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Portsmouth Football Club's rise and fall
Fri, Feb 26, 2010
Dr Andrew Ryder, Geography, has given numerous national media interviews this week on the changing fortunes of Portsmouth Football Club. In a week when the club has made international news, here he gives his assessment of how and why the club has gone from premiership to administration.....moreLaw students raise the bar
Thu, Feb 25, 2010
Law students at the University of Portsmouth Business School have beaten other students from across the south to the final of a national competition to find the country’s toughest negotiators. ....moreNew agreement paves the way for Indian students
Wed, Feb 24, 2010
Technology students from India are to have opportunities to study at the University of Portsmouth under a new agreement which cements links with an Indian partner college. ....moreFashion students design for international label
Tue, Feb 23, 2010
Two fashion students will see their designs on the rails of some of the most exclusive stores in the world after their work impressed an international fashion label. ....moreStudents nominated for Royal Television Society Award
Fri, Feb 19, 2010
Three University of Portsmouth students have been short-listed for Best Factual Film at the South’s annual Royal Television Society (RTS) Awards.....moreNew tool in fight against crime at sea
Tue, Feb 16, 2010
A project to clamp-down on drug smuggling, lower the threat of terrorist attacks and reduce the traffic of illegal immigrants who enter the European Union by sea has been given the green light. ....moreUniversity hosts British Animation Awards
Tue, Feb 16, 2010
The 2010 British Animation Awards are coming to Portsmouth and members of the public are invited to come along for free and vote for their favourite animated short film.....moreUniversity of Portsmouth wins funding for 90 graduate interns
Fri, Feb 12, 2010
The University of Portsmouth has received funding for up to 90 paid graduate internships and is looking to place graduates in local companies. Employers receive £1200 towards the graduate’s salary for the duration of the internship which should last for a minimum of 12 weeks. ....moreCarbon photography exhibition in Portsmouth
Fri, Feb 12, 2010
One of only a handful of artists worldwide who employ a process called ‘Carbon Photography’ will be exhibiting her work at the University of Portsmouth from 15 February.....moreNew course meets growing demand for forensic accountants
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
A new distance-learning forensic accounting course has been launched at the University of Portsmouth Business School to meet the growing demand for these specialists.....moreStudent entrepreneurs do it again
Wed, Feb 10, 2010
The ideas were as diverse as they were ambitious. From a customisable fashion bag to a computer game to teach children about racism, students excelled themselves again this year with the extraordinary range of their schemes for making it as an entrepreneur at stage 1 of the Enterprise Challenge Awards. ....moreStreetdance proves popular exercise with Portsmouth youngsters
Wed, Feb 10, 2010
Students from the University’s UP for Sport Volunteer Scheme have seen their efforts at coaching bear fruit at a special show at the New Theatre Royal. ....morePupils learn from internationally acclaimed physicists
Wed, Feb 10, 2010
A small group of A-level physics students are stepping up a gear to learn about the history of the universe from world leading astrophysicists.....moreNew mock courtroom opens at University of Portsmouth
Thu, Feb 4, 2010
The first mock courtroom in the south east of England which will train lawyers, expert witnesses, social workers and probation officers of the future was opened yesterday at the University of Portsmouth by Resident Judge of Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, Richard Price.....moreDavid Ferguson
Tue, Feb 2, 2010
The University is sorry to announce the death of its former Chairman of the Board of Governors, David Ferguson.....moreGene regulation grant awarded
Tue, Feb 2, 2010
A £440k grant to study the structural basis of gene regulation in bacteria has been won by Professor Geoff Kneale and Dr John McGeehan of the Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences at the University of Portsmouth.....moreResearch will get under the skin of solo round the world sailors
Mon, Feb 1, 2010
A sports psychologist is to study what it takes to be a world-class solo sailor and produce guidelines on how to prepare for sailing single-handed around the world.....more