Editing University of Bristol (section)

== Campus ==
[[File:43-59 And 71-81, Queen's Road.jpg|thumb|Queen's Road, in the University Precinct]]
[[File:QEH Prize Day 2004.JPG|thumb|The Great Hall of the [[Wills Memorial Building]], here used for an award ceremony for the [[Queen Elizabeth's Hospital]]]]
[[File:H.-H.-Wills-Physics-Laboratory-tower.jpg|thumb|H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory]]

=== Buildings and sites ===

The university does not have a main campus but is spread over a considerable geographic area. Most of its activities, however, are concentrated in the area of the city centre, referred to as the "University Precinct".

Some of the University of Bristol's buildings date to its pre-charter days when it was [[University College Bristol]]. These buildings were designed by [[Charles Hansom]], and suffered being built in stages due to financial pressure. The first large scale building project the University of Bristol undertook on gaining a charter was the [[Wills Memorial Building]]. The armorials on the Founder's Window represent all of the interests present at the founding of the University of Bristol including the Wills and Fry families. Other notable buildings and sites include [[Royal Fort House]], the [[University of Bristol Botanic Garden]], many large Victorian houses which were converted for teaching in the Faculty of Arts,<ref>Higher Education Quality Council (1993), p2</ref> and [[the Victoria Rooms]] which house the Music Department and were designed by [[Charles Dyer (architect)|Charles Dyer]]. The [[Tympanum (architecture)|tympanum]] of the building depicts a scene from ''The Advent of Morning'' designed by [[Jabez Tyley]].<ref>Carleton (1984), p136</ref>

[[Goldney gardens]] entered the property of the University of Bristol through [[George Alfred Wills|George Wills]] who had hoped to build an all-male hall of residence there. This was prevented due to the moral objection of the then warden of Clifton Hill House who objected to the idea of male and female residences being in such close proximity. University records show that Miss Starvey was prepared to resign over the issue and that she had the support of the then Chancellor [[Conwy Lloyd Morgan]].<ref>Carleton (1984), p132</ref> Eventually land was purchased in [[Stoke Bishop]], allowing the building of what has been described as a "quasi-[[Oxbridge]]" hall, [[Wills Hall]], to which was added the Dame Monica Wills Chapel by George Wills' widow after his death. When Goldney did become student accommodation in 1956, the flats were designed by Michael Grice who received an award from the Civic Trust for their design.<ref>Carleton (1984), p139</ref>

Burwalls, a mansion house on the other side of the [[Avon Gorge]], was used as a halls of residence in the past and was a home of [[Sir George Oatley]]. The building is now used to house the Centre for Continuing Education.<ref name="burwalls">{{cite web | title =Burwalls Centre for Continuing Education| publisher = University of Bristol |access-date =16 June 2008 | url = http://www.bristol.ac.uk/burwalls/}}</ref>

Many of the more modern buildings, including Senate House and the newer parts of the HH Wills Physics Laboratory, were designed by [[Ralph Brentnall]] using funds from the University Grants Committee. He is also responsible for the extension to the Wills Memorial Building library which was completed to such standard that few now realise that is an extension to the original building.<ref>Carleton (1984), p138</ref>

In May 2022, the university announced the opening of the Gambling Harms and Research Centre (GHRC). The centre worth £4 million aims to increase awareness and understanding of the dangers of gambling. The project was funded by the GambleAware charity, which chose the university for its history in researching gambling issues, and will integrate research from six facilities.<ref>{{cite journal|date=17 May 2022|url=https://www.gamblinginsider.com/news/16419/gambling-harms-research-centre-opens-at-the-university-of-bristol|title=Gambling Harms Research Centre opens at the University of Bristol|journal=Gambling Insider|access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>

=== Planned expansion ===

In November 2016, the university announced that it plans to build a £300 million Temple Quarter Campus for c. 5,000 students, next to [[Bristol Temple Meads railway station]] within [[Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone]]. The new campus, which will include a [[business school]], digital research facilities and a student village, is expected to open in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/bristol-university-to-take-over-royal-mail-sorting-offices-by-temple-meads-for-new-300m-campus/story-29935566-detail/story.html |newspaper=[[Bristol Post]] |title=Bristol University to take over old sorting office by Temple Meads for new £300m campus |last=Yong |first=Michael |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=29 November 2016 }}</ref> For the existing campus, there are plans to remodel Tyndall Avenue, pedestrianise the surrounding area and build a new library and resource hub.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/university/documents/governance/policies/university-strategy.pdf |title=Brochure |website=www.bristol.ac.uk |access-date=6 July 2019 |archive-date=28 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328225726/http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/university/documents/governance/policies/university-strategy.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>