Plymouth University has joined forces with one of the country’s favourite festivals to increase opportunities for all to engage with the arts.
The University is to become the official cultural and creative partner of the Port Eliot Festival, which takes place each summer at a country estate in St Germans, South East Cornwall.
An award-winning Native American chef, food historian, and photographer will provide an insight into centuries of culinary tradition when she gives a public lecture at Plymouth University in June.
Dr. Lois Ellen Frank, adjunct professor at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), will take to the stage to talk about using ancestral Native American foods as a ‘New Paradigm for...
Professor Oliver Hanemann, Director of the Institute of Translational & Stratified Medicine at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, has been awarded a ‘Summer Studentship’ by the Dr Hadwen Trust (DHT), the UK’s leading non-animal medical research charity. The DHT scheme enables undergraduate students to extend their studies over the summer by gaining practical...
Two final year students from Plymouth University have been awarded membership of a prestigious international body in recognition of the outstanding quality of their work.
Matt Down and Thom Skinner, both studying BA (Hons) Graphic Communication with Typography, have become members of the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD) following a rigorous annual student...
Plymouth University has forged a partnership with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) which will see it expanding its role in a major national festival taking place this autumn.
The ESRC stages the Festival of Social Science every November, with the aim of enhancing public engagement with academics and social science research.
Plymouth University is now ranked inside the top 40 global modern universities according to the most comprehensive league table of its kind, released today.
In the Times Higher Education ‘100 Under 50’, Plymouth is placed at 37 – up five places from 2014 – and fourth in terms of UK institutions under the age of 50. The publication’s Editor-at-Large, Phil Baty, described it as a “...
An event showcasing the great ways a healthy lifestyle can be achieved will take place at the Cumberland Centre in Plymouth on 22nd April, and will feature input from health profession students from across Plymouth University.
In conjunction with Plymouth Community Healthcare, which runs primary care services in the city, the event will focus on fun and achievable healthy lifestyle...
An author and activist who witnessed many of the great events of the 20th century is coming to Plymouth University to talk about his life and experiences.
Harry Leslie Smith, who turned 92 earlier this year, grew up in poverty in Yorkshire during the Great Depression and saw his elder sister die of tuberculosis, with the family being unable to afford medical treatment.
Students and staff at Plymouth University are preparing to take a leaf out of their education textbooks when they create an innovative ‘human library’ on campus this week.
The event will see 14 staff and students become human books for the day, offering their knowledge and life experiences to anyone who chooses to ‘pick them from the shelf’.
