Bristol has some of the most under performing schools in the England, but also some of the highest performing schools in the country. Bristol (IPA: ) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London and between the cities of Bath, Gloucester and Newport. ... Students in Rome, Italy. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ...

Schools in Bristol

List of schools in Bristol. This is a list of all of the secondary schools (11-18 years) in Bristol, together with the age range of the students and the type of school.

Colleges in Bristol

The main Filton College building

Bristol has 2 main colleges they are City of Bristol College and Filton College. The City of Bristol College's main campus is located on St George's Road, near College Green with many smaller sites across the city; Whilst Filton College is based at Filton. Filton College, Filton, Bristol, England. ... Filton College, Filton, Bristol, England. ... Overview City of Bristol College is a large general further education college based in the English city of Bristol. ... The main Filton College building Filton College is an educational institute in Filton, a town of southwest England. ... Filton is a town in South Gloucestershire, England, on the northern outskirts of Bristol. ...

Universities in Bristol

Bristol has 2 main universities they are University of the West of England and University of Bristol. The University of the West of England (abbrev. ... The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England. ...

UWE has around 30,000 students and 3,000 academic staff, UWE is the larger of the two universities in the city (the longer established University of Bristol has 15,000 students). 86% of students at UWE are from state schools.

Bristol University offers a wide range of courses: undergraduate, postgraduate (taught and research), full-time and part-time spanning a long list of disciplines. Its particular strengths lie in Medicine, Engineering and Law. The University usually ranks in the top ten of British universities in newspaper league tables and was ranked 60th in the world in 2004, rising to 49th in the world in 2006.

Science Education

In 2005 the Chancellor of the Exchequer recognised Bristol's ties to science and technology by naming it one of three "science cities", and promising funding for further development of science in the city, with a £300 million "Science Park" planned at Emerson's Green. As well as research at the two universities and Southmead Hospital, science education is important in the city, with At-Bristol, Bristol Zoo and Bristol Festival of Nature being prominent educational organisations. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British cabinet minister responsible for all financial matters. ... Southmead Hospital is a large hospital, situated in the northern suburbs of Bristol, England. ... At-Bristol is a pioneering public science and technology exploration and education centre in Bristol, England. ... Bristol Zoo is a major UK tourist attraction in the city of Bristol in Southwest England. ... The Bristol Festival of Nature is a three week long event in Bristol, England, featuring hundreds of events, including lectures, tours and film screenings on subjects of science, natural history and the environment. ...

The city has a history of scientific achievement, including Sir Humphry Davy, the 19th century scientist who worked in Hotwells and discovered laughing gas. Humphry Davy Sir Humphry Davy (December 17, 1778 - May 29, 1829), often incorrectly spelled Humphrey, was an Cornish chemist. ... Hotwells is a district of Bristol, England located in the lee of high ground that Clifton occupies and directly to the north of the City Docks. ...

Bishopston has given the world two Nobel Prize winning physicists: Paul Dirac for crucial contributions to quantum mechanics in 1933, and Cecil Frank Powell, for a photographic method of studying nuclear processes and associated discoveries in 1950. There are a number of settlements named Bishopston: Bishopston, Bristol, a suburb of the city of Bristol, England. ... Nobel Prize medal. ... Many famous physicists of the 20th and 21st century are found on the list of recipients of the Nobel Prize in physics. ... Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, OM, FRS (IPA: [dɪræk]) (August 8, 1902 – October 20, 1984) was a British theoretical physicist and a founder of the field of quantum physics. ... Fig. ... Cecil Frank Powell (December 5, 1903 - August 9, 1969) was a British physicist, awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1950 for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and for the resulting discovery of the pion (pi-meson), a heavy subatomic particle. ...

The city was birth place of Colin Pillinger, planetary scientist behind the Beagle 2 Mars lander project, and is home to Adam Hart-Davis, presenter of various science related television programmes, and the psychologists Susan Blackmore, Richard Gregory, and Derren Brown. Colin Pillinger (born May 9, 1943) is a planetary scientist at the Open University in the UK. He graduated with a BSc and a Ph. ... Beagle 2 as it would have looked on Mars Beagle 2 was an unsuccessful British landing spacecraft that formed part of the European Space Agencys 2003 Mars Express mission. ... Dr. Adam John Hart-Davis (born July 4, 1943) is a British author, photographer, and broadcaster, well-known in the UK for presenting the television series Local Heroes and What the Romans Did for Us, the latter spawning several spin-off series involving the Victorians, the Tudors, and the Stuarts. ... Susan Jane Blackmore (born July 29, 1951) is a British freelance writer, lecturer, and broadcaster, perhaps best known for her book The Meme Machine. ... Richard Langton Gregory (born 1923-07-24) is a British psychologist and Emeritus Professor of Neuropsychology at the University of Bristol. ... Derren Brown (born February 27, 1971) is an English psychological illusionist and skeptic of paranormal phenomena. ...