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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.
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
Researcher receives prestigious award for environmental toxicology research
News at the University of Plymouth: Researcher receives prestigious award for environmental toxicology research. Professor Awadhesh Jha has been selected to receive the Jim Parry Award from the UK Environmental Mutagenesis Society.
Experiments aid in the restoration of seagrass in Plymouth Sound
University of Plymouth news: Tests in our COAST Laboratory have looked at how seagrass planting units are influenced by hydrodynamic forces.
Extreme storms could help protect beaches from sea-level rise
University of Plymouth news: An international team of researchers has found sand movements stirred up by intense storms may offset some of the impacts of coastal erosion.
Reform to Mental Health Act must prompt change in support for families
University of Plymouth news: Reform to Mental Health Act must prompt change in support for families
£1m to unite generations in developing technologies for coastal communities
£1m to unite generations in developing technologies for coastal communities
International project aims to understand and protect endangered sea turtles
International project aims to understand and protect endangered sea turtles. The 18-month project will see ResM student Naomi Westlake working closely with leading researchers in the UK and Grenada.
New book reveals rise of ethnic nationalism in Western democratic politics
Political leaders are drawing upon centuries’ old myths and symbols of ethnic white majorities in their campaigning, say the authors of a groundbreaking new book on the rise of nationalism in the West.
Supporters welcomed back to see University’s pioneering research into brain tumours
The University of Plymouth’s Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence has welcomed supporters for tours of its labs for the first time since the pandemic began.
Shaping the Future
University of Plymouth news: Shaping the Future - National conference to report on Student Engagement in Knowledge Exchange
Collaboration accelerates development of offshore renewable innovations
University of Plymouth news: Collaboration accelerates development of offshore renewable innovations. The University and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have agreed to work in partnership.