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(L-R): Professor Stephen Porter, Professor Angus Walls, Professor
Mike Lewis, Dr Anwen Cope, Professor Simon Payne, Professor Christopher Tredwin
and Professor David Moles

Conference successful showcase of dental research

The British Society for Oral and Dental Research, hosted by the University of Plymouth in early September, has been deemed a success and an excellent showcase of the latest in dental research.

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Academics and graduates hack the city at Victoria and Albert Museum

Visitors had the chance to talk to a plant, chat with a bench and deceive a light at an exhibition staged by the University of Plymouth at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London

The UK delegation to Chile

Marine Institute Research Fellows invited to address global marine conference

Plymouth University news: Senior Research Fellows Dr Sian Rees and Dr Emma Sheehan present findings and analysis at the fourth International Marine Protected Areas Conference in Chile

Nancy Astor

Public event marks upcoming centenary of momentous decision for women’s rights

A free event at the University of Plymouth will commemorate the upcoming centenary of women gaining the right to vote and stand for Parliament. Language, Gender and Politics forms part of a wider project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council

Adrian Dawson, Martin Atkins, Rachael Allain and Phil Power with one of the images from Rachael’s series, Light Water Exposures. Credit: Chris Saville

South-west businesses to display work by up-and-coming artists

The University of Plymouth is giving south-west businesses the opportunity to display work from some of the region’s up and coming artists through a new project, ArtWorks

Occupational therapy student wins conference place

Occupational therapy student wins conference place

Second-year student Charlotte Walker will travel to South Africa next year after winning a place at the annual congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT).

Caitlin Mitchell Women in Property

Civil engineer wins 2017 Women in Property National Student Awards

Caitlin Mitchell, who is in her third year on BEng Civil and Coastal Engineering, was named the winner of the 2017 Women in Property (WiP) National Student Awards at a ceremony held at Claridge’s

A lionfish at Cape Greco; picture taken by Maria Papanikola

University scientists to play key role in tackling lionfish invasion

University of Plymouth news: A new EU-funded project has launched to try to halt the spread of venomous lionfish in the Mediterranean.

Jonathan Davies

National prize win for dental PhD student

Jonathan Davies, from the Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry, won the Unilever Poster Prize; one of the key prizes awarded at the British Society of Oral and Dental Research (BSODR) 2017 annual conference held in Plymouth this month.

iPads PUPSMD

New iPads to help medical students learn anytime, anywhere

Medical students in the clinical stage of their degree, years three to five, at PUPSMD are being offered an enhanced assessment and learning experience thanks to the introduction of 240 new iPads.

Dr Sara Hurley, Chief Dental Officer, and Professor Christopher Tredwin

Chief Dental Officer ‘humbled’ by Honorary Doctorate

Sara Hurley, Chief Dental Officer for England, has received an Honorary Doctorate of Health from the University of Plymouth

Image of waves crashing on beach with sun shining

Report suggests love of the seas could be the key for plastic pollution solution

Tapping into the public’s passion for the ocean could be the key to reducing the threats to it posed by plastic pollution, according to a report by the University of Plymouth and University of Surrey published in Nature Human Behaviour