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Biomedical Science student Melissa Tremlett, with Dr Philip Warburton.

Grant success for student investigating antibiotic resistance

Plymouth University news: The Microbiology Society has awarded a grant of £2,000 to a University of Plymouth biomedical sciences student

Forrest Worthington

Enabling Sailing

Plymouth University news: Student Forrest Worthington uses his final year project to modify a sailing dinghy to make it available to disabled children

Stills from the 'Coming Back to Me' film 

World’s first wiki poem devoted to dementia

Plymouth University news: With online contributions from a wide variety of people touched by dementia, "Coming Back to Me" is the world's first wiki poem devoted to dementua

Book cover image for Sustainable Stoke: Transitions to Sustainability in the Surfing World

Surfing book to be serialised to raise funds for charity

Sustainable Stoke – Transitions to Sustainability in the Surfing World, published by University of Plymouth Press, is to be broken down into a series of ebooks in an attempt to raise money for charity

Art Deco Band

Spirit of Roaring Twenties revived at festival events

The music of Noel Coward, a timeless cinema classic, and the boundless energy of the Charleston will be among the highlights as the spirit of the ‘Roaring Twenties’ comes alive in a festival at the University of Plymouth

Professor Bridie Kent – Head of
School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Plymouth; Tracy De Bernhardt Dunkin – Principal
and Chief Executive of WESC; and Maureen Biss – Deputy Chief
Executive Officer of WESC

Site confirmed for University of Plymouth’s new Exeter school of nursing

The University of Plymouth will be opening its new nurse education facility, The Exeter School of Nursing, on Topsham Road in September.

Futures Entrepreneurship Centre

University works with Federation of Small Businesses to inspire female entrepreneurs

Aspiring female businesswomen will be offered a combination of information and inspiration at an event organised by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and the Futures Entrepreneurship Centre at the University of Plymouth

Professor Liz Kay MBE, ranked 7th in the Dentistry Top 50 of most influential people in the dental world

Top 10 rating for University of Plymouth dental academic and clinician

Plymouth University news: Prestigious dental journal Dentistry has ranked Professor Liz Kay MBE 7th in its Top 50 list of the most influential people in the dental profession

The actual island of Fatato, part of Tuvalu in the Pacific Ocean north of New Zealand

Study aims to provide accurate assessment of impact of future sea level rises on coral reef islands

Remote islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans have for many years been considered vulnerable to climate change, but research by the universities of Plymouth and Auckland is seeking to demonstrate they are more resilient than previously suggested

A view of the Port Eliot Festival with 2017 branding / logo

University enhances creative opportunities through collaboration with Port Eliot Festival

The University of Plymouth will be creating exciting opportunities for students, staff and the public alike as it expands its partnership with the iconic Port Eliot Festival

Ehealth graphic - image courtesy of Shutterstock

£2.7m European funding to improve eHealth in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

The University of Plymouth and a collaboration of Cornish and national partners have been awarded £2.7m European funding to improve the use of eHealth in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

The COAST Lab

Competitive call offers access to world-leading marine renewable energy testing facilities

The MaRINET2 project which will offer free access to a world-leading network of testing and research infrastructures – including the University of Plymouth’s COAST laboratory – is now open for applications