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Portsmouth students inspire Kenyan youths
Tue, Sep 29, 2009
A group of volunteers from the University of Portsmouth have returned from a month long expedition to Africa to teach sports to some of Kenya’s poorest rural communities.....moreCosmologist short-listed for Women of the Future Award
Mon, Sep 28, 2009
A University of Portsmouth cosmologist has been short-listed for the Science and Technology Women of the Future Award.....more
Professor receives Fulbright award to further research
Thu, Sep 24, 2009
A University of Portsmouth professor has been selected from almost 1400 candidates to win a prestigious international award.....more
Knife crime film wins national award
Wed, Sep 23, 2009
A Film and TV Production student has won a national film competition for his powerful film about the effects of knife crime.....morePresident Obama awards honorary graduate science medal
Wed, Sep 23, 2009
America's highest scientific award has been conferred upon an honorary graduate of the University of Portsmouth by President Barack Obama.
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Sweet FA floats on University talent pool
Tue, Sep 22, 2009
All eyes will be on the stage when the curtain goes up on the world premiere of Sweet FA, a musical set in Tinseltown, at the New Theatre Royal on September 30. ....moreUniversity wins funding to host workshop for European researchers
Mon, Sep 21, 2009
The University of Portsmouth is hosting a prestigious workshop for leading European researchers after beating nearly 300 other scientific proposals to win funding from the European Science Foundation (ESF). ....moreUniversity short-listed for national awards
Thu, Sep 17, 2009
The University of Portsmouth has been short-listed for two national education awards.....morePortsmouth sporting heroes take top awards
Thu, Sep 10, 2009
Sportsmen and women at the University have Portsmouth have won two top sporting awards in the British Universities and Colleges Awards – more than any other university in the UK.....moreChimpanzees can express immense joy
Tue, Sep 8, 2009
Baby chimpanzees have lots of ways to express joy and have more control of their behavioural state and emotions than human babies, according to new research at the University of Portsmouth.....moreSome of Britain's top companies wide open to fraud
Tue, Sep 8, 2009
Some of Britain’s biggest and most respected companies are sleep-walking into losing billions of pounds to fraudsters, according to a new study by the Centre for Counter Fraud Studies at the University of Portsmouth.....moreCreative graduate lends a helping hand
Tue, Sep 8, 2009
A recent graduate of the University of Portsmouth has set up a specialist website to help other creative graduates find work.....moreUniversity switches to Google for all students
Thu, Sep 3, 2009
Nearly 30,000 students at the University of Portsmouth are the first on the south coast to be given their own Google account to help them communicate and collaborate with friends and tutors while studying – and stay in touch with friends and staff when they graduate.....moreBaring all on Facebook seen as 'done thing'
Tue, Sep 1, 2009
Fear of becoming a social outcast has led to people giving away too much information about themselves on social networking sites, according to the author of a new book on privacy.....moreNew appeal to raise money for brain tumour research
Tue, Sep 1, 2009
Brain tumour charities in the UK have come together to launch a massive appeal to raise thousands of pounds for brain tumour research at the first ever ‘Big Wight Matter’– a three-day festival on the Isle of Wight.....more