Student Life

AS the nights get darker primary school pupils are being helped to stay safe on the streets of Plymouth. Children at Widewell Primary School have been donated a batch of hi-vis vests to help them stay seen on the city’s roads.

Plympton-based company SSG Training Consultancy Ltd, which offers health, safety and environmental training and consultancy, organised the donation encouraging...

On Tuesday 14 October, catering students were in fierce competition in the College’s first ever burger challenge.

The competition was hosted in the state-of-the-art training kitchens at the College’s PL1 restaurant, where the students were split into teams of four to create their own recipes.

The competition was judged by Sharron Robbie, Director of Marketing, Corporate...

An innovative programme pioneered by Plymouth academics which brings actors into the classroom to encourage and support children to make healthier choices on diet and exercise has been selected to feature in this week’s British Science Festival.

The Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) is being run by specialists from the University of Exeter Medical School and Plymouth University...

Four mechanical engineering students from Plymouth University have pedalled their way to third place in an international submarine race – and broken the UK record in the process.

Daryl Oosthuizen, Mike Prest, Matthew Merrett and Douglas Megran were the top ranked UK university in the European International Submarine Race (eISR), which challenges participants’ engineering and sporting...