Last updated: 17 May 2024
Study the seas at Plymouth
Take the plunge and explore the wide variety of study opportunities taking place at Plymouth
Last updated: 16 May 2024
7 questions with Professor Richard Thompson OBE
Get to know the #PlymouthPioneer who is saving our seas from plastic
Last updated: 26 April 2024
Are microplastics a big problem?
Discover microplastics’ effects on the environment and what the University of Plymouth is doing to help
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Dr Imogen Napper: researching plastic pollution within the marine environment
Dr Napper is working to #EndPlasticSoup at the University's International Marine Litter Research Unit
Last updated: 19 February 2024
Bite-size paper: Exploring perceptions of microplastics in personal care products
Research gives a positive indication that a ban on microbeads would be accepted
Last updated: 15 December 2023
The Queen's Anniversary Prize for pioneering research on marine microplastics pollution and its impact on the environment and changing behaviour
Our ground-breaking research into microplastics pollution has received the highest honour that can be bestowed upon a higher education institution
Last updated: 23 November 2023
Jennifer Scott, postgraduate researcher, CDT SuMMeR: Cohort 1
Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Management of UK Marine Resources (CDT SuMMeR)
Last updated: 13 September 2023
Current and future effects of microplastics on marine ecosystems (the MINIMISE project)
Delivering new knowledge of the risks posed by microplastics
Last updated: 21 August 2023
Minister for the Cabinet Office briefed on University's world-leading marine and maritime research
The Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Rt Hon David Lidington CBE MP, visited the University to see marine and maritime excellence in action
Last updated: 30 May 2023
Parliamentary Evidence Week
University of Plymouth’s partnership with Sense about Science (SaS) for Evidence Week in Parliament