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Survey assesses impact of organised crime on Devon and Cornwall’s farming communities

University of Plymouth news: Survey assesses impact of organised crime on Devon and Cornwall’s farming communities. Researchers from the University are working to identify and map the impacts of organised crime in rural areas.

Medical staff discussing over medical reports. Healthcare professionals having discussion in hospital corridor.

Call for Armed Forces personnel to share stories of transition to healthcare careers

University of Plymouth news: The University is working with the University of Leicester on its Armed Forces into Allied Health project pathway.

2022 Get Involved Awards

Meet the researchers and communities taking on local issues in the Get Involved Awards

Meet the researchers and communities taking on local issues in the Get Involved Awards

Dr Jasmine Kelland

New book examines the forfeit fathers pay for balancing family and full-time work

A nenowned expert in Human Resources has published a new booking examining the barriers faced by fathers in the workplace who want to balance their careers with a more active role in parenting.

Ewen McColl

Dental academic’s ‘top tips’ become most accessed collection in prestigious journal

University of Plymouth news: Dental academic’s ‘top tips’ become most accessed collection in prestigious journal. Ewen McColl has collated a series for the British Dental Journal.

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