Press office news tagged

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

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

Guardian

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

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

Image courtesy of Shutterstock. Black gamepad with optical cables next to it

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

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

Futures Entrepreneurship Event Hot Box 500 - students pitching business idea

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

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.

Accommodation

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

Professor Tony Belpaeme 

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

Tau   

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

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