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Documentary aims to reveal the human side of earthquake science

The 60-minute documentary Pseudotachylyte, by Associate Professor in Photography Heidi Morstang, focuses on a University of Plymouth research project examining the mechanisms which cause earthquake cycles to begin up to 40km below the earth’s surface.
12 March 2020
University works to inspire research in offshore renewables and health technology

Thanks to funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the University of Plymouth is creating a new Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) which will support a minimum of 11 PhD studentships
11 March 2020
Office for Students Chair Sir Michael Barber visits University of Plymouth

The Chair of the Office for Students, Sir Michael Barber, has visited the University to find out about its work to champion social mobility and widening participation in higher education.
10 March 2020
New study suggests wearing clothes could release more microfibres to the environment than washing them

In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists from the National Research Council of Italy (IPCB-CNR) and the University of Plymouth compared four different items of polyester clothing and how many fibres were released when they were being worn and washed
10 March 2020
Supergen ORE launches programme to further offshore renewable research

The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub, led by the University of Plymouth, has launched its second round of Flexible Funding to advance research into the opportunities and challenges of offshore wind, wave and tidal energy
9 March 2020
Fulfilling the ambition of a lifetime

University of Plymouth graduate Dr Emma Rendle will join the crew of eXXpedition for 24 days as it sails from Easter Island to Tahiti
6 March 2020
Tropical forests’ carbon sink is already rapidly weakening

A study involving the University of Plymouth provides the first large-scale evidence that carbon uptake by the world’s tropical forests has already started a worrying downward trend
4 March 2020
Vessel confirms University’s place at forefront of autonomous ocean science

CETUS – a C-Worker 4 unmanned surface vehicle developed and supplied by L3Harris Technologies – has been purchased by the University of Plymouth and will be based at its Coxside Marine Station
4 March 2020
Scientists call on government to increase UK’s ambition to save our ocean

A team of marine scientists from across the UK, led by the Marine Conservation Research Group at the University of Plymouth, have called on the Government to increase its ambition to save the oceans by overhauling its approach to marine conservation
25 February 2020
University teams up with National Association of Local Councils for groundbreaking research on dementia

The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) and the University of Plymouth are to undertake groundbreaking research on dementia in local (parish and town) councils.
24 February 2020
Brilliant and vivid eloquence: the centenary of Nancy Astor’s history-making maiden speech

Brilliant and vivid eloquence: the centenary of Nancy Astor’s maiden speech. Visiting Research Professor Judith Rowbotham reflects on the centenary of Nancy Astor's maiden speech, 24 February 1920
24 February 2020
University research partner wins award for pioneering arts initiatives

Plymouth Music Zone, which has worked with the University of Plymouth for many years, has won the 2020 Hearts for the Arts Award for Best Arts Initiative
24 February 2020