Education

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service is campaigning to inform, educate and promote the installation of sprinkler systems in both domestic and non-domestic premises.

According to the fire service, there is clear evidence that sprinklers can be effective in rapidly controlling and stopping the spread of fires. Sprinklers play a positive role in protecting life, property and reduce...

Hidden messages locked in coded wartime letters have been revealed for the first time in 70 years by academics at Plymouth University.

Mathematicians, historians and geographers have worked together to crack codes used by MI9 to conceal information going in and out of prisoner of war camps across Europe during the Second World War.

They give a fascinating insight into how the...

The search to find the most enterprising people and businesses in the South West has begun with the launch of Plymouth University’s Vice-Chancellor’s Enterprise Awards for 2013.

The University is inviting nominations from across Devon, Cornwall and Somerset for both individuals and organisations – whether companies, social enterprises or voluntary groups – who are making a difference...

At the end of last year Plymouth University became the first university in the world to be awarded the Social Enterprise Mark in recognition of its long-standing support for the sector.

The university has achieved another world first as the first education provider to incorporate a clinical entity into a social enterprise. The new social enterprise – Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise...