Last updated: 19 June 2025
How do we protect our native bee species?
Understanding the diversity and decline of our local bee populations
Last updated: 20 May 2025
Will the Taylor Review deliver ‘Good Work’?
While extolling the need for improved conditions and greater voice, Professor Richard Saundry argues it fails to deliver the radical change needed
Last updated: 12 May 2025
Invisibly Blighted: The digital erosion of childhood
Professor Andy Phippen writes about a new book which examines the issues around young people's use of technology
Last updated: 11 April 2025
Focus on engineering to overcome global challenges
Professor Deborah Greaves writes as the university launches its School of Engineering
Last updated: 29 November 2024
The view from Plymouth: our expert take on what's making the news
Discover our long reads. In-depth features, opinion pieces and profiles by our experts on the topics changing the world
Published: 29 November 2024
“We need to trust science, not condemn it, in order to survive”
Dr Tina Joshi's commentary follows her recent visit to the UN General Assembly meeting on antimicrobial resistance
Published: 22 July 2024
Country and party before self – what Biden's stepping down means for the history books
By American Politics expert Dr David Brockington
Last updated: 5 July 2024
The Suffragettes and Plymouth
The fight for women’s rights and the acclaimed film Suffragette
Published: 6 June 2024
Peatlands are nature's unsung climate warriors
Dr Scott Davidson explains how these ancient landscapes have a myriad of functions, from carbon storage to biodiversity restoration
Last updated: 5 June 2024
Feeding the footballers – the role of a sports nutritionist
As the UEFA Euro 2024 group stages kick off, two academics explain how player diets can be the difference between the next round and the plane home