Over three quarters (77%) of graduates have revealed they are unhappy with the level of careers advice they received from their university, a new study has revealed.
The research conducted by CV Centre* in light of National Student Employment Week has highlighted that 87% of graduates felt the career advice they received didn’t prepare them for working life. A mere 8% said they were...
A study which has for the first time investigated in ‘real time’ how GPs approach the negotiation of sick notes, has found doctors taking a differing stance with patients who have mental health problems compared with those who present with physical illness.
The study was carried out by researchers from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and the School of...
The future shape of sport in Plymouth will be discussed at a strategic summit hosted by the University of St Mark & St John on Thursday 19 February.
A hotbed of sporting talent, Plymouth is renowned for breeding gold medalists and Olympic winners; from Sharron Davies to Tom Daley, Ben Proud to Ruta Meilutyte.
The Plymouth City Sport Summit will bring together the UK’s...
Comparison shows it to be the best performing dental school to be inspected
Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry has passed its General Dental Council (GDC) inspection with flying colours, making it the best performing dental school in this round of inspection.
In total, six dental schools were inspected by the GDC and assessed against 29 performance standards....
A Plymouth University student could have a direct influence on the institution’s award-winning sustainability agenda by helping to develop its waste management tender as part of his dissertation.
Will Cane, currently in the final year of his BSc (Hons) Public Management and Business degree, is working to analyse staff and students’ current waste disposal habits and the ways they could...
Online giants including Amazon and LinkedIn could be doing far more to raise awareness of the need for better password practices among their users.
Analysis by Professor Steven Furnell, Director of the Centre for Security, Communications and Network Research at Plymouth University, looked into the password security controls in place among 10 of the world’s most visited websites....
Around four billion minute fibres could be littering each square kilometre of some of the world’s deep seas, demonstrating that plastic debris is now creating cause for concern in some of the remotest parts of the marine environment.
That is one of the findings of a pioneering international study examining the scale of the presence of microplastics at depths of up to 3500m in parts of...
A natural desire to be part of the ‘in crowd’ could damage our ability to make the right decisions, a new study has shown.
Research led by the University of Exeter has shown that individuals have evolved to be overly influenced by their neighbours, rather than rely on their own instinct. As a result, groups become less responsive to changes in their natural environment.
A multi-million pound teaching and research facility that will enable students to learn about the marine environment before they head out onto or under the sea has opened its doors at Plymouth University. Located on the city’s waterfront at Coxside, between the National Marine Aquarium and Queen Anne’s Battery, the £4.85 million, two-storey building, has bespoke facilities such as wet labs and...
