Media coverage – May 2017
A selection of the most prominent media coverage featuring the University during the month
Parkinson’s video features on 'The One Show'
Watch ‘The One Show’ featureA film made in collaboration with University experts, designed to help teachers better understand the lives of children who have a parent with Parkinson's disease or another hidden disability, has featured on 'The One Show'.
Academic judging 'Woman’s Hour' craft prize
Listen to Polly’s comments on ‘Woman’s Hour’ at 32 minutesPolly Macpherson, Associate Professor in 3D Design, has appeared on BBC Radio 4’s 'Woman’s Hour' to discuss the ‘other’ category of the show’s upcoming craft prize, which features mosaic and basketry.
So much more than morning sickness
Listen to the BBC Radio Scotland featureCaitlin Dean, PhD student in the School of Health Professions, has appeared on BBC Radio Scotland discussing the debilitating effects of hyperemesis gravidarum – also known as severe pregnancy sickness.
Flies may hold the answer to cause of dementia
Read more about the research in the 'Express'A research team led by Dr Torsten Bossing studied two structurally-similar proteins in the adult brain and found that they play distinct roles in the development of dementia.
Top 50 rating for dental academic and clinician
See the full Top 50 in ‘Dentistry’Professor Liz Kay MBE, Foundation Dean Peninsula Dental School at the University of Plymouth, has been ranked 7th in the 'Dentistry' Top 50 most influential people in the dental profession – three places above Prime Minister Theresa May.
National recognition for initiative getting females into geoscience
Girls into GeoScience article in ‘Geoscientist’ magazineDr Jodie Fisher, Technician in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Dr Sarah Boulton, Lecturer in Neotectonics, have featured in Geoscientist magazine profiling their initiative, Girls into Geoscience.