Press office news tagged 'students'

Plymouth Science Park steps up to support students

Second year biomedical science students at the University of Plymouth were granted access to lab space, enabling them to achieve essential clinical microbiology proficiencies
21 August 2020
University and Marine Conservation Society join forces to assess public knowledge of jellyfish

Catriona Duncan, a student on the University of Plymouth's MSc Marine Conservation programme, is working with the Marine Conservation Society to educate people about jellyfish
5 August 2020
Medical graduates receive thank you hampers

Graduates in medicine-related subjects at the University of Plymouth have received hampers thanking them for their work, with support from Santander.
3 August 2020
Girls into Geoscience 2020 gives pupils a virtual insight into the Earth sciences

Girls into Geoscience, coordinated by the University of Plymouth, will be an online-only event in 2020 and more than 250 girls from across the UK and Ireland have signed up to take part.
1 July 2020
Study shows potentially harmful arsenic levels at popular former mining works

A study by the University of Plymouth has shown that arsenic levels at a former mining site in the Tamar Valley are posing a health risk to employees and the public using the site.
19 May 2020
Doctors graduate early as University boosts support for NHS

The next generation of doctors from the University of Plymouth’s Peninsula Medical School celebrated the start of a new chapter as they graduated early to support the NHS in its hour of need
7 May 2020
Scholarships offer students the chance to excel in sustainable aquaculture

By 2030, it is anticipated that aquaculture will be responsible for 60 percent of the fish we eat, and the University of Plymouth’s MSc Sustainable Aquaculture programme aims to train the next generation of specialists.
27 April 2020
Student receives national award to boost robotics studies

Daisy-Rose Davies is studying on the MEng (Hons) Robotics programme at the University of Plymouth and has been awarded a prestigious bursary by the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET)
24 April 2020
University awarded £500,000 to advance its Knowledge Exchange projects for students, businesses and communities

The University of Plymouth is to receive £499,000 of funding from the Office for Students and Research England to advance its Knowledge Exchange work
20 April 2020
University signs new drive to help nation through COVID-19 crisis

The University of Plymouth has joined businesses from across the UK in signing the C-19 Business Pledge, which encourages businesses to help their employees, customers and communities get through the coronavirus crisis
23 March 2020
Pre-election survey reveals young people’s opinions on climate change

Young people believe government and businesses have the biggest roles to play when it comes to tackling the global climate and nature emergencies, according to a new survey involving academics from the University of Plymouth.
11 December 2019
Student device powers to national engineering success

University of Plymouth engineering students Tristan Price, William Kleinstuber, George Modica-Cliff and Joseph Searle won the Institution of Mechanical Engineers' 2019 Design Challenge
14 October 2019