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RAF Stories Big Weekend
RAF Stories Big Weekend: 2 November 2019. History at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ will be hosting one of the national story collecting events taking place around the country, capturing local stories relating to the Royal Air Force.
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New book suggests governments need to maintain focus on transformative transport strategies
Transport Matters is the third book in a series produced by Iain Docherty, Dean of the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of Stirling, and Jon Shaw, Professor of Transport Geography at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ.
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Global tech firm IBM joins Mayflower Autonomous Ship project
International technology giant IBM has signed up to work with the ²ÝùÊÓƵ and other partners on an ambitious project to sail an unmanned ship across the Atlantic Ocean
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Multi-million pound partnership creates South West Institute of Technology
The ²ÝùÊÓƵ and City College ²ÝùÊÓƵ, along with industries including Babcock, are among the partners in the new South West Institute of Technology
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Student device powers to national engineering success
²ÝùÊÓƵ engineering students Tristan Price, William Kleinstuber, George Modica-Cliff and Joseph Searle won the Institution of Mechanical Engineers' 2019 Design Challenge
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Sustainable construction project wins major European award
CobBauge, an EU-funded sustainable construction project between partners in England and France, was named the best sustainability project at the European Commission's RegioStars event.
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Social prescribing – who does it work for and why?
In a time when people are living longer, but with more complex healthcare needs, GPs are increasingly using social prescribing to help manage conditions.
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Scientists set sail on round-the-world plastics initiative
The eXXpedition Round the World voyage set sail from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ Marine Station on October 8 and the crew will undertake a range of research projects developed by the University's International Marine Litter Research Unit
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From staff wellbeing to children’s physio – new projects to help patients in Torbay
Two health professionals from Torbay have been named the first recipients of a new grant supporting clinicians in Torbay and South Devon to make a difference to patient care through research.
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Opera created at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ to air on BBC Radio 3
A ground-breaking opera composed and recorded at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ will reach a national audience when it is broadcast on BBC Radio 3 this weekend.
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University researchers contribute to RSPB’s State of Nature 2019 report
Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop and Dr Jacob Bedford, from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ, were invited to co-author the marine chapter of the RSPB’s State of Nature 2019 report, which also cites research from across the School of Biological and Marine Sciences
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South West businesses uncertain and sceptical as Brexit approaches
Researchers at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ conducted a series of interviews and focus groups to provide a unique picture of the Brexit pressures facing the region.
