Connect: Spring 2015
A roundup of news, views, features and successes from across the University community
Copper lamps by award winning design graduate Joe Kennedy
Benjamin Mee, BTR supporter who lost his wife to a brain tumour
Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence launched
It kills more children and adults under the age of 40 than any other cancer; its mortality rate within a year of diagnosis is an appalling 55%, and yet it receives just 1% of national spending on cancer research.Read the full article
The Digital Learning Environment
The expectations of our students are constantly growing and changing, and we need to move with them by adapting to new technologies and preferences, and delivering them to any platform or mobile device, wherever they are using them.Read the full article
Spotlight
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![talks about her work as a mitigation specialist working in the USA with prisoners facing the death sentence]()
Law Graduate Rachael Walsh
talks about her work as a mitigation specialist working in the USA with prisoners facing the death sentence
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![influenced by his grandfather and Cornish heritage, talks about his journey so far]()
Award winning design graduate Joe Kennedy
influenced by his grandfather and Cornish heritage, talks about his journey so far
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![Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher]()
Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher
Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher
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![Professor Kevin Jones Dean of the Faculty of Science and Environment]()
Professor Kevin Jones
Professor Kevin Jones Dean of the Faculty of Science and Environment
Your stories
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University Flux winners 2015
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Koji Sekimizu, Secretary-General of the international Maritime Organisation (IMO) visits Plymouth
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Working in partnership to improve oral health and wellbeing
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Professor Tony Morris recognised for his contribution to Earth Science research
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Satellite art: Satellite imagery used to create artistic exhibition