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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.....more

Law 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. ....more

New 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. ....more

Fashion 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. ....more

Students 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.....more

New 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. ....more

University 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.....more

University 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. ....more

Carbon 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.....more

New 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.....more

Student 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. ....more

‘Streetdance’ 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.   ....more

Pupils 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.....more

New 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.....more

David Ferguson

Tue, Feb 2, 2010

The University is sorry to announce the death of its former Chairman of the Board of Governors, David Ferguson.....more

Gene 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.....more

Research 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.
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