At the end of last year Plymouth University became the first university in the world to be awarded the Social Enterprise Mark in recognition of its long-standing support for the sector.
The university has achieved another world first as the first education provider to incorporate a clinical entity into a social enterprise. The new social enterprise – Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise...
People should take historical and cultural influences into account before forming opinions about those who spit in public, an academic has suggested.
Ross Coomber, Professor of Sociology at Plymouth University, said while the UK now largely condemned the practice, in many nations it remains a fully accepted part of the lifestyle.
A Plymouth University student has beaten competition from across Europe to win a major prize at a continental computing conference.
Dusan Repel won the Best Paper accolade at the European round of Kaspersky Lab’s annual Cybersecurity for the Next Generation conference, which was held in Aachen, Germany.
His paper, titled Obfuscation and Formal Grammars Revisited, discusses the...
A senior figure at one of the world’s top creative agencies is coming to Plymouth University in a bid to inspire the designers of the future.
Derek Lockwood is Worldwide Director of Design at Saatchi & Saatchi, the global advertising agency which has 140 offices in 76 countries and employs over 6,500 staff.
Part of his role is to travel the world searching for the best...
Patients with Parkinson’s disease from across the Westcountry can now easily get involved with research to combat the condition, thanks to a new way to sign-up on the South West Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN) website.
The South West Parkinson’s Register has been developed by DeNDRoN in association with clinical research teams specialising in...
Plymouth is set to become the country’s first dementia friendly university, furthering its commitment to improving the lives of those affected by the condition
A strategy is now being implemented which is designed to make staff and students more aware of the condition and the needs of those with it.
This will initially involve specialist training being provided for managers and...
The desire for flexible working amongst staff has resulted in more businesses in the south west moving towards new mobile technologies, an IT study has found.
Carried out by Stem Group and Plymouth University, the South West Business IT Survey 2012 reveals that many companies are now looking into new technologies like the Cloud and mobile computing as a result of a demand from...
Estate agents’ signs across towns and cities around the country could be a thing of the past thanks to scientists at Plymouth University .
Academics have developed a tiny NFC (near field communication) tag which can be placed discreetly at the entrance of a property to signal it is on the market.
Prospective buyers simply touch the tag with their smartphones or tablets, and are...
The largest worldwide gathering of coastal science researchers will convene at Plymouth University next week for an international conference on how climate change is affecting our coastal zones.
The 12th International Coastal Symposium will bring together 500 of the world’s leading experts from 38 different nationalities for a week-long event to discuss the latest developments in...
Local food producers and buyers flocked to the first ever Food Plymouth Expo on 27 March, at the Guildhall, which hosted over 60 food producers and support organisations including; fresh fish, meat, pasties, fruit and veg, along with a range of other innovative and tasty local food products. It was attended by local restaurants and hotels, along with other key food buyers from within the city...
