The University of Bath and Bath Spa University said all campus buildings were closed.

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That's the theory of Dr Lance Workman, head of psychology at Bath Spa University, who has studied the effects of weather on society's mood.

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In October 2007, Bath Spa University decided not to go ahead with the purchase of the South Quays site.

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