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![Ian Sherriff and members of the experts panel at the national Alzheimer's Society conference]()
Plymouth expert plays role in national dementia conference
Plymouth University news: Ian Sherriff joined a prestigious panel of leading dementia health and social care experts
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![Students
George Mustoe, George Norcott, Sri Kalidass and
Claire Morrison
will travel to the Global Grand Challenges Summit in Washington D.C.]()
Students selected for US summit with slum crisis solution
A team of engineering students from the University of Plymouth will be travelling to the Global Grand Challenges Summit in Washington D.C after impressing judges with their vision of how to eradicate the global slum crisis by 2030
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Top ranking for University of Plymouth dental school
Plymouth University news: With a third place ranking out of 16 dental schools, Peninsula School of Dentistry has been identified as the top dental school in England outside London by the Guardian league table of universities
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![One of the striking images captured by photojournalist Carey Marks demonstrating the
impact of soil erosion in Tanzania. Credit: Carey Marks/University of Plymouth]()
Exhibition and lecture show stark effects of soil erosion
The complex connections between communities and their environment are to be revealed in a stunning photographic exhibition, showing images captured as part of a research project led by the University of Plymouth
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New research shows what makes people ‘cruel to be kind’
A team from the School of Psychology has found key conditions that might make someone ‘cruel to be kind’, after conducting research using video games
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![From left are students Izaak Frost, Campbell
Thomson, Jessie-May Turner and Harrison Drayton]()
Engineering students to take part in Red Bull Soapbox Race
A group of students from the University of Plymouth will be combining their engineering expertise with raising environmental awareness after being selected to participate in the 2017 Red Bull Soapbox Race at London’s Alexandra Palace
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Festival offers small businesses expert advice on ways to expand and grow
Small business owners can access expert advice on how to enhance and grow their enterprises during the Festival of Entrepreneurial Solutions, a one-day event from the University of Plymouth
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![Professor Judith Petts CBE, Professor Kevin Jones and Professor Deborah Greaves at the launch of the University's new School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics]()
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics aims to expand University’s reputation for world-leading research and teaching
The University of Plymouth has launched a dedicated School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics with the aim of expanding its expertise in the field and offering new opportunities to students, academics and industry.
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Students urged to beat clock for accommodation scholarships
Young people estranged from family or leaving care and planning to go to the University of Plymouth are being urged to apply for scholarships from the Unite Foundation
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Taking science to the masses at the 2017 Port Eliot Festival
The University of Plymouth will be taking its world-leading appliance of science to the Port Eliot Festival this summer
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Flies the key to studying the causes of dementia
Plymouth University news: Researchers have studied proteins in the brains of fruit flies (similar to those in humans) to gain a better understanding of the causes of dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases
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![Poet Karen Hayes, who helped judge the competition and who runs poetry workshops at Memory Cafes]()
Winners of National Memory Day writing competition announced
Plymouth University news: The winners of the dementia writing competition which sits at the heart of National Memory Day, have been announced
