The world’s biggest maritime city has honoured Plymouth University for the way it has been supporting businesses and the development of ‘blue technology’.
The Maritime Alliance (TMA) in San Diego, California, presented the University’s Marine Institute with its International Maritime Partner Award at its annual Blue Economy & BlueTech Summit, last week.
A new study released yesterday (16 November) reveals that one in three adults in the South West are drinking too much alcohol, consuming it at levels that pose an increasing or higher risk of damaging their health.
But 83% of those drinking above the Government’s recommended guidelines underestimate their drinking, seeing themselves as ‘moderate’ or ‘light’ drinkers and 69% are not...
Skills Group is holding a breakfast seminar to provide employers with an update on the recent increase in the national minimum wage for apprentices and the introduction of new pension legislation, on Wednesday 25 November 2015.
The seminar, being held at the Skills Group training centre in Western Wood Way, Langage in Plymouth, is targeting employers in the business, care and early...
A mobile infusion unit aimed at significantly improving treatment for multiple sclerosis sufferers is to be trialled at Derriford Hospital. The pilot is the first in the UK.
The fully-staffed mobile unit will help to ensure that patients will be able to receive essential regular transfusions even during particularly busy times in the hospital. There will also be a shorter time between...
Supertech Training, who were a privately owned and independently run training and assessment centre for Plumbers, Heating Engineers, Gas & Oil Engineer and Electricians, are pleased to announce that In April 2015 they became part of The Focus Training Group.
They are recognised as one of the leading specialists in Plumbing and Heating training with a long-established good...
Big congratulations to Professor Greg Dix, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust's Director of Nursing, who has won Inspirational Leader of the Year at the NHS South West Leadership Recognition Awards 2015.
The awards celebrate the work of leaders across the South West. The Inspirational Leader category focuses on people who ‘place quality at the heart of everything they do; they are innovative...
Experts at Plymouth University will be giving advice on employment preparation and career advancement at a postgraduate and professional Open Evening on 18 November.
From chemistry to construction and marketing to management, visitors will be able to put their questions about courses directly to the academics from 3.30-6.30pm at the main campus in Drake’s Circus.
Plymouth law firm Kitsons has been recognised in the South West chapters of the latest editions of Chambers UK and the Legal 500 – the most prestigious guides to the UK legal profession.
The new Chambers & Partners 2016 guide cites Plymouth Partners Tonly Hunt (Family) and Rhodri Davey (Employment) as leading experts in their fields. A further seven lawyers have been endorsed for...
Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry is the first in the South West to invest in the ‘cutting edge’ technology of a virtual dissection table, which will be used to teach anatomy to medical, dental and physician associate students.
There are currently only 16 of such tables in use in medical schools across the UK, with the nearest in London and Birmingham....
