An arts student who worked for more than 20 years as a lawyer before deciding on a dramatic change of course is in the running for an international award.
Fi Smart, currently in the final year of her BA (Hons) Illustration course at Plymouth University, started drawing as a hobby after leaving her previous job in the civil service.
A former winner of the London Marathon and an ex-serviceman injured while on active service are teaming up with Plymouth University for a world record attempt.
Women’s wheelchair marathon champion Sarah Piercy and Chris Jones, a former Army Air Corps trooper and Help for Heroes ambassador, will aim to set land speed records at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge (WHPSC) in Battle...
A non-destructive technique which can measure the concentration and consumption of oxygen in 3D models of biological cells has been developed by Plymouth University in partnership with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.
Using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) oximetry, scientists assessed the gradient of oxygen concentration within spheroids, 3D cell cultures typically used for...
Almost all (99.97 per cent) of NHS patients treated by dental students at Plymouth University’s Dental Education Facilities in Exeter, Plymouth and Truro, would recommend them to their family and friends, according to the national Family and Friends Test.
All providers of health care are required to carry out the Family and Friends Test as part of the NHS’ commitment to improving the...
As the latest in a series of studies, researchers at Plymouth University, National Institutes of Health and University of California, Riverside, have shown the ability of a vaccine vector based on a common herpesvirus called cytomegalovirus (CMV) expressing Ebola virus glycoprotein (GP), to provide protection against Ebola virus in the experimental rhesus macaque, non-human primate (NHP) model...
Hosted by Plymouth University to mark International Women’s Day on 8 March 2016, the event – entitled “A Plymouth Conversation” – will draw on contributions from four female leaders representing institutions across the city: Professor Judith Petts, CBE and Vice-
Chancellor, Plymouth University; Ann James (HonD Health ), Chief Executive, Plymouth NHS Trust; Carole Burgoyne, Strategic...
The Chinese New Year will be heralded in with a series of special events at Plymouth University.
The Year of the Monkey officially begins on Monday 08 February, and a host of festivities will take place all over the world.
But before that, the party will be getting underway early with a celebration of Chinese culture being staged in the Rolle Marquee on Thursday 04 and Friday...
Playground equipment should be monitored more regularly to ensure toxic metals contained within paints do not present a danger to public and child health, a study recommends.
Environmental scientists from Plymouth University analysed the metallic content of paints on equipment at almost 50 playgrounds, including some less than a decade old, across the south of England.
Scientists from Plymouth University have discovered a number of new species in a previously unrecognised hotspot for water beetles in South Africa.
Detailed tests have so far identified six new species which were sampled during a two-day research trip to the Bokkeveld plateau, an area of Namaqualand with reliable winter rains in what is generally an otherwise arid region.
A clinical trial using cholesterol-lowering treatment Simvastatin in people living with Parkinson’s is getting underway in centres across the country – with the hope that it could become one of a number of effective treatments available to treat Parkinson’s.
Spearheaded by Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, the double-blinded placebo controlled study will...
