
Research impact at Plymouth
Demonstrating our mission to advance knowledge and transform lives through research
Latest stories and events
Latest news
- Paper written using ChatGPT demonstrates opportunities and challenges of AI in academia 24 March 2023
- University scientist works on report highlighting plastic’s threat to human and planetary health 22 March 2023
- Project maps the experience of lives impacted by the invasion of Iraq 21 March 2023
- Scientists call for global push to eliminate space debris 9 March 2023
- Tagging programme enables scientists to begin identifying key habitats of English Channel’s critical fish species 7 March 2023

Upcoming academic and research events
- [CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND SAVE THE DATE] Cyber-SHIP Lab Annual Symposium 1 February 2023 - 31 March 2023
- Soapbox Science 2 April 2023 11:00 - 14:00
- Research Sparks 13 April 2023 13:00 - 14:00
- Plymouth Institute of Education Research Node Seminars 13 April 2023 13:00 - 14:00
- Tardigrades – awesome minibeasts 13 April 2023 19:30 - 21:00

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Changing the world in 20 projects
Sea birds washing up on the shoreline covered in a mysterious oily substance; young people in Ethiopia, suffering from discrimination because of their disability; families facing life-changing decisions without specialist genetic counsellor support...
Three completely different scenarios but all tied by a common cord: University of Plymouth research.
Discover more about our academic, economic and societal impact
At a glance...
- University of Plymouth submitted 50 impact case studies to REF2014
- our case studies demonstrated impact on academia, politics, health, culture, technology, society, the economy and environment
- project funders included 12 national Department of Business, Innovation and Skills funding bodies
- reaching far and wide, Plymouth's global impact locations included Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, North and South America.
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