Press office news tagged faculty-of-health
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Student nurses connect with European counterparts in unique conference
University of Plymouth news: The University welcomed student nurses and educators from the European Network of Nursing in Higher Education (ENNE) at a major event sharing skills, knowledge and expertise.
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World’s largest survey on dementia attitudes needs your views
University of Plymouth news: The University is co-leading the largest global survey on people’s attitudes towards dementia – and everyone, of any age and location, is encouraged to take part.
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Meet the mother and son nursing duo who graduated on the same day
Mother and son Andrea and Zac Trewhela share their inspirational, and contrasting, routes into nursing after both graduating with nursing degree apprenticeships from the University of Plymouth on the same day.
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Government Minister visits Dental School
University of Plymouth news: Health and Social Care Minister Helen Whateley MP met the University of Plymouth team to hear about its innovative work.
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More doctors of the future to train at the University of Plymouth
University of Plymouth news: The University's Peninsula Medical School has been allocated additional places from 2025.
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Ensuring health technology works for older people
A new toolkit has been launched by a project co-led by the University of Plymouth to help developers consider older people’s accessibility right from the start.
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Head of Dental School to lead key publication
Professor Ewen McColl, Head of University of Plymouth Peninsula Dental School, has been chosen as the new editorial director of Dental Update.
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“Our nursing skills saved a choking man’s life”
University of Plymouth news: Joana Miranda and Billie-Jo Isaac sprung into action using skills they had just learned that morning
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Mental imagining of self-harm can increase urge and heighten the risk of people harming themselves
University of Plymouth news: New research from the School of Psychology represents the first study of its kind to track the real-time occurrences of mental imagining of self-harm, alongside the urge to self-harm and actual self-harming behaviour.
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Study suggests real-time feedback in hotel showers could help the tourism industry cut water use
University of Plymouth news: The University was among those involved in a trial of smart technologies that can provide holiday makers with consumer messages while they are showering in their hotels
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£1.2 million project explores whether brain state alters the effects of ultrasound
University of Plymouth news: Our researchers have been awarded around £1.2million to investigate whether a person’s pain or consciousness levels might influence the impact of transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) on their brain
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InterCity Place shortlisted for three prizes at the Michelmores Property Awards
University of Plymouth news: InterCity Place - our new home for healthcare teaching and research - is the only project shortlisted for three prizes at the prestigious Michelmores Property Awards 2024
