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Interiors student wins street furniture competition
Fri, Oct 30, 2009
An interior design student who turned her attention to the outdoors has won a competition to design a bicycle rack to encourage people to cycle.....morePortsmouth Paralympic stars help launch Royal Mail stamps
Thu, Oct 22, 2009
Two University of Portsmouth Boccia champions have helped launch a new set of Royal Mail stamps to celebrate London's hosting of the 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games. ....moreLocal teenagers to help transform Manila's slums
Wed, Oct 21, 2009
Portsmouth teenagers are the first in Britain to be given the chance to change the lives of people living in slums in the Philippines through an innovative entrepreneurial project.....moreDental nurse tutor wins student vote
Wed, Oct 21, 2009
A University of Portsmouth dental nurse tutor has been shortlisted for the Dental Care Professional Teacher of the Year Award. ....moreUniversity engineer shortlisted for bright idea
Thu, Oct 15, 2009
A floating island city fuelled entirely by green energy has landed a University of Portsmouth Professor of engineering a place on the shortlist of a national competition.....more
Lecture on sixties music sells out
Wed, Oct 14, 2009
An evening public lecture on popular music in Portsmouth in the sixties proved so popular that a second "matinee" lecture had to be given.....moreUniversity scientist advises on future of Chernobyl
Wed, Oct 14, 2009
An environmental scientist from the University of Portsmouth will visit the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster to advise on the decommissioning of the reactor’s cooling ponds....moreEvery picture paints a story - sketches reveal when people are lying
Tue, Oct 13, 2009
New research reveals that it may be possible to detect when criminals are lying by asking them to sketch what they saw.....moreNew tactic in fight against cholera
Mon, Oct 12, 2009
A
University of Portsmouth scientist is hoping to trick the deadly cholera-causing
bacteria and save thousands of lives.
International recognition for University computer game
Wed, Oct 7, 2009
A computer game produced by a University of Portsmouth lecturer has won a top prize at the IndieCade2009 International Festival of Independent Games....moreTackling the shortage of women in rugby
Mon, Oct 5, 2009
Young
women from all south coast universities are being given the chance to learn the
skills of tackling and handling alongside top international women’s rugby players
this month.
New search for dark energy begins
Thu, Oct 1, 2009
The most ambitious
attempt yet to trace the history of the universe has seen "first
light."