From a sustainable grass roots project in South East Asia to working with psychiatric patients in Sri Lanka, more than a dozen students at Plymouth University have been offered life-changing opportunities through an awards fund.
Thirteen undergraduates have been chosen to receive this year’s Roland Levinsky Memorial Fund, which means they can use up to £1,500 to undertake personal...
Thousands of students visited members of our Research and Development Team at their stand at the UCAS Higher Education Convention at Westpoint Centre in Exeter this week to find out more about careers in the NHS and research, development and innovation work at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust.
As part of this, more than 800 of the students came forward over the two days to sign-up to a...
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust's clinical research nurses have been taking scores of throat swabs from students at local schools and colleges for the UK Meningococcal Carriage Study.
Teenagers and young children are at an increased risk of meningitis and blood poisoning due to the meningococcus germ which is ‘carried’ in the back of the throat without causing any symptoms in about one in...
A team of health students from Plymouth University are hungry to find out what’s on the menu for footballers in the city to help boost their studies while looking at ways to improve player performance.
Undergraduates on the Nutrition, Exercise and Health, and Health and Fitness degrees, are being are matched to sporting ‘partners’ from local clubs, University teams and sports...
Experts are today warning of the negative implications that can come from using insect repellents that do not contain at least 20% DEET, and are fearful that young travellers are not fully aware of the potential diseases rife in popular travel destinations.
A new survey has found that 78% of people do not research current diseases that they are at risk of catching in areas they are...
A group of 12 Plymouth students got to spend the day with staff at one of Plymouth’s biggest motor dealerships, Vospers. The family run business spent time helping the students learn all about the motor industry as part of city’s Skills Aid Plymouth scheme.
Skills Aid Plymouth (SAP) was launched earlier this year to give some of Plymouth’s young people extra support. The students got...
A group of students from Plymouth University have been given the opportunity to enhance their potential by learning new skills and experiencing educational settings abroad, thanks to a charitable trust which supports the educational aspirations of young people.
The Nancy Langhorne Astor Scholarships Trust, set up by the children of the late Lady Nancy Astor, who was the first female MP...
Budding business leaders have worked with one of Plymouth’s most successful entrepreneurs on a special competition to mark the opening of his 100th store.
Chris Dawson, founder and owner of The Range, agreed to team up with the Futures Entrepreneurship Centre at Plymouth University to judge a project designed to inspire its students.
Students and staff at UTC Plymouth are celebrating after being named as one of 15 schools shortlisted for the Young Engineers’ School of the Year award for 2015.
The awards look to recognise the work that is done by schools to nurture the next generation of engineers through the promotion of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects to its students.
Devon and Cornwall Police are proud to be supporting the University of Plymouth during Fresher’s Week for 2014.
Over the course of the week the University policing team will be out and about meeting new and returning students, as well as participating in a series of events and activities to raise awareness of important issues.
