Our year in pictures

From student and staff success to breaking research – discover how we have been writing our own headlines

Our year in pictures

Please view the monthly galleries below to discover what has been making the news for us, on campus and beyond.

For more information on these news stories, please visit www.plymouth.ac.uk/news.

October in pictures

Living near green space linked to lower rates of smoking and higher chances of quitting

Research showed people were 20% less likely to be current smokers and up to 12% more likely to successfully quit

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September in pictures

Plymouth photography students chosen among Portrait of Britain winners

Will Michell and Emma Booth were chosen from thousands of entries to the British Journal of Photography Portrait of Britain competition

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August in pictures

University takes over landmark Plymouth building to train future health professionals

Intercity Place will house the facilities for the Faculty of Health and be used to train future nurses, midwives, paramedics and physiotherapists

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July in pictures

University is top 25 for teaching quality in National Student Survey 2020

Overall satisfaction also remains above average in UK's biggest poll of students

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June in pictures

Professor Deborah Greaves OBE named among UK’s leading female engineers

Professor Greaves OBE has been listed by the Women’s Engineering Society among its Top 50 Women in Engineering: Sustainability.

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May in pictures

Partnership provides 20,000 recyclable face shields for COVID-19 essential staff

Engineers at the University are working alongside staff from Plympton-based Prestige Packaging to support essential workers

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April in pictures

Award-winning microplastics pioneer elected as Fellow of the Royal Society

The fellowship is the latest personal accolade for Professor Richard Thompson, who was made an OBE for services to marine science in 2018

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March in pictures

Study shows commonly used mouthwash could make saliva significantly more acidic

University team's findings raise possibility that using products containing chlorhexidine could increase risk of damage as a result of change in pH

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February in pictures

University awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize

For its pioneering research on microplastics pollution in the oceans and its impact on the environment and changing behaviour

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January in pictures

Spinout raises £680,000 to speed development of novel vaccines

The Vaccine Group was created to commercialise the work of Associate Professor (Reader) in Virology and Immunology, Dr Michael Jarvis

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December in pictures

£2.6million project helps Devon enterprises respond to the climate emergency

Sustainability Hub: Low Carbon Devon will harness the University’s expertise and experience in sustainability to benefit the county’s employers

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November in pictures

University of Plymouth awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for world-leading microplastics work

Recognition of nearly two decades of breakthrough research and policy engagement

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