Experts from Plymouth University are in South Africa this week to lead a conference examining how a focus on systemic entrepreneurship could potentially transform the lives of people in Africa.
Senior figures from Plymouth, alongside representatives from the universities of Coventry and Anglia Ruskin, are attending the event at Stellenbosch University, which will examine the present...
Is Prince Rock the best primary school in the whole country?
Prince Rock Primary School is one of only six schools in the whole of the country to have been shortlisted for the 2012 / 2013 ‘Primary School of the Year’ title.
This prestigious national award is sponsored by the country’s leading educational newspaper, the TES (Times Educational Supplement) and it is widely...
After 200 years of active service as a paper mill, the iconic Stowford Mill site in Ivybridge has been acquired by Burrington Estates and joint venture partner Pillar Land Securities as part of a £20 million regeneration project. Burrington Estates’ vision is to transform this eight-acre site, which sits in a beautiful location in the Erme Valley and is framed by Dartmoor National Park and...
Plymouth beach lovers will once again be able take a bus straight to the seaside this summer.
The number 54 runs to the popular beach of Bovisand, overlooking Plymouth Sound – and this year the season has been extended, giving families even more chances to enjoy the sun, sea and sand.
Operated by Target Travel and financially supported by the City Council, the ‘beach bus’ will...
Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, a sufferer of partial hearing loss herself, has shown her support for Deaf Awareness Week by attending a training session to understand the impact of deafness and improve communications skills to Deaf people.
The sessions, which were delivered at the House of Commons last week, were organised to improve the understanding of the different types...
Nursing and midwifery staff at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust are bringing back the hospital badge, with the chosen designed unveiled at Tuesday’s #WeCare Nursing and Midwifery Conference.
Our senior nursing and midwifery team worked in collaboration with Plymouth College of Art, asking the students to come up with designs for two badges. The badges will be awarded to all registered and...
A highly-successful campaign to recruit Healthcare Assistants to Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has been shortlisted for a national award.
The Recruitment and Resourcing Team, who are based in the Norwich Union (NU) building at Derriford, have been shortlisted down to the final three in the Category 9 The HSJ award for strategic approach to recruitment of the national HPMA Excellence in...
