Bristol’s ‘Science of Happiness’ course re-packaged as a BBC podcast

The Science of Happiness was the first university course of its kind in the UK and is now available as a BBC podcast. A new BBC podcast will bring the University of Bristol's ground-breaking 'Science of Happiness' course to a much wider audience. Using the latest peer-reviewed studies in psychology and neuroscience, The Happiness Half Hour gives listeners an evidence-based path to happiness - over 10 weekly episodes. The Science of Happiness is the first university course of its kind in the UK, launched in 2018 by the University of Bristol Professor and Developmental Psychologist, Bruce Hood. It has been a proven success, with hundreds of students taking the course and reporting a significant increase in their wellbeing and a decrease in feelings of loneliness. "I started the course because I was increasingly concerned about the rise in mental health problems among my students and I wanted to do something to help. "In the first term we had 150 students sign up, almost doubling to 250 the following term.