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Partnership provides 20,000 recyclable face shields for COVID-19 essential staff
Engineers at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ are working alongside staff from Plympton-based Prestige Packaging to design and manufacture a new series of recyclable face shields for use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Award-winning microplastics pioneer elected as Fellow of the Royal Society
Professor Richard Thompson OBE, Director of the ²ÝùÊÓƵ’s Marine Institute and Head of its International Marine Litter Research Unit, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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Art and commemoration at the time of COVID-19
Art and commemoration at the time of COVID-19, ²ÝùÊÓƵ's Dr Péter Bokody discusses art history during a pandemic.
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Top tips: Music for the lockdown
²ÝùÊÓƵ academics suggest some of the best listens to help improve your mood during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Top tips: Literature for the lockdown
²ÝùÊÓƵ academics suggest some of the must-read works that could help while away the hours during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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A metaphor for our modern times?
Professor of Marine Zoology John Spicer suggests Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner could teach us a lesson or two about the way we treat our environment today.
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well-established in the Cyprus region (Credit: Savva Ioannis)Â Â]()
Invasive lionfish likely to become permanent residents in the Mediterranean
Research involving the ²ÝùÊÓƵ shows invasive lionfish are now thriving and well-established in the area and across southern Europe.
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Scholarships offer students the chance to excel in sustainable aquaculture
By 2030, it is anticipated that aquaculture will be responsible for 60 percent of the fish we eat, and the ²ÝùÊÓƵ’s MSc Sustainable Aquaculture programme aims to train the next generation of specialists.
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![Daisy-Rose Davies is studying on the MEng (Hons) Robotics programme and
is also current chair of the ²ÝùÊÓƵ Students’ Union’s Women’s
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Student receives national award to boost robotics studies
Daisy-Rose Davies is studying on the MEng (Hons) Robotics programme at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ and has been awarded a prestigious bursary by the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET)
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²ÝùÊÓƵ academics named among the UK’s rising research stars
Dr Elsa Fouragnan and Dr Oli Tills, from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ, are among 90 early career researchers selected to receive one of UK Research and Innovation’s Future Leaders Fellowships.
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Coping with isolation
As the Covid-19 lockdown continues, PhD candidate and adventurer Benjamin Pothier offers his tips for enduring periods of isolation
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Coronavirus further threatens sustainability of the childminding sector
Research from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ Institute of Education reveals childminders are leaving the profession - and CO\VID-19 could result in sharper decline.
