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Standard Visitor visa and Electronic Travel Authorisation for study

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Standard Visitor visa and Electronic Travel Authorisation for study: Information about the visa and digital authorisation required to study at the University of Plymouth for a period of six months or fewer.

Parkinson’s drug trial gives definitive answer on possible statin treatment

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/parkinsons-drug-trial-gives-definitive-answer-on-possible-statin-treatment

A major clinical trial of a potential new treatment for Parkinson’s disease (PD) has found that the statin under investigation holds no promise as a protective therapy in PD.

Social work and conflict zones – how the profession can help

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/pr-opinion/social-work-and-conflict-zones-how-the-profession-can-help

Marking World Social Work Day on 15 March, Dr Bartosz Zaniewski, Lecturer in Social Work, discusses how the profession operates in a crisis situation – and why the career is so important in helping those affected by the invasion of Ukraine.

Health and human sciences – additional checks

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School of Nursing and Midwifery

All offers are subject to satisfactory screening in terms of your health, welfare and police checks, before the start of your course.

Taxing times: the G7 and international economic cooperation

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/pr-opinion/taxing-times-the-g7-and-international-economic-cooperation

Plymouth Perspectives: Taxing times: the G7 and international economic cooperation. Dr Patrick Holden, Associate Professor (Reader) International Relations and Development at the University of Plymouth

Research in the blood

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Plymouth University research news: Number four in a series of REF case studies, looking at how Professor Neil Avent has been researching the diagnosis of pre-natal conditions through non-intrusive methods.

Study to investigate a potential therapy at cellular level for Huntington's disease

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/huntingtons-disease

Plymouth University news: Researchers at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry have received a grant of almost £520,000 to investigate a potential therapy for Huntington's disease, for which there is currently no cure

Funding for toddlers’ oral health pilot study

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/funding-for-toddlers-oral-health-pilot-study

Plymouth University news: The Medical Research Council has provided funding for a pilot study which aims to address the ongoing problems in children's oral health, especially in communities of social deprivation

Cholesterol-lowering drug Simvastatin trialled as a potential neuro-protective treatment for Parkinson’s

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/cholesterol-lowering-drug-simvastatin-trialled-as-a-potential-neuro-protective-treatment-for-parkinsons

University of Plymouth news: A national clinical trial led by University of Plymouth has started recruiting participants to see if cholesterol-lowering drug Simvastatin has potential as a treatment for Parkinson's