Press office news
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Aspiring engineer earns award for outstanding placement
MEng Civil Engineering student Michael Wilcox has been awarded the University of Plymouth Industrial Placement Award by the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA)
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Nursing student to compete in Invictus Games
Royal Navy veteran and nursing student Debbie Godfrey will be competing for Team UK at the Invictus Games in Sydney, Australia
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Students learn about cyber security from Kaspersky Lab’s industry experts
Students from the University of Plymouth have been given the chance to learn about the latest global developments in cyber security from lecturers and leading industry experts at Kaspersky Lab
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Helping special needs children through professional internship
Occupational therapy students Jade Hearson and Gemma Curtis have completed a studentship with a company that makes specialist equipment for children with special needs.
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Student earns prestigious scholarship to support F1 dream
Jake Cronk, who is in the final year of an MEng Mechanical Engineering course at the University of Plymouth, has earned a Whitworth Scholasrship from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
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Weight loss can be boosted fivefold thanks to novel mental imagery technique, research shows
A study has shown how overweight people lost an average of five times more weight using Functional Imagery Training (FIT), a brief individual motivational intervention teaching self-motivating skills with mental imagery, compared with just talking therapy
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Emergency health team excels in military challenge
Staff and students from the Faculty of Health and Human Sciences finished second out of 17 teams in annual South West Military Challenge.
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PhD student to develop medical education links with Taiwan
Dr Jamie Read will be travelling to Taiwan to learn more about the cultural differences in medical education after receiving the ‘Medical Education’ Travelling Fellowship from the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) and publishers, Wiley
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Nursing students take over running hospital ward
Student nurses from the University of Plymouth recently took over running a hospital ward as part of a new model of learning – believed to be a first for the South West.
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Why can weever fish make beach visits a painful experience?
Marine biologists and coastal scientists from the University of Plymouth are carrying out research into one of the more painful features of the South West’s beaches – weever fish.
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Researchers quest for autonomous control in 11th World Robotic Sailing Championship
Academics and students in the University of Plymouth’s School of Engineering are going to be taking part in the 11th World Robotic Sailing Championship in Southampton from August 26-30
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Plymouth’s medical school in UK top two for teaching quality
University of Plymouth Peninsula Medical School (PMS) has made the top two in the UK for medical student experience as an organisation offering primary medical qualifications – with 98% of students ‘satisfied overall’ with the quality of the course.