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Emergency medical service. Paramedic is pulling stretcher with patient to the ambulance car.

How do senior paramedics decide when to stop resuscitation? Research project to help inform guidelines

Paramedic Ali Coppola is undertaking a masters in Clinical Research (MClinRes) to explore pulseless electrical activity (PEA) out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) – as currently there is a limited evidence-base and guidelines in the area.

Rich Adams

What do enquiries to the University tell us about South West businesses?

Enterprise Solutions connects hundreds of South West businesses with the University’s facilities and expertise. What do those enquiries tell us about the priorities of businesses in the region? Rich Adams, Corporate Project Manager, shares his insights.

DRAFT page for brain tumour research lab page initiative

Brain tumour diagnosis has 'double' financial impact, report shows

The report by University partner charity Brain Tumour Research shows an average financial loss of £14,783 per household per year – more than double the £6,840 for all cancers.

Underwater view of a coral reef

Marine scientists contribute to UK climate change report

Marine scientists at the University of Plymouth have contributed to a Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership project designed to highlight how some of the UK’s most important marine habitats and species are being affected by climate change

A heat-map demonstrating where differences are most likely to occur in shell shape among gastropods exposed to raised CO2 levels (with red indicating a greater degree of change)

Sea snail shells dissolve in increasingly acidified oceans, study shows

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba, Japan, and the University of Plymouth, UK, assessed the impact of rising carbon dioxide levels on the large predatory “triton shell” gastropod (Charonia lampas)

Thales Maritime Autonomy Centre

University looks to build industry connections at autonomous maritime facility

The University of Plymouth is looking to expand its links with global defence and security company Thales after it opened a new Maritime Autonomy Centre in the city

Cheezifit team

Physio degree inspires future of dance fitness programme

Physiotherapy graduate Ros Glendinning is using her degree research to tailor choreography in her interactive dance fitness programme, CheeziFit

Pictured (L-R) are: Susan Mitchell, Lecturer in Occupational
Therapy at the University of Plymouth; Andy McDermott-Brown, Smirthwaite
Technical Product Advisor; Jade Hearson; Gemma Curtis; Claire Litton,
Smirthwaite; and Joe Henderson, Smirthwaite Regional Sales Manager

Helping special needs children through professional internship

Occupational therapy students Jade Hearson and Gemma Curtis have completed a studentship with a company that makes specialist equipment for children with special needs.

Longships lighthouse in Cornwall

Project assesses the long-term resilience of lighthouses in face of offshore storms

STORMLAMP, led by the University of Plymouth in conjunction with the University of Exeter and UCL, and industrial partners HR Wallingford, AECOM, WS Atkins and the Environment Agency, is using a combination of numerical modelling and field tests

Darcey Bussell and Ruth Way

Dame Darcey Bussell takes to the stage at the University of Plymouth

Dame Darcey Bussell took to the stage at the University for a special interview that covered her inspirations, her career, and her work since she retired as a ballerina

SciTech Showcase 2018 - 11

University Health Showcase to inspire next generation of NHS

A Paralympian, a naval hero and the largest collection of health courses in the South West are the highlights of the Health Showcase at the University of Plymouth.

An avalanche of electron, positron and photon production in an intense laser pulse. Improving theoretical models of such processes is part of the new research programme. Image credit: A Gonoskov

University scientists welcome Nobel Prize award in laser physics

Researchers in laser physics at the University of Plymouth have welcomed the announcement that colleagues in their field have been awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics