Press office news tagged students
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![Pictured are comedian Jo Caulfield, who
presented the AOP Awards, Luke McRoy-Jones, and Ed Bickerstaffe, AOP Councillor for the South
West of England]()
Optometry student wins national award
Luke McRoy-Jones has been named Student of the Year in the AOP Awards 2019, organised by the Association of Optometrists (AOP).
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![Jessica Kitch is now working as a Research Technician on a project assessing the impacts of soil erosion in Chile]()
Graduate wins national award for soil erosion research
Jessica Kitch, who graduated with a First from the BSc (Hons) Geography course, has been awarded the 2019 Marjorie Sweeting Dissertation Prize from the British Society for Geomorphology.
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![Doug Anderson and Florence Peyton-Jones]()
Marine biology students get opportunity to work with Blue Planet cameraman
Doug Anderson has praised the students and facilities at the University of Plymouth after spending a month here as part of an upcoming project
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![diver swims with fish]()
University works with global partners to provide unique masters programme in marine conservation
The University of Plymouth is working with UK and international policy makers and NGOs to launch a masters-level qualification addressing some of the biggest challenges facing our marine environment
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Student wellbeing café is regional first
A café designed to reduce social isolation has been opened at the University's Wellbeing Centre. A first for the South West, the S.P.A.C.E wellbeing café is one of only three in the country.
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![Alex Edwards' picture of a powdered glass frog in the Costa Rican rainforest (Credit: Alex Edwards, University of Plymouth)]()
Student’s chance discovery wins national photography prize
University of Plymouth student Alex Edwards has won the student section of the Up Close and Personal category in the British Ecological Society’s annual photography competition, Capturing Ecology
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![Michael Wilcox receiving his award from Jon Benton, Chairman of CECA (SW)]()
Aspiring engineer earns award for outstanding placement
MEng Civil Engineering student Michael Wilcox has been awarded the University of Plymouth Industrial Placement Award by the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA)
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![Debbie Godfrey Invictus Games]()
Nursing student to compete in Invictus Games
Royal Navy veteran and nursing student Debbie Godfrey will be competing for Team UK at the Invictus Games in Sydney, Australia
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![Kaspersky Lab Cyber Security Day]()
Students learn about cyber security from Kaspersky Lab’s industry experts
Students from the University of Plymouth have been given the chance to learn about the latest global developments in cyber security from lecturers and leading industry experts at Kaspersky Lab
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![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.
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![University student Jake Cronk with Brian
Coaker (left), President of the Whitworth Society, and IMechE president Tony Roche (right)]()
Student earns prestigious scholarship to support F1 dream
Jake Cronk, who is in the final year of an MEng Mechanical Engineering course at the University of Plymouth, has earned a Whitworth Scholasrship from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
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![Dr Linda Solbrig, lead researcher, Trisha Bradbury, who lost nearly two stone through the trial, and Professor Jackie Andrade, who co-created Functional Imagery Training]()
Weight loss can be boosted fivefold thanks to novel mental imagery technique, research shows
A study has shown how overweight people lost an average of five times more weight using Functional Imagery Training (FIT), a brief individual motivational intervention teaching self-motivating skills with mental imagery, compared with just talking therapy
