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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...
Sep 25, 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
Apr 9, 2023
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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...
Feb 18, 2023
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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...
Oct 3, 2021
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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...
Jul 12, 2021
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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...
Jun 12, 2021
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