World leading and internationally excellent research recognised at the University of Bath

More than 90% of Bath research submitted to REF 2021 was ranked as ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’

Revolutionary ‘EarSwitch’ project to be scaled up with new funding

New funding from NIHR will help to progress ‘EarSwitch’ – the device that uses a hidden ear muscle to allow people with neurological conditions to communicate.

Online game shows how vaccines work and how viruses evolve to bypass our defences

A game that shows the interplay between vaccines & viruses has been launched, reinforcing the need to vaccinate widely when a dangerous virus is circulating.

Scientists make plastic more degradable under UV light

Scientists at Bath found that incorporating sugar units into polymers makes them more degradable when exposed to UV light.

Girls’ chance of success at school in Sub-Saharan Africa shaped by language they are taught in

A new report argues that efforts to increase girls’ education in Africa should assess the detrimental effect teaching in English has on learning.

South West UK’s first Green Hydrogen production facility is set to open at new IAAPS research base

New manufacturing capability will allow production of sustainable Green Hydrogen at University of Bath site, boosting UK’s Net Zero agenda

Seven more University of Bath-based swimmers added to Team England squad for Birmingham 2022

They will join pre-selected global champions Tom Dean and Ben Proud in representing the host country at this summer's Commonwealth Games

Blues Awards celebrate memorable year of student, Olympic and Paralympic sport at University of Bath

Footballer Charlotte Greenlees was voted by her fellow student-athletes as the University of Bath Sports Personality of the Year.

World-best times and title milestones among haul for Bath swimmers at 2022 British Swimming Champs

Swimmers who train at the University of Bath won 26 medals in total, five of them gold, and set a host of World and Commonwealth Games qualifying times

Sporting scholar Vicki McCabe helps England Hockey make history at Women’s Junior World Cup

The University of Bath student featured in all five matches in South Africa as England won their first-ever medal in the global competition.

University of Bath students win medals on Modern Pentathlon World Cup debuts in Cairo

Pentathlon GB's Emma Whitaker and Ross Charlton, who both study Sports Performance, were joined on the podium by Natural Sciences graduate Jess Varley

Jamie Main joins hugely-successful British Swimming National Centre squad at University of Bath

Main has been appointed as National Coach for Olympic Swimming with the elite squad that produced eight medals at the Tokyo 2020 Games

The ‘carbon footprint’ was co-opted to shift climate blame – here’s how it can serve us again

Professor Marcelle McManus details how the personal 'carbon footprint' was co-opted by fossil fuel companies - and how it could be made useful again

Monkeypox Q&A: how do you catch it and what are the risks? An expert explains

Professor Ed Feil (Milner Centre for Evolution) explains in The Conversation what we know about the latest outbreak of monkeypox.

Putin’s Russia: how the ex-KGB strongman has gradually turned the clock back to Soviet repression

Dr Stephen Hall (PoLIS) writes for The Conversation about the impact on domestic politics in Russia from Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

Aleksei Navalny: new film about jailed dissident who dared to defy the power of Putin

Dr Stephen Hall reviews the new 'Navalny' film for The Conversation.

Energy strategy: expensive nuclear power push ignores chance to cut costs of UK’s electricity system

Professor Furong Li and Nigel Turvey write for The Conversation.

Energy prices: how COVID helped them to surge – and why they won’t go down any time soon

After months of volatility, energy costs for the average household in the UK will increase by £693 this year. Dr Bruce Morley writes for The Conversation.