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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.....more

Cosmologist 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.
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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.  

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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.....more

President 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. ....more

University 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). ....more

University short-listed for national awards

Thu, Sep 17, 2009

The University of Portsmouth has been short-listed for two national education awards.....more

Red card for faking footballers

Wed, Sep 16, 2009

The game is up for football’s divers.....more

Portsmouth 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.....more

Chimpanzees 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.....more

Some 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.....more

Creative 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.....more

University 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.....more

Baring 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.....more

New 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