Press office news tagged teaching-and-learning
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Landmark European award win for dental care professional
Clare McIlwaine, programme lead for BSc Dental Therapy and Hygiene, has become the first dental care professional to win a prize at the Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE) awards.
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Leading medicine and dentistry academics awarded National Teaching Fellowships
Professor Kamran Ali and Dr Richard Ayres, from the University of Plymouth’s Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, have been awarded National Teaching Fellowships by Advance HE.
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University wins international competition to test cutting edge robots
An innovative project from the University of Plymouth has been selected as one of six across Europe to win state-of-the-art robots from global electronics company, Epson.
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Plymouth’s first female doctor commemorated at Peninsula Medical School
Plymouth’s first female doctor, Rosa Bale, has been commemorated to mark International Women’s Day, with a lecture theatre named in her honour.
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Advance HE awards 10,000th Senior Fellowship to Plymouth academic
Dr John Eales, Associate Head (Teaching and Learning), has been welcomed by Advance HE as its 10,000th Senior Fellow.
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Being ‘above bad’ isn’t good enough – we must strive for excellence in health care education
Despite a challenging backdrop within healthcare and the NHS, Sally Hanks explains the importance of professionalism. Dr Hanks will be discussing her work at the University’s 2019 Research Festival on 24 January.
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Why integrated teaching is important for dental professionals
New paper explores how Plymouth’s Dental Hygiene Therapy programme became the first of its kind to be integrated with the Dental Surgery course
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University of Plymouth academic named ‘Sustainability Champion'
Paul Murray, a well-respected academic in the field of education for sustainable development, has won a Green Gown Award in recognition of more than a quarter of a century of teaching and learning and research.
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New foundation course to increase doctor numbers and diversity for the future
Budding doctors from disadvantaged backgrounds have the chance kick-start their career thanks to a new six-year programme at the University of Plymouth.
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Nursing students take over running hospital ward
Student nurses from the University of Plymouth recently took over running a hospital ward as part of a new model of learning – believed to be a first for the South West.
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Plymouth’s medical school in UK top two for teaching quality
University of Plymouth Peninsula Medical School (PMS) has made the top two in the UK for medical student experience as an organisation offering primary medical qualifications – with 98% of students ‘satisfied overall’ with the quality of the course.
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Plymouth’s dental school ‘best in UK’ for teaching quality
University of Plymouth news: Peninsula Dental School has come joint top of a key UK survey that asks students to rate their institution based on teaching quality.