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18/05/2026

BU student wins prestigious Orwell Award

BU student Katie O’Donnell has won the prestigious Orwell Society/NUJ Young Journalist’s Award 2026 in the Reviews category.

06/05/2026

Community project helps visually impaired people enter the social media world

BU is running workshops for visually impaired people to build skills in content creation to help them feel part of the digital world and improve their wellbeing.

29/04/2026

BU sport science students experience AFCB’s new elite training facilities

BU Master's students studying sports science were given exclusive access to AFCB's elite training facilities at their Canford Magna Performance Centre on Friday 24 April 2026.

20/04/2026

Emoji’s have feelings too, new study reveals

A new study has found that the brain reacts to emojis in a similar way that it reacts to seeing real human faces.

16/03/2026

Former BU students celebrating Oscars success

Two former Bournemouth University students are celebrating the success of contributing to two Oscar winning films.

17/02/2026

BU receives over £500,000 to improve AI agents' reliability

FRAME is a 6m EUR project that aims to provide a shared software engineering environment to design, build and test AI agents effectively.

12/02/2026

Silver European eel discovered in Cyprus for the first time

Researchers from BU have discovered European eels at the stage of silvering, living in the inland waters of Cyprus for the first time.

11/02/2026

Hunter-gatherers northwestern Europe adopted farming from migrant women, study reveals

Ancient DNA has revealed that hunter-gatherers in Belgium, the Netherlands and nearby parts of Germany adapted to farming thousands of years later than elsewhere in Europe.

09/02/2026

17th Century shipwreck discovered at Studland Bay following winter storms

BU's Maritime Archaeologists have identified timbers they believe are from a historic shipwreck dating back to the 17th century that were washed up on Studland beach.

22/12/2025

Students at Bournemouth University get a surprise visit from BBC Strictly Come Dancing

A TV crew from BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing programme made a surprise visit to students studying TV Production and Sport at BU's Talbot Campus.

12/12/2025

Rare shipwreck given protected status after Bournemouth University surveys

The Pin Wreck, an ‘exceptionally rare’ shipwreck off the Dorset coast, has been granted protected status by Historic England

05/12/2025

BU laboratory helps to confirm Guinness World Record for micro sculpture

Bournemouth University (BU) has played its part in helping to measure the world’s smallest sculpture, as confirmed by the Guinness World Record.

27/11/2025

Earliest English medieval shipwreck story on display at Poole Museum

The earliest English medieval shipwreck to be discovered by BU Maritime Archaeologists off the coast of Studland back in 2020 has been turned into a display at Poole Museum.

21/11/2025

Bournemouth students win top journalism award

The Breaker, run by BU journalism students has picked up first prize at this year’s Broadcast Journalism Training Council awards.

19/11/2025

Bournemouth University receives £2.3 million to boost regional and national cyber security

Bournemouth University has been awarded nearly £2.3 million by the Office for Students to develop a new Cyber Competence Centre that will address regional and national cyber skills gaps.

12/11/2025

BAFTA Special Award for animation studio founded by BU graduates

An animation studio founded by three BU graduates is to receive a BAFTA Special Award in recognition of its social.

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