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Plymouth’s Piazza is being transformed into a winter wonderland, with the return of the outdoor ice rink.

Back for 19 fun-filled weeks, construction of the ice rink has this week started in preparation for its grand opening on Saturday 18 October. From 9am, families, first-time skaters, novice and professional skaters can enjoy the delights of this open-air ice rink – voted as one of...

Plymouth University is working with a leading global digital textbook provider on a pioneering initiative to make eTextbooks available to a large number of its students.

Launched this month, the partnership between the University and Vital Source Technologies, Inc. will see more than 30,000 eTextbooks made available to students.

The textbooks are accessible to all, including...

Basketball team Plymouth Raiders and national charity Brain Tumour Research have entered into an exciting partnership to help raise awareness of much-needed funds to support world-leading research currently taking place at Plymouth University.

The team has agreed that collections for the charity can be made at all its home matches this season. The game between the Raiders and Durham...

The explosive ability of volcanoes to both inspire and destroy can now be appreciated by millions of aspiring volcanologists thanks to a new digital version of Volcanoes Top Trumps.

Created by scientists at Plymouth University, the University of East Anglia and Oxford University, the original card game was unveiled last Christmas to motivate young and old to learn more about some of...