During the summer term, City College Plymouth students who are aged 16 to 18 and have a household income below £20,817 are being given a £9 a week cash payment to purchase meals whilst attending College.
Currently, 16 to18 year olds from a disadvantaged background who study at a further education or sixth form College do not receive free meals at lunchtime, whereas their counterparts...
A team of four girls from Marine Academy, Plymouth have made an impressive 32.3% profit in the national Shares4Schools competition.
The four year 12 students took a high risk strategy investing their entire £1,500 investment in a single AIM stock, SolGold, on the final day to win Shares4Schools, the national investment competition run by retail stock broker The Share Centre.
Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry is to hold an open day on Saturday 1st June for those keen to study medicine or dentistry at the University.
The open day, which starts at 9.00am and finishes at 4.30pm, is the second to be held this year: the first attracted over 420 prospective students and guests for medicine and over 220 for dentistry.
A family lawyer who has been an associate lecturer at Plymouth University since 2011 has won a Students’ Union Award for her teaching in the category of ‘Most Innovative Use of Teaching Methods’.
Rachel Cook, a consultant with Michelmores Solicitors , won the University’s Student and Staff Teaching and Representation (SSTAR) award after students recognised that no two lectures...
If you are planning to go to Plymouth University next year or are currently a Plymouth student, money is probably currently one of your top priorities. Any student knows that finances can often be tight, with student finance providing you with just enough to cover your rent and other basic bills for the month, with your groceries. Most students manage to live on a pretty tight budget, so money...
Graduates across the South West are being offered the opportunity to prepare for the competitive jobs market by attending one of a series of two-day ‘Career Confidence Graduate Workshops’.
The events are being run by Plymouth University’s Careers and Employability Service and will provide techniques and tips on all aspects of career success, from job search strategies and writing CVs...
As a student, money is tight. Bargains are treated like gold. Your pocket money or loan is spent on Tesco value toilet paper or recycled lined paper from Wilkinsons. But what happens when you have the urge to buy something new and out of the price range? Miscellaneous items such as clothes and pencil cases that students want will be heartbreaking for them if they are fully priced.
For the first time, students from the Theatre and Performance Department at Plymouth University will showcase an exciting range of dance and theatre practice in their home town!
Stage 3 students from our BA Theatre and Performance and BA Dance Theatre degrees are delighted to present Performance Showcase 2013 - an evening of innovative and contemporary theatre and dance performance work at TR2.
Come and join us and help to support the next generation of theatre and dance makers. This work will also go on tour to schools and colleges in October, so this is your...
