Education

MP hopes for better financial education in schools

Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, is encouraging more local schools to teach financial education this June, to give their pupils a head-start in financial education before it becomes a compulsory part of the new National Curriculum in September.

The move comes in advance of this year’s My Money Week (9-15 June), run by national financial education charity pfeg (Personal...

Plymouth schools receive wildlife gardening lessons

Children from Yealmpstone Farm School in Plympton have been busy creating wildlife areas in their school grounds thanks to a partnership between Devon Wildlife Trust and Western Power Distribution.

‘Grounds for Life’ aim to equip the children with the skills and knowledge to create wildlife-rich green spaces and help them understand the issues of sustainability in our towns and cities...

University climbs to record high inside the top 50 modern universities in the world

Plymouth University is now ranked inside the top 50 global modern universities according to the most comprehensive league table of its kind, released yesterday (Wednesday).

In the Times Higher Education ‘100 Under 50’, Plymouth is placed at 42 – up 11 places from 2013 – of those universities under the age of 50. Only 14 UK universities are in the list, with Plymouth the 6th highest,...

Plymouth University appoints new Dean for Science and Environment

A professor with more than 30 years’ experience in academia, industrial research, and industrial practice has been appointed as the new Dean of the Faculty of Science and Environment at Plymouth University.

Kevin Jones, Professor of Computing Science, will join the University in July to head up one of its largest faculties, home to the School of Computing and Mathematics; the School of...

It's Gold for Plymouth University!

Plymouth University is a winner of a prestigious Gold Award in the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2014.

The Gold Award in the prestigious annual scheme run by RoSPA will be presented during a ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, at the National Exhibition Centre, on May 14, 2014.

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Plymouth University co-hosts global summit

Plymouth University is to partner with the UK’s foremost Higher Education publication in hosting the first-ever global summit of the world’s leading modern universities.

The Times Higher Education Young Universities Summit with Plymouth University, takes place in Miami on 28 April 2014 ahead of the publication of the 2014 THE 100 Under 50 rankings which Plymouth University will also...

Plymouth parents received their primary places

Thousands of parents and children in Plymouth learned day whether they have been successful in receiving their first choice of infant and primary schools.

Plymouth City Council has confirmed that 89.42 per cent of city children received their first choice of school this year, a marginal decrease of 0.35 per cent on last year's figures.

Altogether, 5.98 per cent of children...

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Sing along with Sooty and Sweep

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service have launched a fun but informative video for children to discourage them from playing with matches.

The video stars the endearing and cheeky Sooty and Sweep!

The video is targeted at young children, but in particular Firesetters of nursery/reception age and will be used as part of the Services Firesetter Intervention Program....

New Teaching Project Moves the Classroom to the Beach

Thousands of schoolchildren are to benefit from one of the biggest Teach on the Beach projects in the UK, being launched by the Ecover Blue Mile and Plymouth University based Natural Connections.

The programme will provide training in blue spaces for teachers across the South West of England. Among the organisations providing the training are the Eden Project in Cornwall and the Marine...

Cornwall school wins national marine litter film competition

A Cornwall primary school whose pupils created a video highlighting the issue of marine litter being washed up on their beach has been chosen to represent the UK in a European film premiere.

Fourlanesend Community School, near Torpoint, won the national ‘Catch Marine Litter on Film’ challenge, organised by Plymouth University and the National Marine Aquarium, with their two-minute...

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