Understanding, supportive, insightful and clear. They are some of the words used by students to describe the advice which reinforced their decision to study at Plymouth University.
More than 80 trained advisers, including many current students, will be staffing a special hotline – 0333 241 6929 – from Thursday 18 August to guide prospective students.
Former London Marathon winner Sarah Piercy is continuing her physical and mental preparations after teaming up with Plymouth University for a world record attempt.
The 2000 women’s wheelchair champion has so far spent almost six months preparing for the World Human Powered Speed Challenge (WHPSC) in Battle Mountain, Nevada, where she will be aiming to break the current women’s...
Schoolgirls from across the UK will be travelling to Plymouth University for two days of activities designed to inspire the next generation of earth scientists.
Girls into Geoscience has been running for three years, giving A-level students an insight into the possibilities available to them in the Earth Sciences.
This year, 89 pupils from 26 schools will be taking part in the...
Physiotherapy students from Plymouth University are helping over-60s assess their health at a series of community events.
The Functional Fitness MOTs are being carried out in Totnes and Dartington over the coming weeks, where participants are taken through a variety of tests that will give an indication of their exercise performance.
Public Health England (PHE) has renewed its contract with Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PUPSMD) to provide the Down’s syndrome screening Quality Assurance Support Service (DQASS) for its Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s syndromes antenatal screening programme in England.
The service has been run by staff in the Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Biomarkers...
Second year Plymouth University student and entrepreneur Feyi Ogunyeye, wants to change the way we approach issues like low self-employment rates in the 16-24 age group. This is at a time when statistics indicate that less than 11% of self-employed individuals in the UK are below the age of 30 (J.Deane, Self-Employment review pg 8, 2016).
Talented game designers from China will be completing their studies at Plymouth University as part of a groundbreaking new partnership.
The University has signed an agreement with the Nanjing University of the Arts to jointly run an undergraduate award, officially endorsed by China’s Ministry of Education.
The dual award will recruit its first students to start in September...
Plymouth University students have paid tribute to those who have made their University experience ‘exceptional’ by holding a special awards ceremony on campus.
Dozens, including the University’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Judith Petts, attended the SSTAR (Student, Staff, Teaching and Representation) Awards last week, which recognise outstanding achievements in teaching and learning....
Plymouth University is enhancing its links with one of the South West’s most iconic summer events, the Port Eliot Festival.
For the second time, the University’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities is to be the official Creative and Cultural Partner of the festival, taking place at the home of Lord and Lady St Germans in South East Cornwall from July 28 to 31, 2016.
