Press office news tagged 'students'
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Emily Stevenson with a Marathon wrapper found on a beach in Cornwall. The chocolate bars haven't been sold in the UK since 1990
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Project helps to guard beaches against the scourge of plastic pollution
University of Plymouth Marine Biology student Emily Stevenson is hoping to use her organisation Beach Guardian to clean up Cornwall's beaches and educate people about the threat of marine litter
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Research tells tale of 1797 Plymouth Channel squadron mutiny
The story of the mutiny of the Plymouth Channel squadron in 1797
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2018 University of Plymouth FLUX Champions crowned
Six teams battled it out in the final of the University of Plymouth FLUX competition, with one of the UK’s Top 100 Undergraduate Employers, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, setting a real-life challenge to test students.
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UPSU takes Varsity crown for sixth consecutive year
University of Plymouth Students’ Union (UPSU) has claimed the Varsity Championship for the 6th year in a row, defeating Plymouth Marjon University 23-17.
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Commonwealth Games beckons for University swimmers
Four top swimmers from the University of Plymouth are heading to Australia’s Gold Coast to compete in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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‘Inspirational’ mental health nursing student shortlisted for national award
Second-year Felicity Allman has been nominated for the Most Inspirational Student Nurse of the Year prize at the Student Nursing Times Awards 2018.
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Student to swap labs for life on the ocean waves to gain greater understanding of microplastic pollution
University of Plymouth news: Imogen Napper, a PhD researcher at the University of Plymouth, is one of 24 women signed up to participate in eXXpedition North Pacific 2018, which will start in Hawaii on June 23 and finish in Seattle around five weeks later
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Holi festival 2018 in pictures
University of Plymouth: Drake's Place Gardens were a riot of colour as the Indian Student Network and friends from across the University celebrated Holi
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Student engineers’ space station wows judges to win international design competition
Ajen Limbu, Elliot Tam and Jack Orme, final year Civil Engineering course at the University of Plymouth, have won the undergraduate section of the Institution of Structural Engineers’ Young Structural Engineers International Design Competition
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Dental sessions helping to ‘turn lives around’
Students from Plymouth University Peninsula Dental School delivered a workshop at the TYLA (Turn Your Life Around) project at the Phoenix Centre in Honicknowle, Plymouth.
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Helping refugees understand the importance of oral health
Coinciding with World Oral Health Day (20 March), students from the Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry have delivered ‘Dental Champion’ training to volunteers at the British Red Cross in Plymouth.
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Students expand their horizons thanks to trust set up in memory of Nancy Astor
BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies students from the University of Plymouth’s Institute of Education have again benefitted from bursaries from the Nancy Langhorne Astor Scholarships Trust.
