Press office news

HSJ award for groundbreaking epilepsy app

Plymouth University news: An epilepsy self-monitoring app developed in the South West with input from Plymouth University, has won the HSJ Patient Safety Award for Education and Training in Patient Safety
6 July 2016
Paramedic students take national simulation title

Plymouth University news: Plymouth’s student paramedics have been named the best in the country at a simulated crisis event.
6 July 2016
Plymouth dentistry academic contributes to new NICE guideline on care home oral care

Plymouth University news: Professor Liz Kay has contributed to a new NCE guideline on dental care and health in care homes
5 July 2016
University of Plymouth hosts annual conference of the Transatlantic Studies Association

University of Plymouth news: Academics and scholars from around the world are coming to University of Plymouth for the 15th annual conference of the Transatlantic Studies Association (TSA)
1 July 2016
Girls encouraged to consider careers in geoscience

Plymouth University news: Schoolgirls from across the UK will be travelling to Plymouth University for two days of activities designed to inspire them about the earth sciences
1 July 2016
Symposium tackles child health, behavioural change and physical activity in obesity

Plymouth University news: The 16th Plymouth Symposium on Obesity, Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome will take place on Thursday 7 July at the Postgraduate Medical Centre, Derriford Hospital.
30 June 2016
Conference to showcase the best in cognitive research

Plymouth University news: Fantastic research on how humans think, feel and learn will be showcased by the University's Cognition Institute on 7-8 July
30 June 2016
Launch for first National Memory Day, the flagship event of Dementia Awareness Week 2017

Plymouth University news: The launch will include the opening of a national writing competition and the world’s first wiki poem dedicated to dementia and to which the public can contribute a line, started off with a line composed by Sir Andrew Motion
30 June 2016
Athletes and military at risk of heat stroke could benefit from ‘leaky gut’ therapy

Plymouth University news: A research team led by Plymouth University have published a study which shows a simple nutritional supplement could prevent so-called 'leaky gut'
29 June 2016
‘Starballing’ starfish may hold clue to mystery of mass strandings

Plymouth University news: Scientists have recorded the first example of starfish rolling across the seabed during strong tides - a phenomenon they have named 'starballing'
29 June 2016
Sexual arms race drives range expansion in beetle species

Plymouth University news: Sexual conflict and relative mating success seems to be driving a dramatic shift in the distribution of diving beetles in the UK, a new study led by Plymouth University shows
29 June 2016
Creative partner in the running for National Lottery Award

Plymouth University news: One of Plymouth University’s creative partners, Effervescent, has made it through to the finals of this year’s National Lottery Awards
28 June 2016