News tagged with: awards
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![Dr John Eales and Professor Debby Cotton]()
Advance HE awards 10,000th Senior Fellowship to Â鶹´«Ã½ academic
Dr John Eales, Associate Head (Teaching and Learning), has been welcomed by Advance HE as its 10,000th Senior Fellow.
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![Pictured are comedian Jo Caulfield, who
presented the AOP Awards, Luke McRoy-Jones, and Ed Bickerstaffe, AOP Councillor for the South
West of England]()
Optometry student wins national award
Luke McRoy-Jones has been named Student of the Year in the AOP Awards 2019, organised by the Association of Optometrists (AOP).
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Microplastics research highlighted as one of UK’s 100 best university breakthroughs
The Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s world-leading research into the causes and effects of microplastics has been named as one of the UK’s 100 best university breakthroughs in a new list compiled by Universities UK
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![Alex Edwards' picture of a powdered glass frog in the Costa Rican rainforest (Credit: Alex Edwards, Â鶹´«Ã½)]()
Student’s chance discovery wins national photography prize
Â鶹´«Ã½ student Alex Edwards has won the student section of the Up Close and Personal category in the British Ecological Society’s annual photography competition, Capturing Ecology
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Pioneering microplastics research earns national award nomination
A team of researchers including Professor Richard Thompson OBE, Head of the International Marine Litter Research Unit at the Â鶹´«Ã½, has been shortlisted for a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Impact Award
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![Michael Wilcox receiving his award from Jon Benton, Chairman of CECA (SW)]()
Aspiring engineer earns award for outstanding placement
MEng Civil Engineering student Michael Wilcox has been awarded the Â鶹´«Ã½ Industrial Placement Award by the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA)
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![University student Jake Cronk with Brian
Coaker (left), President of the Whitworth Society, and IMechE president Tony Roche (right)]()
Student earns prestigious scholarship to support F1 dream
Jake Cronk, who is in the final year of an MEng Mechanical Engineering course at the Â鶹´«Ã½, has earned a Whitworth Scholasrship from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
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University rises 14 places in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019
The Â鶹´«Ã½ has risen 14 places in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019.
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![Professor Iain Stewart, Director of the Sustainable Earth Institute]()
Academic earns accolade for public and scientific communication
Iain Stewart, Professor of Geoscience Communication and Director of the Sustainable Earth Institute at the Â鶹´«Ã½, has been awarded the Geological Society of America's President's Medal
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![alumnus Rebecca Hall receives a prize in the London Greek Film Festival for a screenplay of her novel Girl Gone Greek.]()
Success for graduate in international film festival
BSc International Relations with Sociology graduate Rebecca Hall has won a prize in the London Greek Film Festival for the screenplay of her debut novel, Girl Gone Greek.
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![Professor Liz Kay MBE with Zoe Lyons and Nigel Carter OBE at the national dental awards hosted by The Probe magazine]()
Top 10 ranking for ‘outstanding’ and ‘influential’ dental academic
Professor Liz Kay MBE, Foundation Dean of Peninsula Dental School at the Â鶹´«Ã½, has been named the sixth most influential person in the dental profession by magazine, Dentistry.
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![Wendy Smith MBE]()
National Smile Month kick-started by MBE award
Wendy Smith, Strategic Lead for Community Engagement at the health charity Well Connected, which works closely with the Peninsula Dental School at the Â鶹´«Ã½, has collected her MBE at Buckingham Palace.
