News tagged with: research

Report warns of isolation for coastal and rural schools

Policy makers, funding agencies, organisations and stakeholders should review their practices and funding mechanisms to support schools that are educationally isolated, according to a new report by the University of Plymouth and Plymouth Marjon University
12 February 2019
Exhibition sheds light on university research into native bees

Research by the University of Plymouth and the B4 Project, which aims to develop increased understanding of the UK’s native dark honey bee, features in a major exhibition being staged at the world famous Eden Project
11 February 2019
Interdisciplinary approach the only way to address devastating effects of soil erosion

A study led by the University of Plymouth has shown traditional pastoralist communities – such as the Maasai in East Africa – are abundantly aware climate change and intensive grazing are having a marked effect on the resources they rely on for survival
7 February 2019
University becomes part of international hub helping communities at risk from natural disasters

Scientists from the University of Plymouth are working as part of the new £20million UKRI GCRF Multi-hazard Urban Disaster Risk Transitions Hub, which is aimed at reducing disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow’s cities
4 February 2019
University spinout receives £1.2million government funding to tackle antimicrobial resistance

Amprologix Limited, a University of Plymouth spinout company, has won a £1.2 million government contract to accelerate development and scale up its lead antibiotic candidate to tackle antimicrobial resistant MRSA and related superbugs
4 February 2019
University researchers to tackle drug-resistant disease that jumps from pigs to humans

Dr Michael Jarvis's The Vaccine Group and Professor Mat Upton have received £700,000 funding from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to tackle a disease which can cause meningitis, blood poisoning, or septicaemia.
25 January 2019
Researchers part of £20 million programme aimed at tackling threats to the world’s oceans

Marine conservation experts from the University of Plymouth are playing an integral role in the UKRI GCRF One Ocean Hub, a £20 million programme aimed at transforming the global response to the threats facing our oceans
22 January 2019
Why integrated teaching is important for dental professionals

New paper explores how Plymouth’s Dental Hygiene Therapy programme became the first of its kind to be integrated with the Dental Surgery course
17 January 2019
Extreme storms in the spotlight at first public lecture on university research

The University of Plymouth is launching a Public Research Lecture Series which will offer the chance to hear from world-leading academics about the impact their work could have on people’s lives
16 January 2019
Helping ‘underperforming’ doctors get back up to scratch – review to explore medical remediation

Dr Nicola Brennan is leading a review to explore if remediation programmes work for practising doctors and – as training a doctor costs £500K to the UK taxpayer – how these processes might be improved to save money for the NHS and restore patient safety.
15 January 2019
Could fabricated soils be the key to global food security?

Experts from the University of Plymouth are working with the world-famous Eden Project to explore how recycled and waste material could be transformed and then reused in agriculture and other sectors
15 January 2019
Research on the agenda for international offshore renewables experts

An event being held during the University of Plymouth Research Festival will mark the launch of the Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub, a four-year project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
14 January 2019