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Researchers look for public opinions on geothermal project in Cornwall

Researchers at the University of Plymouth are looking for people and organisations in West Cornwall willing to offer their opinions on the United Downs Deep Geothermal Power project, funded by the European Regional Development Fund and Cornwall Council
20 April 2018
University teams up with leading South West restaurateur

University students are to benefit from new closer ties with chef, food writer and entrepreneur Mitch Tonks and his Rockfish chain of restaurants.
20 April 2018
University Hospitals Plymouth takes a major step towards digitalisation

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust will be the first NHS Trust to implement an open standards approach to electronic health records - taking a big step towards becoming a wholly digital organisation. Dr Arunangsu Chatterjee co-organised launch event
19 April 2018
Boosting livelihoods and conservation practices among small-scale fishermen

Research by the Blue Marine Foundation and the University of Plymouth Marine Institute, funded through a donation from Superdry co-founder Julian Dunkerton, aims to improve the conservation of fish and the incomes of fishermen in UK coastal waters
19 April 2018
Research tells tale of 1797 Plymouth Channel squadron mutiny

The story of the mutiny of the Plymouth Channel squadron in 1797
18 April 2018
Conference addresses dementia in the UK – and Far East

The annual Plymouth International Dementia Conference takes place at Plymouth Guildhall on 4 May 2018 with a full programme which covers everything from scams to technology, and how dementia is being addressed in China, Japan, Ireland, Greece and the UK.
17 April 2018
Free event celebrates benefits of the marine environment for human health and wellbeing

A free event at the University of Plymouth will explore the many and varied ways that the marine environment can benefit human health and wellbeing, including fields such as antibiotics, dementia, psychology and social work
17 April 2018
Short film aims to raise profile of the effects of early onset dementia

A film which seeks to highlight the effects if early onset dementia is to be premiered during a free event supported by the Marine Institute at the University of Plymouth
17 April 2018
Marine litter student awarded scholarship from Sky Ocean Rescue and National Geographic

University of Plymouth PhD student Imogen Napper has been awarded a scholarship by Sky Ocean Rescue and National Geographic to investigate the most effective ways to prevent microplastics being released into the environment when washing clothes
16 April 2018
Plants play greater role than megaherbivore extinctions in changes to ecosystem structure

Research by the University of Oxford, University of Plymouth, Queen’s University Belfast, Swansea University and the Natural History Museum, London, suggests plants may have exerted greater influence on our terrestrial ecosystems than megaherbivores
16 April 2018
£6.5m project aims to drive digital innovation in South West

The University of Plymouth is part of a new Creative Technology Network, funded by Research England, which will bring together universities and industrial partners to develop cutting-edge practices, techniques and products in creative digital technologies
13 April 2018
University wave model to enable preparation for storm events in the South West

Scientists at the University of Plymouth have set up the Operational Wave and Water Level (OWWL) model to provide detailed forecasts of wave and water levels that will aid in the management of coastal flooding and other coastal hazards
11 April 2018