Constantly checking emails, watching TV before bed and noisy neighbours are some of the unnatural components of our sleep routines that are causing havoc with our sleeping patterns. The rise in technology and making ourselves available 24/7 means more than a quarter (28%) of Brits wake up more than three times every night, and 24% of us take over half an hour to get to sleep, due to problems...
There will be a special service for parents who have experienced bereavement through the loss of a pregnancy or death of a baby. The service will take place on Sunday 4 October at 2.00pm and will be held in the chapel on level seven at Derriford Hospital.
The Chapel will be also be open from 1.00pm for the opportunity to meet other parents and talk things over with a chaplain or the...
The Dreamboys are back and hotter than ever with a brand new Show and UK Tour for 2016.
The Dreamboys are without a shadow of a doubt the UK's top Male Strip Show, perfect for a girls night out with all your friends. Their showcase is unquestionably the most famous Male Stripper act the UK has ever produced. With special guest appearances on some of the UK's biggest TV shows such as...
With Stoptober, the 28 day quit challenge just around the corner, Patrick and his daughter from Plymouth are urging other smokers to follow their success and quit for good.
Patrick Lomax, ex-military and now in his 50s, was smoking up to a packet of hand-rolled tobacco a week when he decided to quit for financial reasons. Having tried before and relapsed, this time he asked his local...
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Chief Executive, Stephen Tetlow MBE, was granted an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Plymouth University on 23 September in recognition of his exceptional career achievements and work to inspire the next generation of engineers.
Stephen Tetlow MBE, said: “This is a great honour and I feel particularly happy to be recognised by a University...
A research report released today (30 September 2015) by Brake, the road safety charity, has called for the removal of unnecessary barriers faced by local councils in implementing 20mph speed limits to deliver safer walking and cycling.
The report finds that moving to 20mph limits across built up areas would deliver significant safety benefits, especially for pedestrians and cyclists,...
A diverse and exciting show that reflects the rich variety of postgraduate masters level work, undertaken within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
Showcasing an array of ideas, methods and approaches, this exhibition invites you to explore and enjoy bookworks, creative writing readings, film and video, paintings, photographs, sculpture and 3D design, all by exhibiting students. Come and immerse yourself in their creative world.
Graduate work is exhibited from architecture; contemporary art practice; creative writing; digital arts and technology; photography; publishing;...
The Band of HM Royal Marines Plymouth is based at the Royal Navy Initial Training Establishment, HMS Raleigh, in Torpoint, Cornwall. Performing at Plymouth University gives the band a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate its versatility in the concert band idiom with some outstanding soloists, big band jazz ensemble, and contemporary symphonic wind band compositions, as well as giving an insight into a career in military music.
Saturday 28 November 2015 | 19:30 Theatre 1, Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth University Free admission:...
A performative gesture inspired by iconic queer artist, filmmaker and gardener Derek Jarman. Temporal orientations arise and fall away as one artist traces the origins of Jarman’s brilliant queerness. Performed by force/collision’s Founding Director John Moletress with a text by OBIE Lifetime Achievement Award-winning playwright Caridad Svich, Jarman explores spatial relationships between live performance and media.
Wednesday 25 November 2015 | 19:30 The House, Plymouth University Tickets: £12 / £9 concessions. Ticket discounts available via Artory app.
Simon Barton, Professor of History, University of Exeter
Simon Barton works primarily on the political, social and cultural history of the Iberian Peninsula during the medieval period. He has published extensively on the aristocracy, chronicles and chroniclers, and Christian-Muslim relations, especially with regard to the peninsula crusading movement and the activities of Christian mercenaries in Muslim Iberia and North Africa. The topic of this evening’s lecture is based on his recent book, Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines: Interfaith Relations and Social Power in Medieval...
