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Atlantic Ocean wide

Could dark carbon be concealing the true scale of ocean ‘dead zones’?

A study led by Dr Sabine Lengger, from the University of Plymouth, measured the stable isotopes of organic carbon in sediment cores taken from the ocean floor

3D printer, digital fabrication laboratory

University of Plymouth opens new Digital Fabrication and Immersive Media Laboratories

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities opens two new laboratories in the Roland Levinsky Building for digital fabrication and immersive media.

An initial concept design showing an aerial view of how the new Engineering and Design facility could look

University appoints award-winning architects to work on new Engineering and Design facility

The University of Plymouth has appointed internationally award-winning architectural practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios to create an iconic new Engineering and Design facility on the western edge of its main campus

Mike Snaith and Professor Judith Petts CBE

University and Plymouth Manufacturers’ Group sign new partnership bond

The University and Plymouth Manufacturers’ Group have taken their longstanding relationship to a new level by signing a partnership bond.

For One Night Only

Fundraising family and friends take total over £35,000 for University Huntington’s disease research

A local fundraising group that has worked tirelessly to support the University’s world-leading research into Huntington’s disease has raised even more with a sold out charity performance.

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degree of pollution in the Nairobi river is clear for all to see (Credit: Dr Simone Bagnis)

Study calls for improved sanitation and the environmental management of pharmaceuticals in developing economies

New research led by the University of Plymouth suggests that failure to ensure the environmental sustainability of growing patient access to medicines in developing economies could increase the risk of adverse environmental impacts

Professor Mark Fitzsimons and Dr Kate Schofield are presented with their Tech South West Award (Credit: Gareth Williams Photography)

University soil research earns success at inaugural Tech South West Awards

FABSOIL, for which the University of Plymouth is working with the world-famous Eden Project, is exploring how recycled and waste material could be transformed and then reused in agriculture and other sectors

Dan Charman lecture - attendees at Sherwell Hall

Geography turns 50

University of Plymouth: Geography celebrates 50 years of being taught as a degree subject

Professor Yigit Kazançoğlu, Dr Kumar Mangla, and Professor Erhan Ada 

New research project launched to tackle the issue of food waste

The University is to work with partners in the UK and Turkey looking at how Industry 4.0 solutions might help reduce food waste in Turkey

Ian S Dementia Friendly Award 2019

Leading figure in dementia care and research wins national award

Ian Sherriff BEM, Academic Partnership Lead for Dementia at the University of Plymouth has won a National Dementia Friendly Award in the category ‘Outstanding Contribution Award’.

Jon Shaw

Academic awarded prestigious fellowship to teach in New Zealand

University of Plymouth Professor of Transport Geography Jon Shaw will spend eight weeks in New Zealand during 2020 having been awarded an Erskine Fellowship by the University of Canterbury

Stevie in the Living Lab

Testbed for cutting-edge health technology welcomes world’s most advanced social robot

University of Plymouth news: A robot named Stevie, cover star of Time magazine this month, is making his first visit to the UK to be tested by experts in health technology in the South West.