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From earthquakes to engineering – students take part in fourth Girls into Geoscience
The University of Plymouth has hosted its fourth Girls into Geoscience, with 80 students from across the UK attending the two-day event
Plymouth academic appointed to lead UK-wide consortium on offshore renewables
A University of Plymouth academic has been appointed to lead Supergen ORE Hub, a new consortium programme supported by both government and industry which will draw together the UK’s expertise in marine renewable energy
Nurse’s research to help older people live healthier lives
Helen Lyndon, a nurse consultant whose work centres on caring for older people, has begun a four-year fellowship at the University of Plymouth to develop and test a nurse-led intervention to improve healthy living in older people with frailty.
Academic reveals possible new date for Cattewater Wreck amid attempts to bring story to life for future generations
Research by an academic at the University of Plymouth has yielded new information about the Cattewater Wreck, which sits beneath the waves of Plymouth Sound. Now efforts are being made to raise awareness through a competition for local children.
Additional training places in Torbay for University of Plymouth medical students
Plymouth University news: Following the announcement of extra medical school places across the country, more University of Plymouth medical student placements are to be made available at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Collaboration awarded funding to expand knowledge and discussion
A collaboration involving the universities of Plymouth, Exeter, Southampton, Bristol and Bath has been awarded funding to increase the scope of its work within the UK’s marine renewable energy (MRE) sector
New group for global health issues
Plymouth University news: With the University's Masters in Global and Remote Healthcare courses at its heart, the Global Health Collaborative is a bringing together of a variety of South West health professionals
Dental experts Philippines bound
Plymouth University news: One of the poorest cities in the Philippines is to benefit from dental care support
Academic takes the lead in European plankton policy assessment
Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, Lecturer in Marine Conservation at the University of Plymouth, has played a lead role in a seven-year project assessing the importance of plankton to the future biodiversity of the North East Atlantic
Consortium receives funding to discover, develop and manufacture new antibiotics
Plymouth University news: A consortium including the University of Plymouth will use Innovate UK funding to develop a new family of antibiotics
Research to develop new autism intervention
A research team at the University of Plymouth is working with families of children with autism to design a new intervention to support them in everyday life.
All-female crew sail round Britain to raise awareness of plastics in our oceans
eXXpedition Round Britain, a voyage starting and finishing at the University of Plymouth’s Marine Station, will see a diverse group of women sample the UK’s waters for plastic pollution, and run awareness-raising events around the British coastline