A primary school teacher and Plymouth University graduate has created a new app designed to improve children’s reading skills through interactive gaming.
Fonics, created by Sophie Cooper, is designed for three to six-year-olds and uses games as a means to teach basic language skills.
She believes it can be a valuable resource for teachers and students, but also enable parents...
A clinical trial using cholesterol-lowering treatment Simvastatin in people living with Parkinson’s is getting underway in centres across the country – with the hope that it could become one of a number of effective treatments available to treat Parkinson’s.
Spearheaded by Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, the double-blinded placebo controlled study will...
Plymouth University has been ranked by its own staff as one of the top 50 places to work in the country.
A study conducted for media and finance company Bloomberg named the University as the 42nd best employer in the UK, based on a survey conducted in October 2015.
The University is ranked third in the education sector, behind only the University of Cambridge and University of...
A final call has been issued to heating installers across the South West, as there are now only four weeks remaining to enter the Heating Installer of the Year Awards.
Honouring those who constantly deliver an outstanding service for homeowners and who go above and beyond the call of duty every day of the year, the awards sets out to shine a spotlight on the most dedicated and hard-...
As the X Factor and Strictly has come to an end, the people of Devon and Cornwall have been given a new way to have a voice and place their vote, as a campaign kicks off today supporting local talent, which will be recognized on an international platform.
The talent being searched for is those who don’t make a song and dance about things, but who tirelessly work to achieve their...
It’s fair to say many people have a fear of clowns, which is known as Coulrophobia. A child’s fear of an unfamiliar face has become widespread, with many developing a fear of clowns. The phobia leads to people in later life being anxious when confronted with clown costumes, a clowns facial features and of course their make up. A clown therefore would not seem to be the ideal employment for...
Plymouth is celebrating its work on the Armed Forces Covenant and Corporate Covenant – as a new national brand is launched to raise its profile.
Nationally, the Armed Forces Covenant – which is a promise from the nation to those who serve or who have served, and their families, to do all we can to ensure they are treated fairly and not disadvantaged in their day-to-day lives – has...
Young people from across the city have been helping to design a new emotional health and wellbeing service for Plymouth’s secondary and special schools.
Over 60 young people from 10 city schools, ranging from age 11-18 took part in a special workshop event organised by Sarah Staples and Josh Pope, Plymouth’s Member and Deputy Member of the UK Youth Parliament.
