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University of Plymouth awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for world-leading microplastics research
The University has been presented with the Queen's Anniversary Prize for its pioneering research on microplastics pollution in the oceans and its impact on the environment and changing behaviour.
Tackling inequality one word at a time – experts put spotlight on language development in Arabic speaking countries
A new project is to help identify preschoolers in Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan and the West Bank with delayed speech, in a bid to reduce academic and social disadvantage.
Projects use citizen science to assess impacts of climate change
University of Plymouth news: Innovative research projects from the University of Plymouth will use citizen science as a means of monitoring the effects of climate change
Research expedition aims to reveal hidden secrets of volcanic tsunamis
With funding from the Natural Environment Research Council, researchers from the University of Plymouth will spend several days on the Aeolian island of Stromboli this spring assessing the impacts of a volcanic eruption on July 3, 2019
International charity launches teaching tools showcasing university marine research
Environmental charity EarthEcho International is launching a series of free teaching tools featuring University of Plymouth research and facilities, including videos, lesson plans and design challenges
University of Plymouth opens new Digital Fabrication and Immersive Media Laboratories
The Faculty of Arts and Humanities opens two new laboratories in the Roland Levinsky Building for digital fabrication and immersive media.
Academic awarded prestigious fellowship to teach in New Zealand
University of Plymouth Professor of Transport Geography Jon Shaw will spend eight weeks in New Zealand during 2020 having been awarded an Erskine Fellowship by the University of Canterbury
Plymouth joins alliance of top UK-Chinese universities
The University of Plymouth has been accepted into the UK-Jiangsu 20+20 Alliance, a group that unites the leading universities in the country’s Jiangsu province in a research and education collaboration with British HEIs.
PhD candidate takes part in international mission exploring the science of space exploration
Benjamin Pothier, a PhD candidate at the University of Plymouth’s Planetary Collegium, is taking part in a mission to perform scientific experiments and test technological instruments needed for the future exploration of the Moon or Mars
University becomes part of international hub helping communities at risk from natural disasters
Scientists from the University of Plymouth are working as part of the new £20million UKRI GCRF Multi-hazard Urban Disaster Risk Transitions Hub, which is aimed at reducing disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow’s cities
Student and graduate collaborate to make prizewinning design reality
An on-trend and technically proficient design for a pair of glasses has landed a University student first place in an international competition, and an internship with a top German manufacturer.
Researchers part of £20 million programme aimed at tackling threats to the world’s oceans
Marine conservation experts from the University of Plymouth are playing an integral role in the UKRI GCRF One Ocean Hub, a £20 million programme aimed at transforming the global response to the threats facing our oceans