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Are UK earthquakes a cause for real future concern?
After a 4.4-magnitude earthquake epicentred in South Wales on Saturday 17 February, Professor Iain Stewart from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ talks about the causes of earthquakes and how common they are here in the UK
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University leads £5.8 million project to drive up employee skills in Devon and Somerset
A consortium of ten education providers led by the ²ÝùÊÓƵ is launching a multi-million pound initiative to drive up employee skill levels across the South West of England
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Graduate works with BBC on Animals with Cameras series
Marcus Shirley, who graduated from the BA (Hons) Photography programme at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ in 2009, has worked with the BBC to create an array of lightweight underwater cameras used in its recent Animals with Cameras series
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University research informs the government’s ambitious plan for conservation
University research at the Marine Protected Area of Lyme Bay has helped to inform Defra's new 25-year conservation plan
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University benefits from £10m project to enhance use of technology in agriculture
Four research projects based at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ have received funding as part of Agri-Tech Cornwall, a three-year, £10million initiative part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, with match-funding from Cornwall Council
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Scientists develop harvesting robots that could revolutionise farming practices
Scientists at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ are working with companies in Cornwall to develop ground-breaking technology which could assist fruit and vegetable growers with the challenges they face in harvesting crops
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Music for aliens – 1970s coded message transformed into musical composition
The Arecibo message – a 1970s attempt to contact extra-terrestrial life – will form the basis for an exclusive musical performance at the 2018 Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival, taking place at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ
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![From left: John Whiteman, Plessey Semiconductors; Keith Dicks, Oxford Instruments; Dr Roy Moate, PMCP Director, ²ÝùÊÓƵ Electron Microscopy Centre; Dr Natasha Stephen, PMCP Director, ²ÝùÊÓƵ Electron Microscopy Centre; Claire Pearce, PMCP Manager, ²ÝùÊÓƵ Electron Microscopy Centre.]()
New industry engagement project launches at University’s Electron Microscopy Centre
The launch of the EU-funded ²ÝùÊÓƵ Materials Characterisation Project draws business leaders to the University campus
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Postgraduate student comes 5th in World Longboard Championships
A top surfer and PhD candidate in the School of Engineering is celebrating finishing 5th in the ISA World Longboard Championships in Hainan, China.
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Lecturer’s Radio 4 Book of the Week uncovers nature of the human relationship with owls
²ÝùÊÓƵ news: A study of the human relationship with owls by ²ÝùÊÓƵ lecturer and author Dr Miriam Darlington is being serialised on BBC Radio 4.
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University signs deal to help launch new recycling campaign
A new campaign has been launched by the University and its Students' Union to increase the amount of recycling across the estate, with a redesigned process that makes it easier for all to deposit recyclable litter.
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Former Levellers guitarist uses performance to chart personal experiences of epilepsy
Alan D Miles, a former guitarist with The Levellers, will be premiering a new work charting his experiences with epilepsy at the Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival, taking place at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ from March 2-4, 2018
