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Project explores possibilities for UK wetsuit recycling 4 December 2024
Scientists embark on first study of Antarctica’s underwater avalanches 3 December 2024
Project aims to benefit net zero targets, soil health, biodiversity and agriculture 3 December 2024
University triumphs at the 2024 Times Higher Awards 29 November 2024
“We need to trust science, not condemn it, in order to survive” 29 November 2024

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Upcoming academic and research events

The MAIR (Masters in International Relations) Research Seminar Series 4 December 2024 13:00 - 14:00
Rupturing Architecture: Book Launch 4 December 2024 18:00 - 19:30
Plymouth Institute of Health and Care Research seminars 9 December 2024 13:00 - 14:00
How academic engagement with industry can create opportunities for enhanced funding, investment, impact and student experience 10 December 2024 12:00 - 13:30
The MAIR (Masters in International Relations) Research Seminar Series 11 December 2024 13:00 - 14:00

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Virtual technology aims to help young people feel more comfortable during hospital visits

Kyra Boyle has worked with Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Trust on a new tool that gives young visitors an awareness of the hospital environment

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University researcher helps to recover first meteorite found in UK for 30 years

Dr Natasha Stephen was part of a collaborative effort to locate and analyse fragments of the Winchcombe meteorite

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Changing the world in 20 projects

“Sea birds washing up on the shoreline covered in a mysterious oily substance; young people in Ethiopia, suffering from discrimination because of their disability; families facing life-changing decisions without specialist genetic counsellor support...”

Three completely different scenarios but all tied by a common cord: University of Plymouth research.

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Research - changing the world in 20 projects

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At a glance...

University of Plymouth submitted 49 impact case studies to REF2021
our case studies demonstrated impact on the environment, politics, health, culture, technology, society and the economy
reaching far and wide, Plymouth's global impact locations included Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, North and South America.

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REF2021 University of Plymouth submission highlights

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