At-Bristol's Advisory Council

The role of the Council is to advise the Board and the Chief Executive on questions of national interest aligned with the mission of At-Bristol, assisting in the realisation of both At-Bristol’s mission related and financial goals.

Members of At-Bristol’s Advisory Council

  • Professor Colin Blakemore
    Professor of Neuroscience, University of Oxford
  • Dr. Claire Craig CBE
    Deputy Head of the Government Office for Science
  • Emeritus Professor Dame Julia Higgins
    Professor of Polymer Science, Imperial College London
  • Nicholas Hood
    Advisory Council Chairman. Former Chairman and Life-Long President of At-Bristol
  • Andrew Jackson
    Head of the BBC’s Natural History Unit
  • Jonathan Porritt
    Founder Director of Forum for the Future, and an eminent writer, broadcaster and commentator on sustainable development
  • Professor Michael Reiss
    Pro-Director: Research and Development, Professor of Science Education, Institute of Education, University of London
  • Sir John Sulston
    2002 Nobel prize (Physiology or Medicine)
  • Sir Richard Sykes
    Chairman of the Royal Institution
  • Professor Eric Thomas
    Vice Chancellor, University of Bristol
  • Gillian Thomas
    Chief Executive of The Miami Science Museum. Former Chief Executive of At-Bristol
  • The Rt Hon Lord Waldegrave of North Hill
    Provost of Eton College. Former Chief Secretary to the Treasury 05/07/95 –02/05/97

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