Is Recruiting a New Community-Liaison...
Sep 25, 2024
Rocket fired along street narrowly misses resident trying to quieten students
A firework launched along a Cotham street exploded in front of a resident as she came out of her house to try to quieten students...
Oct 31, 2023
Extra Operation Beech patrols to cover Halloween week
Operation Beech, the special police patrol paid for by University of Bristol to tackle student noise, will run extra shifts over the...
Oct 23, 2023
UoB revamp strips CLO of powers, drops waste from rulebook (updated)
University of Bristol has brought in new complaints-handling procedures that strip its community liaison officer of power to issue fines...
Sep 25, 2023
COMMENT: The BSCP – reflections on a flawed ‘partnership’
In 2021, I circulated an email to all the Residents Associations in areas close to the University of Bristol that I’d come to know...
Sep 25, 2023
UoB complaints data drop, but levels still higher than in past (updated)
University of Bristol reported that it received 421 complaints about its students in 2022-23, down from 547 the year before. The totals...
Sep 25, 2023
Temple Meads expansion begs questions on student numbers
What impact will rising student numbers have on Bristol’s existing communities? That’s the question posed by Bristol Live in an article...
Apr 9, 2023
Vice-Chancellor meets residents’ groups, says she’s listening
University of Bristol’s new vice-chancellor, Prof. Evelyn Welch, recently met residents’ groups at two meetings held to discuss the...
Apr 9, 2023