News tagged with: students
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Student to swap labs for life on the ocean waves to gain greater understanding of microplastic pollution
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ news: Imogen Napper, a PhD researcher at the Âé¶¹´«Ã½, is one of 24 women signed up to participate in eXXpedition North Pacific 2018, which will start in Hawaii on June 23 and finish in Seattle around five weeks later
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Holi festival 2018 in pictures
Âé¶¹´«Ã½: Drake's Place Gardens were a riot of colour as the Indian Student Network and friends from across the University celebrated Holi
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Student engineers’ space station wows judges to win international design competition
Ajen Limbu, Elliot Tam and Jack Orme, final year Civil Engineering course at the Âé¶¹´«Ã½, have won the undergraduate section of the Institution of Structural Engineers’ Young Structural Engineers International Design Competition
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Dental sessions helping to ‘turn lives around’
Students from Âé¶¹´«Ã½ University Peninsula Dental School delivered a workshop at the TYLA (Turn Your Life Around) project at the Phoenix Centre in Honicknowle, Âé¶¹´«Ã½.
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Helping refugees understand the importance of oral health
Coinciding with World Oral Health Day (20 March), students from the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ University Peninsula School of Dentistry have delivered ‘Dental Champion’ training to volunteers at the British Red Cross in Âé¶¹´«Ã½.
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Students expand their horizons thanks to trust set up in memory of Nancy Astor
BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies students from the Âé¶¹´«Ã½â€™s Institute of Education have again benefitted from bursaries from the Nancy Langhorne Astor Scholarships Trust.
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National campaign on refugee family reunion supported by Âé¶¹´«Ã½ and Red Cross partnership
A project in which university staff and students work with refugees and the British Red Cross has contributed to a campaign to make it easier for displaced people to be reunited with their families.
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Decreased oxygen levels could present hidden threat to marine species, study suggests
Scientists from the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ have shown that creatures which develop in hypoxic (low oxygen) conditions in the marine environment could experience previously unseen hindered development, and become compromised as adults.
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Clocking up the hours for Student Volunteering Week
The Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Students’ Union (UPSU) has participated in the 17th Student Volunteering Week, during which students and staff across the UK come together to celebrate the incredible impact student volunteers have in their local communities
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Scholarship to help Nepalese student reach more people following earthquake disaster
After helping more than 25,000 people in earthquake-damaged areas of his home country, Nepal, postgraduate student Dr Aban Gautam has received a scholarship from the David Nott Foundation to help further his work.
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Making a difference for refugees – meet the founder of the life-changing Âé¶¹´«Ã½ programme START
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ news: Avril Bellinger, Lecturer in Social Work and Honorary Associate Professor, says success of any size can come from asking the simple question ‘What can I do to help?’
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Sneezes can travel nearly three metres - students underline NHS message of using tissue to help contain flu
Dental students ran a session at City College Âé¶¹´«Ã½ for young adults with mild learning difficulties to talk about good hygiene and oral health