The University of Bath

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Together, we belong. Welcome to the University of Bath, a top 150 University in the QS World University Rankings 2025.

@uniofbath.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 4:00 PM

From AI-pocalypses to energy geopolitics, the Festival of Economics explores the ideas shaping our future.

We’re joining partners to connect research, policy, and public debate on today's biggest economic questions. https://bit.ly/3TvO0Lg

#FestivalOfEconomics @uniofbathipr.bsky.social

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@uniofbath.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 2:56 PM

Congratulations to Professor Chris Budd on receiving the prestigious IMA Gold Medal for outstanding contributions to mathematics, its applications and public engagement. A pioneer of industrial mathematics, his work has advanced climate science, weather forecasting and scientific machine learning.

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@uniofbath.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 1:52 PM

Watch our new film to learn how colleagues at the University have been helping to drive our research culture forward, the positive impact it’s having on our people and research, and our key priorities for the future.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/4yfY7m3

@uniofbath.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 4:00 PM

Congratulations to Professor Jianzhong Wu, our Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), on being elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. His research on integrated energy systems is helping shape smarter, more sustainable energy networks and support the transition to a low-carbon future.

@uniofbath.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 2:56 PM

Join Dr Roberto Desimone, Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence, for a free guest lecture at the University of Bath on 14 October on Challenges in exploiting AI and the Quantum Future.

@uniofbath.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 1:52 PM

Little hands, big ideas.

Our first Science & Engineering Club gave local children a hands-on taste of university life, exploring robotics, rockets and AI, and showed them great engineering starts with curiosity and the confidence to try.

#STEM

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@uniofbath.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 11:37 AM

Join Christiana Figueres, one of the architects of the Paris Climate Agreement, for a special livestreamed event from Bath Abbey to explore what generations owe one another in a warming world and the qualities needed to respond to today's biggest challenges.

Watch live: https://bit.ly/4y4oyLj

@uniofbath.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 2:56 PM

Dr Asel Sartbaeva, Reader in the Department of Chemistry and Co-Founder and CEO of EnsiliTech, has been awarded the honorary title 'Jaratman of the Kyrgyz Republic' by President Sadyr Japarov.

Jaratman, meaning 'inventor', is a new state honour introduced in 2026: https://bit.ly/3TMCFqm

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@uniofbath.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 1:52 PM

New research from the universities of Bath and Oslo has found that women remain underrepresented in local government but family-friendly working practices can increase women councillors’ willingness to stand for office again: https://bit.ly/4xxKwWV

@uniofbath.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 4:00 PM

Can local leaders improve opportunities for young people? New research from Bath, Bristol and Durham suggests they can.

The study found locally led approaches boosted young people's optimism and created lasting partnerships that support social mobility.

https://bit.ly/3TkiO1R

#SocialMobility

@uniofbath.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 2:56 PM

Congratulations to Richard Guy, Professor Emeritus at the University of Bath, who has been honoured with a dedicated issue of the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, recognising his outstanding accomplishments as one of the 'Giants in the Pharmaceutical Sciences'.

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@uniofbath.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 1:52 PM

We are delighted to announce the University of Bath and HPO Technologies have been awarded an Innovate UK-funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) for scaling digital health interventions, led by Prof James Bilzon and Associate Prof Dr Max Western, Department for Health: https://bit.ly/4xXFlPX

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@uniofbath.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 1:52 PM

The University of Bath is partnering with @gw4alliance.bsky.social for the GW4 BioMed3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Award, supported by £90 million investment from the Medical Research Council, to fund 600 researchers at universities across all four nations of the UK. More on this: https://bit.ly/4ypRGgT

@uniofbath.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 1:52 PM

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor John Bower as the new Raymond Schinazi and Family Chair of Science, a move which brings one of the world’s leading synthetic and medicinal chemists to Bath: https://bit.ly/4rGUCmX

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@britishacademy.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 9:17 AMReposted by @uniofbath.bsky.social

"What does the British Academy Fellowship mean to you?"

At our New Fellows Ceremony, we asked Professor Manuel Barcia FBA @mbarcia24.bsky.social from @uniofbath.bsky.social to reflect on Fellowship and what he's looking forward to as part of the British Academy community.

🎥 Watch his response.

@uniofbath.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 4:00 PM

Dr Emma Cliffe, Head of Bath's Mathematics Resources Centre, has received the Lawson-Croft Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mathematics and Statistics Support.

https://bit.ly/4hsQjqJ

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@uniofbath.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 2:56 PM

We're proud to be hosting the @timeshighered.bsky.social Student Success UK & IE 2026 Conference at the University of Bath.

Join us to explore the ideas, innovations and best practices shaping the future of student success: https://bit.ly/4ct00EL

🗓️ Early Bird registration ends 2 October.

@uniofbath.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 1:52 PM

We are delighted to announce that @ukri.org has awarded two highly competitive Future Leaders Fellowships to Dr Ana Catalano Weeks, Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, and Dr Olivia Brown, @uniofbathsom.bsky.social. More on this: https://bit.ly/4yvUxVX

@uniofbath.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 8:30 AM

On The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2027, Bath is:

👍 8th in the UK overall
🎓 5th in the UK for graduate prospects
⭐ 17 subjects ranked in the UK's Top 10

#UniofBath #University #StudentSuccess #GraduateProspects #Rankings

@uniofbath.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 2:56 PM

Researchers from the University of Bath's Centre of Excellence in Water-Based Early-Warning Systems for Health Protection (CWBE) have partnered with Bangor University to launch Global Wastewater Day to harness wastewater as an early warning system for future pandemics: https://bit.ly/4hh5YKD

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