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Sep 25, 2023
Time to change: Stepping back from role with residents’ groups
I have stepped back from my role as coordinator of a list of 12 residents’ associations (RAs) that are associated with the Bristol...
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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...
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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...
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Apr 9, 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...
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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...
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Apr 9, 2023
Groups say ‘civic’ agreement should address student impact
Residents’ groups have urged the universities and city council to acknowledge that while the university sector brings many benefits to...
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Feb 18, 2023
UoB's new Vice-Chancellor to meet residents’ groups amid 'civic' push
Professor Evelyn Welch, University of Bristol’s new vice-chancellor, is to meet residents’ associations in March as part of efforts to...
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Oct 3, 2021
Residents' associations urge UoB to adopt 'Respect for Communities' plan
A group of nine residents' associations is urging the University of Bristol to improve the guidance it gives to students on how to live...
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Jul 12, 2021
New student partnership is urged to address residents' concerns
Bristol Student Community Partnership needs to make a "visionary" effort to reshape students' attitudes to the areas they live in, I told...
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Jun 12, 2021
New 'partnership' between universities and community due to meet on 30 June
The Bristol Student Community Partnership, a new body aimed at improving relations between students and longer-term residents, will hold...
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