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Ambitious conservation requires a holistic approach that encompasses all aspects of the marine ecosystem (Credit Lauren Porter, University of Plymouth)

Scientists call on government to increase UK’s ambition to save our ocean

A team of marine scientists from across the UK, led by the Marine Conservation Research Group at the University of Plymouth, have called on the Government to increase its ambition to save the oceans by overhauling its approach to marine conservation

Dementia and farming

University teams up with National Association of Local Councils for groundbreaking research on dementia

The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) and the University of Plymouth are to undertake groundbreaking research on dementia in local (parish and town) councils.

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Brilliant and vivid eloquence: the centenary of Nancy Astor’s history-making maiden speech

Brilliant and vivid eloquence: the centenary of Nancy Astor’s maiden speech. Visiting Research Professor Judith Rowbotham reflects on the centenary of Nancy Astor's maiden speech, 24 February 1920

Beyond Words

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.