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Student wins award for designing communities of hope
Tue, Feb 24, 2009
An architecture student who helped design a camp for some of Angola’s poorest communities and who is now working on a self-sustaining village in the Congo has won a national award from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).....morePortsmouth criminologists deliver verdict on Stephen Lawrence inquiry
Mon, Feb 23, 2009
There has been a significant cultural change to the mindset of the police since the inquiry into the handling of the Stephen Lawrence murder investigation, is the message the senior government ministers will hear from crime specialists at the University of Portsmouth, on the 10th anniversary of the report’s publication.....moreEngineers need cash boost for top trophy bid
Mon, Feb 23, 2009
A crack team of Portsmouth engineers is gearing up to knock spots off the opposition on the Formula 1 racetrack at Silverstone.....moreUniversity signs contract for new international foundation college
Fri, Feb 20, 2009
An international foundation college will begin enrolling students in September following the signing of a five year contract between the University and Navitas Ltd, an Australian-based educational provider. ....moreUniversity sees 25 per cent increase in applications
Wed, Feb 18, 2009
The University of Portsmouth has recorded a record increase in applications this year, making it the third highest performer out of all English universities.....moreArchitecture students have designs on churchyard
Fri, Feb 13, 2009
Architecture students have been asked to help put a church back at the heart of its community.....moreDigital information saved for future generations
Wed, Feb 11, 2009
Portsmouth researchers are part of a bold rescue plan to recover and safeguard the rapidly vanishing technology and cultural information about the generation born and brought up in the digital age....morePortsmouth scientist becomes spokesperson for the world's leading astronomical survey
Mon, Feb 9, 2009
A professor of astrophysics at the University of Portsmouth has been elected as the spokesperson for the most ambitious astronomical survey ever undertaken....moreNearly 50 new species of prehistoric creatures discovered in record time
Mon, Feb 9, 2009
In just four years a University of Portsmouth palaeontologist has discovered 48 new species from the age of the dinosaurs – while other scientists took 180 years to identify the same number....moreStudents win Royal Television Society Award
Mon, Feb 9, 2009
Five University of Portsmouth students have won a Royal Television Society (RTS) Southern Award for their ten-minute-long documentary about a professional BMX rider who broke his back and then went on to win the world championships in Beijing....moreBusiness looks brighter with expertise
Mon, Feb 9, 2009
A centre of excellence which helps British industry stay one step ahead of global competitors is playing a key role in introducing new skills and technologies in the south-east....moreLecturer appointed Pompey Artist in Residence
Fri, Feb 6, 2009
Pompey football supporters might find they are no longer just spectators - but the subject of paintings by the first-ever Artist in Residence at Portsmouth Football Club....moreStraw: No soft options left for criminals
Thu, Feb 5, 2009
Jack Straw, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, said probation was no longer a soft option and community punishment would be tough and highly visible.....moreOrphan chimpanzees cleverer than humans
Mon, Feb 2, 2009
Orphaned chimpanzee infants given special ‘mothering’ by humans are more advanced than the average child at nine months of age.....more