Bristol Alumni Network Reunion Weekend – 15-17 August 2025
Fri 15 Aug
|Bristol
We are thrilled to invite you back for the reunion weekend, featuring exciting new tours, major anniversaries, social events, the Reunion Dinner, and a guest lecture. Book accommodation and events using this platform. Bookings close on Tuesday 29 July 2025, 5pm.
Time & Location
15 Aug 2025, 17:00 – 17 Aug 2025, 15:00
Bristol, Bristol
About the event
We’re thrilled to welcome you back for the Bristol Alumni Network reunion weekend, running from Friday 15 to Sunday 17 August.
This year’s programme features exciting new tours, including a visit to Brunel’s SS Great Britain and a boat tour showcasing the city’s transformation and the expansion of the new Temple Quarter campus. You can download the full programme from this link.
We are are delighted to be able to continue to offer discounted tickets for students and recent graduates (2020 onwards) for certain events.
We’re also celebrating major anniversaries, with Badock Hall turning 60 and the Manor Hall Association reaching 100. Special events have been planned by both Hall Associations to mark these milestones. By popular demand, we’re promoting the visit to St Nicholas Market and its historic air raid shelter.
The weekend includes social events, starting with a private wine tasting at Avery's historic vaulted cellars on Friday, and a drinks reception in the Botanic Gardens at The Holmes on Saturday.
A highlight of the weekend is the Reunion Dinner on Saturday night, where we’re welcoming Professor Sir Malcolm Evans as our guest speaker. Sir Malcolm, now Principal of Regent’s Park College, Oxford, was formerly a Professor of International Law at the University of Bristol. He has held esteemed roles, including Chair of the United Nations Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture (2011-2020) and a member of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in England and Wales.
The weekend concludes with an engaging guest lecture by Bruce Hood, Professor of Developmental Psychology in Society at the University of Bristol. He will explore the timely question: "With advances in AI and a rapidly changing job market, what and how should we be teaching our students?"
Why not gather some friends and join us for a weekend of memories, discovery, and celebration? We’d love to see you there!
Please confirm your booking as soon as possible and at the very latest by 5pm on Tuesday 29 July 2025. After this point we may not be able to make any changes or offer refunds.
Contact the volunteers organising the weekend for any queries or help with your booking via uobglobal-networks@bristol.ac.uk
Accommodation
Bed and breakfast accommodation can be booked at either Wills Hall. Unfortunately the Holmes is now unavailable due to essential building work which has been delayed.
The Bristol Alumni Network has secured discounted accommodation (10%) at the following hotels in Clifton as an alternative for reunion weekend guests. Quote the discount code "Bristol Uni Alumni Weekend" at any of these hotels, which will then apply the discount from the best available daily rate.
It can also be used when booking directly with a hotels’ reception, either via phone or email. Please note, this has to be done via the reception team, either via phone or email. It is not possible to book via website.
The Clifton Hotel; 0117 973 6882; clifton.reception@cliftonhotels.com
The Berkeley Square Hotel; 0117 925 4000; berkeley.reception@cliftonhotels.com
The Rodney Hotel; 0117 973 5422; rodney.reception@cliftonhotels.com
The Washington Guesthouse; 0117 973 3980; washington.reception@cliftonhotels.com
Victoria Square Hotel; 0117 973 9058; info@victoriasquarehotel.co.uk (code: Bristol Uni Alumni)
Other hotels may be available, but are not offering discounts, e.g. Hotel du Vin, Clifton Tel: 0117 4030210, https://www.hotelduvin.com/locations/bristol-avon-gorge/
* The Bristol Alumni Network (BAN) is a collection of alumni volunteers and friends from halls of residence associations , branches, departmental and subject societies, and sports clubs. The BAN is coordinating the programme and bookings for Reunion Weekend 2025. The Wills Hall Association is administering all sales on behalf of the BAN.
Tickets
8. Tour of St Nicholas Market
Saturday 16 August, from 4.00pm. Book directly at: https://www.st-nickstours.com/ Meet at the Corn Exchange for this two hour tour of Saint Nicholas market and its underground World War II air shelter. This is a chance to enjoy Bristol’s only subterranean tour of the impressive World War II air raid shelter and buildings associated with 1000 years of Bristol’s trading history.
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Sale ended12. Wills Hall Association AGM
Sunday 17 August, at 9.45 am at the Michael Wong Pakshong Room, Wills Hall. For Wills Hall Association members only. No booking required.
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Sale ended13. Churchill Hall Assoc. AGM
Sunday 17 August, at 9.45 am at The Bradley Room, the Holmes, Stoke Park Road, BS9 1JQ. For Churchill Hall Association members only. No booking required.
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Sale ended14. Reunion Morning Service
Sunday 17 August, at 10.30 am at Dame Monica Wills Chapel, Wills Hall, BS9 1AE. Morning Service. All alumni and friends are welcome. The service will be followed by tea and coffee from 11.30 am to 12 pm. A retiring collection will be taken.
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Sale ended15. Lecture: Prof. Bruce Hood
Sunday 17 August at 11.45 am (coffee from 11.30 am) at Dame Monica Wills Chapel, Wills Hall. Our guest lecturer is Bruce Hood, Professor of Developmental Psychology in Society at the University of Bristol. With the advances in AI and a rapidly changing employment market, what and how should we be teaching our students? The Science of Happiness is a Bristol course that empowers students with practical wisdom to use in their everyday lives. In this talk, Professor Hood will share some tips.
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