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Spinout secures government funding to advance power technology
Pulsiv Solar Limited, a University of Plymouth spinout company, has raised £500,000 to step up development of its novel power conversion technology
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Big cities have failed us. It’s time to think about smarter, healthier neighbourhoods
Professor Katharine Willis, Professor of Smart Cities and Communities and academic in the Centre for Health Technology at the University of Plymouth. Here she shares her views on the role of the neighbourhood in a post-COVID world.
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University partners in £750,000 research project to support remote GP care delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic
A joint project between the Universities of Oxford and Plymouth has received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council to support the delivery of effective remote care to patients by GPs.
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Study seeks best way to meet ‘tidal wave of rehab need’ remotely
A new one-year project is looking urgently at the best ways to remotely assess people with long-term physical conditions, and those recovering from COVID-19.
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Faculty of Health academics receive national recognition for teaching excellence
Two members of University of Plymouth staff have been honoured for their dedication to students’ learning after being named National Teaching Fellows (NTFs) by Advance HE.
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University and Marine Conservation Society join forces to assess public knowledge of jellyfish
Catriona Duncan, a student on the University of Plymouth's MSc Marine Conservation programme, is working with the Marine Conservation Society to educate people about jellyfish
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Study to explore whether new therapy can help address problem drinking
A psychological therapy found to be effective in helping people achieve and maintain weight loss is being trialled to see if it can support patients with chronic liver disease to stop drinking.
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Scientists join UK voyage assessing the health of our oceans
Dr Charlotte Braungardt and Dr Richard Sandford - from the University of Plymouth’s School of Geography, Earth and Environment Sciences - will be leading a range of scientific observations, experiments and problem-solving sessions
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Medical graduates receive thank you hampers
Graduates in medicine-related subjects at the University of Plymouth have received hampers thanking them for their work, with support from Santander.
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Promises found to reduce cheating in large study of adolescents
New research has found that adolescents who promised to be truthful were less likely to ‘cheat’ than those who did not, even when they could not be found out.
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40% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 risk factors throughout life
Modifying 12 risk factors over the lifecourse could delay or prevent 40% of dementia cases, according to an update to The Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention, and care.
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The Royal Citadel: The Grey Guardian of Plymouth
History student, Archie Peters, talks about the history of the Royal Citadel
