A Plymouth University student has been highly commended in a national research competition after presenting her work to MPs in the Houses of Parliament.
Marine Biology student Victoria Sleight received second prize in the annual British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR) competition, which invites students from all disciplines to submit their work in various forms including...
Plymouth University has been ranked among the global elite of higher education for the quality of its research across a number of scientific fields.
The annual QS World University Rankings by Subject aim to identify the top 200 universities in the world in certain subject areas based on their reputation and research citations.
Turning young people away from a potential life of crime was the focus of a day of action led by students at Plymouth University.
Coordinated by the Plymouth Howard League Student Society, the open event was designed to increase the educational and employment aspirations of youngsters from deprived backgrounds.
Held at Efford Youth and Community Centre, in partnership with...
A study by a group of International researchers into the first significant samples of primitive igneous rocks to be taken from deep within the oceanic crust is helping to solve one of geology’s greatest puzzles.
Professor Antony Morris from Plymouth University’s School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences is part of the team of researchers analysing samples of rock that...
A team of year 12 students from Plymouth High School for Girls have been tasked with giving Plymouth University’s star robot footballer Eva a makeover, as part of a national effort to engage more young people in the engineering profession.
Plymouth University set the challenge as part of its involvement with the Engineering Development Trust (EDT) who organise the nationally-run...
Some of the most influential national figures in dementia research and care will be assembling in January 2014 for the third Plymouth Dementia Conference.
The one-day event, organised by Plymouth University in partnership with Plymouth City Council, aims to unite health and social care professionals, carers and academics to debate future ways of tackling the condition and the...
The stars of the future are being offered the opportunity to achieve their sporting and academic goals thanks to a new programme launched by Plymouth University.
Through the Sporting Excellence programme, students who can demonstrate recent success and future potential in their chosen sport could be awarded one of four scholarships designed to enable recipients to put 100 per cent...
A dental student from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry has won the local heat of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) Dental Clinical Skills Competition and will go on to represent the School at the national final in Edinburgh next March.
Organised by RCSEd and sponsored by DENTSPLY, this dental clinical skills competition is the first of...
A Life Peer with a distinguished background in investment, innovation, and the voluntary sector has been installed as Plymouth University’s inaugural Chancellor.
The Lord Jonathan Kestenbaum, Chief Operating Officer of RIT Capital Partners plc, one of Britain’s most respected companies, formally accepted the role at a special ceremony in the Roland Levinsky Building last night....
