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University research partner wins award for pioneering arts initiatives

Plymouth Music Zone, which has worked with the University of Plymouth for many years, has won the 2020 Hearts for the Arts Award for Best Arts Initiative

Professor Judith Petts and Professor Richard Thompson receive the Queen's Anniversary Price from HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall.

University of Plymouth awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for world-leading microplastics research

The University has been presented with the Queen's Anniversary Prize for its pioneering research on microplastics pollution in the oceans and its impact on the environment and changing behaviour.

The tape washed up on the beach at Playa de Barlovento de Jandía, Fuerteventura (Credit Mandy Barker)

Mixtape plays again more than two decades after vanishing on Spanish holiday

The University of Plymouth has worked with artist Mandy Barker to tell the amazing story of a mixtape she found washed up on a beach in 2017

Linda Wyatt

University graduate joins Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre

University of Plymouth graduate Linda Wyatt has joined the Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre as its Day Surgery and Endoscopy Manager.

Professor David Finkelstein

University announces appointment of new Dean to take Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business into the new decade

The University has appointed Professor David Finkelstein as its Executive Dean of Arts, Humanities and Business after a comprehensive recruitment campaign.

Countryside

Harnessing the social capital of ageing populations in rural communities to foster innovation

With a wealth of life and professional experience, older people could hold the key to revitalising rural communities, researchers say.

Drake's Place Gardens

Reconnecting with nature key for the health of people and the planet

A study led by researchers at the University of Plymouth is the first to investigate – within a single study – the contribution of both nature contact and connection to human health, wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviours

Waves hit the promenade at Penzance in October 2019 (Picture by Lloyd Russell)

New coastal overtopping forecast made available to the public

Scientists from the University of Plymouth have developed the Operational Wave and Water Level (OWWL) model, a more accurate way of forecasting wave overtopping hazards around the South West

Social Research Methods

Tackling inequality one word at a time – experts put spotlight on language development in Arabic speaking countries

A new project is to help identify preschoolers in Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan and the West Bank with delayed speech, in a bid to reduce academic and social disadvantage.

River Tamar aerial shot

€14m project to prevent plastic pollution in the English Channel

Preventing Plastic Pollution, a project involving the University of Plymouth, will develop a model to gather data on the amount and likely sources of plastic pollution at seven pilot sites, including the River Tamar catchment

Centre for Health Technology Pop-Up

New health tech community pop-up targets urban deprivation

University of Plymouth news: A University-led partnership secures an Enhancing Place-Based Partnership for Public Engagement award from UKRI to establish a

One of the striking images captured by photojournalist Carey Marks demonstrating the
impact of soil erosion in Tanzania. Credit: Carey Marks/University of Plymouth

Projects use citizen science to assess impacts of climate change

University of Plymouth news: Innovative research projects from the University of Plymouth will use citizen science as a means of monitoring the effects of climate change