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Study explores secondary school admissions

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/study-explores-challenges-in-selecting-secondary-schools

Plymouth University news: The techniques parents use when determining the best secondary school for their children are to be explored in a new study by Plymouth University

New researchers to help tackle devastating brain tumours

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/new-researchers-to-help-tackle-devastating-brain-tumours

The University of Plymouth has recruited three new researchers to a project aiming to improve technologies for the early diagnosis of brain tumours using molecular biomarkers in the blood.

Eco-engineering creates more sustainable ecosystems for the mutual benefit of society and nature

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/institutes/sustainable-earth/sphere/eco-engineering

University researcher, Louise Firth, shares her thoughts about eco-engineering.

Study indicates first steps towards preventing suicide attempts by offenders

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/study-indicates-first-steps-towards-preventing-suicide-attempts-by-offenders

Plymouth University news: A study led by Plymouth University has for the first time addressed the often neglected issue of suicide among offenders who have been recently released from prison

Double accolades for dental academic

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/double-accolades-for-dental-academic

Plymouth University news: Plymouth University dental academic Sally Hanks has received an ADEE 40th Anniversary Scholarship Award and Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy

Nurse’s research to help older people live healthier lives

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/nurses-research-to-help-older-people-live-healthier-lives

Helen Lyndon, a nurse consultant whose work centres on caring for older people, has begun a four-year fellowship at the University of Plymouth to develop and test a nurse-led intervention to improve healthy living in older people with frailty.

Student insight - Uzair Adam

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/bsc-urgent-and-emergency-care/uzair-adam

Urgent and Emergency Care (Intercalated)

Uzair Adam talks about the BSc (Hons) Urgent and Emergency Care (Intercalated) course

Sound-mapping

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/education/university-practice-partnerships/learning-across-the-curriculum/music/sound-mapping

University of Plymouth home learning resources. Listen to the sounds around you and map what you hear.

‘Put dementia on the agenda’ – Prime Minister endorses new guidance for town and parish councils

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/put-dementia-on-the-agenda-nil-prime-minister-endorses-new-guidance-for-town-and-parish-councils

New guidance to help local councils and their communities become dementia friendly has been released – with the Prime Minister endorsing the work, which was co-authored by the University of Plymouth, as ‘excellent and practical’.

Member of the Order of the British Empire for Plymouth dental academic and clinician

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/member-of-the-order-of-the-british-empire-for-plymouth-dental-academic-and-clinician

Professor Liz Kay, Foundation Dean, Peninsula Dental School at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PUPSMD), has been awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in recognition of her services to dental education.