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UoB considers paying for night-time policing of noise incidents
The University of Bristol says it's discussing the possibility of paying for police resources to deal with night-time noise incidents. An...
Oct 26, 2018
Police plan to patrol Redland and Cotham noise hotspots
Local beat police will patrol parts of the Redland and Cotham districts for five evenings and nights at the end of October into early...
Oct 24, 2018
Northampton uni pays for 6 police
Northampton University is to pay almost £775,000 for six police officers to patrol its new Waterside campus for three academic years,...
Oct 5, 2018


New year, same old problems— will we get the support we need?
As we start a new academic year, noise incidents are already starting to multiply—see the list on this page, including two entries for...
Oct 2, 2018
Town vs Gown: Observer article
Bristol's booming student population has boosted the economy and gives the city an energy and vitality it might otherwise lack. But it...
Oct 1, 2018
Chandos calls for 'radical' solutions from university to noise issues
Complaints statistics released by the University of Bristol "confirm that we are facing a deteriorating situation and very significant...
Aug 2, 2018
Highbury says pleas for response to noise must be 'taken seriously'
Highbury Residents Association, representing one of the residential areas closest to the University of Bristol campus, has backed calls...
Aug 2, 2018
University needs a way to shut down parties
The latest noise complaints statistics from the University of Bristol (see previous post) show clearly that it needs a change of...
Jul 29, 2018
Noise incidents jump 52%, parties 24%, as complaints to UoB surge
The University of Bristol received 116 complaints about student noise in 2017-18, the academic year just finished. That’s a massive 52%...
Jul 26, 2018
UoB to Consider Chandos Proposals
The University of Bristol’s Deputy Registrar, Lynn Robinson, promised to take away several ideas for consideration after attending a...
Jul 10, 2018