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Ignite Festival of Creativity 2022

Plymouth’s IGNITE Festival of Creativity returns

Award-winning festival and digital platform for city’s creative graduates returns with a new employment programme.

Pictured (L-R) are: Lucy
Llewellyn from Kingston University, one of the judges and the presenter
of the award; Sandy Knowles, Nursing Associate Programme Lead at the University of Plymouth; Jenita Loheswaran, second-year student Nursing Associate at the University's Truro School of Nursing; Lisa-Marie Rowe, Deputy Programme Lead; and Steve Ford, Editor of the Nursing Times.

National award for Plymouth’s Nursing Associate programme

The University of Plymouth has been named Nursing Associate Training Programme Provider of the Year 2022 in the Student Nursing Times Awards.

The robot's sensor technology and grippers have been completely redesigned to reduce slippage and cut the harvesting time (Credit: Fieldwork Robotics)

Company makes significant progress with raspberry harvesting robots

University of Plymouth news: The robots developed by Fieldwork Robotics have been deployed commercially in two locations in Portugal.

Jordan Garrard

Man with rare genetic condition raises money to support search for cure

Man with rare genetic condition raises money to support search for cure – Jordan Garrard has raised £5,000 for research into Huntington's disease.

Doctor

From the classroom to the ward round – what’s it like being a doctor after medical school?

News at the University of Plymouth:From the classroom to the ward round – what’s it like being a doctor after medical school? University graduate Dr Alex Gordon explains the step up from medical school to his first year of foundation training.

A line of three doctors

Why do doctors migrate and how can we keep them in the NHS? Research investigates

News at the University of Plymouth: Why do doctors migrate and how can we keep them in the NHS? Research investigates

Healthy food clean eating selection: fruit, vegetable, seeds, superfood, cereal, leaf vegetable

New study looking for participants to test weight loss intervention

News at the University of Plymouth: New study looking for participants to test weight loss intervention

Colourful community

Putting people at the heart of the community – meet the team behind Global Plymouth

News at the University of Plymouth: Global Plymouth aims to bring students, staff, local organisations and the Plymouth community closer together.

IGNITE Business programme

IGNITE Business Programme to support Plymouth students’ entrepreneurial ambitions

News at the University of Plymouth: Eight evening workshops available in May will support participants to develop key enterprise skills and gain the confidence to grow their creative businesses after graduation.

Rowing crew under a bridge at early morning

Roesie Percy

University of Plymouth: BA (Hons) Photography student Roesie Percy has made an impressive start in her career as a photographer.

Disability

Improving disability access and support in Higher Education

Improving disability access and support in Higher Education webinar is expected to draw delegates from education systems around the world with a view to sharing research, evidence and best practice.

Engineering, machinery with sparks

University launches new initiative to increase support for disabled and neurodiverse engineers

News at the University of Plymouth: University launches new initiative to increase support for disabled and neurodiverse engineers. Offering mentoring, internships and other interventions that highlight the opportunities a degree in engineering can unlock