News tagged with: news
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![Environmental Issue: Underwater image of Plastic in the Ocean. The location here is Phi Phi Islands, Krabi, Thailand.]()
£5million partnership aims to train the scientists of tomorrow
The ²ÝùÊÓƵ is one of five universities involved in the Advanced Research and Innovation in Environmental Science (ARIES) Doctoral Training Partnership, which has received more than £5 million from the Natural Environmental Research Council
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![Chief Constable Joseph Sowerby, 1892–1917. Photographs with permission Graham Naylor, ²ÝùÊÓƵ City Library]()
Film tells story of ²ÝùÊÓƵ Chief Constable who waged war on crime and immorality
An unsung ²ÝùÊÓƵ hero who as Chief Constable of the city’s police led a crusade against drunkenness, prostitution and gambling is being celebrated in a new film.
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Oral history and digital story telling
²ÝùÊÓƵ BA (Hons) History students - leading the way in developing new methods and approaches to oral history and digital story telling
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Students help run South West Oral History Workshop
²ÝùÊÓƵ BA (Hons) History Students Help Run South West Oral History Workshop.
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![Researchers are studying the behaviour of the beadlet sea anemone Actinia equina
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Oxygen levels impact on species’ ability and willingness to fight
Scientists at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ, writing in the Journal of Experimental Biology, say that environmental conditions could play a major role in the instigation of fights within the animal kingdom
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Scientist supports Global Commitment to eliminate plastic pollution at the source
Professor Richard Thompson, Head of the ²ÝùÊÓƵ’s International Marine Litter Research Unit, is supporting the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment is led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, in collaboration with UN Environment.
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University features in project celebrating engineers’ role in shaping the world
The ²ÝùÊÓƵ has been featured in Shaping the World, a major project marking the 200th anniversary of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
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Research shows that people overestimate benefits – and underestimate risks – of medical interventions
From major heart surgery to a course of minor drugs, people overestimate the benefits and underestimate the risks of a variety of medical procedures, according to new research led by the School of Psychology.
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‘Floundering without support’ – a dementia carer’s story on why new research is vital
Dorothy Tudor has cared for her partner Bob since he was diagnosed with dementia seven years ago, and explains why new ²ÝùÊÓƵ and NIHR dementia research is vital
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![Pictured are Professor Richard Byng, GP and Professor in Primary Care Research at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ; Ian Sherriff, Academic Partnership Lead for Dementia at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ; Dorothy Tudor, who cares for partner with dementia and is helping to inform the research; and Dr Val Mann Associate Professor in Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ]()
£2.7 million study to focus on dementia support workers in primary care
A new study led by the ²ÝùÊÓƵ is investigating how to introduce dementia support workers into GPs surgeries, with the ultimate aim of improving the quality of life for dementia patients and their carers.
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University and three schools achieve Athena SWAN awards
The University and three of its schools have attained Athena SWAN bronze awards in recognition of a commitment to improve gender equality.
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![HMS Beagle in the Straits of Magellan at Monte Sarmiento, reproduction of R. T. Pritchett's frontispiece from the 1890 illustrated edition of The Voyage of the Beagle. (Wiki Commons)]()
Student wins BCMH Undergraduate Achievement in Maritime History prize
²ÝùÊÓƵ third year BA (Hons) History student wins British Commission for Maritime History Undergraduate Achievement in Maritime History Prize.
