Education

Plymouth University’s Cognition Institute is taking the lead in a four million euro project to explore how creative thinking underpins cognitive processes.

Funded by the European Union Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN) programme and Plymouth University, ‘CogNovo’ will involve a consortium of 23 academic and industrial partners from around the world studying the role of novelty...

Plymouth’s longest serving school governors have been recognised for their work at an awards ceremony in the Council House.

The Lord Mayor presented 25 of the city’s most dedicated governors with awards for completing between 10 to 25 years service at schools and academies across Plymouth.

Awards were also given out in categories including ‘Chair of the Year’, ‘Outstanding...

Plymouth University has been awarded more than £500,000 to enhance the use of renewable energy in buildings on its campus.

The grant, from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), will see a range of new technologies installed in the Charles Seale-Hayne Library and the Students’ Union building.

It will complement the University’s existing green initiatives,...

A new course for teachers and teaching assistants has been created in Plymouth to improve understanding and advance the techniques used to teach children with autism in mainstream schools.

Five talented teachers will be receiving their Post Graduate Certificate (PG Cert): Autism Spectrum Condition at a ceremony on Wednesday 17 July at Plymouth University’s Roland Levinsky Building....