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Academic invited to help develop China’s offshore renewable energy revolution 24 April 2024
Community beach clean-ups could beat high-tech solutions for clearing plastic pollution 23 April 2024
Mental imagining of self-harm can increase urge and heighten the risk of people harming themselves 22 April 2024
International experts issue renewed call for Global Plastics Treaty to be grounded in robust science 18 April 2024
Seychelles beach cleans demonstrate potential for citizen science to tackle marine litter 17 April 2024

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Upcoming academic and research events

Peninsula Medical School Seminar Series 24 April 2024 16:00 - 17:00
Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Hub Annual Assembly 24 April 2024 08:30 - 17:00
20th MBA Postgraduate Conference 23 April 2024 - 25 April 2024
Masterclass in Oral History and Public History 25 April 2024 17:30 - 19:00
South West Marine Ecosystems Conference 2024 26 April 2024 09:00 - 19:00

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Virtual technology aims to help young people feel more comfortable during hospital visits

Kyra Boyle has worked with Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Trust on a new tool that gives young visitors an awareness of the hospital environment

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University researcher helps to recover first meteorite found in UK for 30 years

Dr Natasha Stephen was part of a collaborative effort to locate and analyse fragments of the Winchcombe meteorite

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Changing the world in 20 projects

“Sea birds washing up on the shoreline covered in a mysterious oily substance; young people in Ethiopia, suffering from discrimination because of their disability; families facing life-changing decisions without specialist genetic counsellor support...”

Three completely different scenarios but all tied by a common cord: University of Plymouth research.

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Research - changing the world in 20 projects

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At a glance...

University of Plymouth submitted 49 impact case studies to REF2021
our case studies demonstrated impact on the environment, politics, health, culture, technology, society and the economy
reaching far and wide, Plymouth's global impact locations included Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, North and South America.

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REF2021 University of Plymouth submission highlights

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