17 striking photos of how student life at University of Bristol has changed through the years

By Adriana Amor

Published 30th Sep 2024, 10:27 BST

These 17 striking photos show how student life at University of Bristol has changed throughout the years from 1900.

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The University of Bristol has gone through a lot of changes over the years.

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From Winston Churchill being the Chancellor from the late 1920s to student protests arising in 2010 after tuition fees were increased, here are some ways university life has changed through the decades.

The Bristol University students, Miss Daphne George and Miss Ena Pearce, who are taking a course of metallurgy in order to get a more practical knowledge of metals, are spending their week-ends at a forge at Winford, Somerset, where under the able instruction of Mr H. Ball, the village blacksmith, they learn the art and craft of the smith. - The blacksmith gives Miss George a lesson in shoe-making at the anvil, Winford, Somerset.

1. University of Bristol - 1900s

The Bristol University students, Miss Daphne George and Miss Ena Pearce, who are taking a course of metallurgy in order to get a more practical knowledge of metals, are spending their week-ends at a forge at Winford, Somerset, where under the able instruction of Mr H. Ball, the village blacksmith, they learn the art and craft of the smith. - The blacksmith gives Miss George a lesson in shoe-making at the anvil, Winford, Somerset. | Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965, centre) after his installation as Chancellor of Bristol University, 13th December 1929.

2. University of Bristol - 1929

Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965, centre) after his installation as Chancellor of Bristol University, 13th December 1929. | Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Students carry Winston Churchill along on their shoulders after finding him 'guilty' at a Rag Day court.

3. University of Bristol - 1929

Students carry Winston Churchill along on their shoulders after finding him 'guilty' at a Rag Day court. | Henry Guttmann Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Women weighing punnets of raspberries at the University of Bristol research station, Long Ashton, near Bristol. After weighing, the fruit is passed on to the laboratories where tests are carried out to discover the merits of different kinds of treatment.

4. University of Bristol - 1932

Women weighing punnets of raspberries at the University of Bristol research station, Long Ashton, near Bristol. After weighing, the fruit is passed on to the laboratories where tests are carried out to discover the merits of different kinds of treatment. | Burchell/Fox Photos/Getty Images

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