News tagged with: awards
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![The University's Papin Prizes nominees (from left) are Marie Palmer, Tim Absalom, Shaun Lewin, Dr Jodie Fisher, Jane Thorning and Jamie Quinn]()
University technicians in the running for Papin Prizes
Staff from across the University of Plymouth’s Faculty of Science and Engineering have been shortlisted for the biennial Papin Prizes
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![Dr John Eales and Professor Debby Cotton]()
Advance HE awards 10,000th Senior Fellowship to Plymouth academic
Dr John Eales, Associate Head (Teaching and Learning), has been welcomed by Advance HE as its 10,000th Senior Fellow.
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![Pictured are comedian Jo Caulfield, who
presented the AOP Awards, Luke McRoy-Jones, and Ed Bickerstaffe, AOP Councillor for the South
West of England]()
Optometry student wins national award
Luke McRoy-Jones has been named Student of the Year in the AOP Awards 2019, organised by the Association of Optometrists (AOP).
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Microplastics research highlighted as one of UK’s 100 best university breakthroughs
The University of Plymouth’s world-leading research into the causes and effects of microplastics has been named as one of the UK’s 100 best university breakthroughs in a new list compiled by Universities UK
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![Alex Edwards' picture of a powdered glass frog in the Costa Rican rainforest (Credit: Alex Edwards, University of Plymouth)]()
Student’s chance discovery wins national photography prize
University of Plymouth student Alex Edwards has won the student section of the Up Close and Personal category in the British Ecological Society’s annual photography competition, Capturing Ecology
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Pioneering microplastics research earns national award nomination
A team of researchers including Professor Richard Thompson OBE, Head of the International Marine Litter Research Unit at the University of Plymouth, has been shortlisted for a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Impact Award
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![Michael Wilcox receiving his award from Jon Benton, Chairman of CECA (SW)]()
Aspiring engineer earns award for outstanding placement
MEng Civil Engineering student Michael Wilcox has been awarded the University of Plymouth Industrial Placement Award by the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA)
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![University student Jake Cronk with Brian
Coaker (left), President of the Whitworth Society, and IMechE president Tony Roche (right)]()
Student earns prestigious scholarship to support F1 dream
Jake Cronk, who is in the final year of an MEng Mechanical Engineering course at the University of Plymouth, has earned a Whitworth Scholasrship from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
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University rises 14 places in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019
The University of Plymouth has risen 14 places in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019.
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![Professor Iain Stewart, Director of the Sustainable Earth Institute]()
Academic earns accolade for public and scientific communication
Iain Stewart, Professor of Geoscience Communication and Director of the Sustainable Earth Institute at the University of Plymouth, has been awarded the Geological Society of America's President's Medal
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![alumnus Rebecca Hall receives a prize in the London Greek Film Festival for a screenplay of her novel Girl Gone Greek.]()
Success for graduate in international film festival
BSc International Relations with Sociology graduate Rebecca Hall has won a prize in the London Greek Film Festival for the screenplay of her debut novel, Girl Gone Greek.
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![Professor Liz Kay MBE with Zoe Lyons and Nigel Carter OBE at the national dental awards hosted by The Probe magazine]()
Top 10 ranking for ‘outstanding’ and ‘influential’ dental academic
Professor Liz Kay MBE, Foundation Dean of Peninsula Dental School at the University of Plymouth, has been named the sixth most influential person in the dental profession by magazine, Dentistry.
