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Last updated: 14 September 2025

The potential impact of Brexit on health: education, research and the wider NHS

NHS pressures

Exploring some of the co-existing issues which threaten the future of the NHS, and the new challenges that Brexit brings to the situation

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Last updated: 11 September 2025

How do we protect our native bee species?

Apis mellifera mellifera - the black bee

Understanding the diversity and decline of our local bee populations

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Last updated: 29 August 2025

The view from Plymouth

Plymouth Sound and The Hoe

Read more about our experts and their take on what's making the news

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Last updated: 29 August 2025

Invisibly Blighted: The digital erosion of childhood

Mobile dvices

Professor Andy Phippen writes about a new book which examines the issues around young people's use of technology

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Last updated: 27 August 2025

An innovative approach to regional equity

'Rainbow in the Dark' by Mandala Lighting Ltd at Illuminate 2018, image courtesy of One Plymouth

Social sciences, humanities and the arts must play a major role in creating community-led policy

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Last updated: 4 August 2025

Stepping up to offer lifesaving care – why is podiatry important?

Feet in the air - image courtesy of Shutterstock

Lecturer in Podiatry Emma Cowley explains why podiatry can be a hugely valuable career option

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Last updated: 20 May 2025

Will the Taylor Review deliver ‘Good Work’?

careers

While extolling the need for improved conditions and greater voice, Professor Richard Saundry argues it fails to deliver the radical change needed

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Last updated: 11 April 2025

Focus on engineering to overcome global challenges

The Tamar (1962) and Royal Albert (1859) bridges over the River Tamar are well known examples of local civil engineering, visited during the course.

Professor Deborah Greaves writes as the university launches its School of Engineering

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Published: 29 November 2024

“We need to trust science, not condemn it, in order to survive”

Tina Joshi

Dr Tina Joshi's commentary follows her recent visit to the UN General Assembly meeting on antimicrobial resistance

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Published: 22 July 2024

Country and party before self – what Biden's stepping down means for the history books

President Joe Biden stood in front of an American flag

By American Politics expert Dr David Brockington

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