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Visit cements close link with Nigerian university
Mon, Oct 31, 2011
Specialists in science, technology and maths at the University of Portsmouth could be working more closely with their counterparts in Nigeria, thanks to a high-level visit to the city.....moreYoung photographer beats the odds to host first exhibition
Mon, Oct 31, 2011
A young photography student who suffers with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is hosting an exhibition of work inspired by his condition. Tyran Hawthorn was diagnosed with the debilitating muscle-wasting condition when he was a child. He uses rotten fruit to capture experimental photographic images to illustrate his mixed emotions of anger about his condition. The results are surreal and unusual.....moreMinerals hold key to unlocking Earth's past
Mon, Oct 24, 2011
Scientists at the University of Portsmouth have won a £400,000 grant to try and find out when Earth’s surface started moving.....moreFirst major alumni event draws capacity crowd
Mon, Oct 24, 2011
More than 200 former students from the University of Portsmouth attended the first formal alumni event at the House of Lords in London last night.....moreNew Navy deal with university uses student expertise
Thu, Oct 20, 2011
Computer game simulators will be used to train Royal Navy personnel thanks to support from students at the University of Portsmouth.....moreBail hearing teaches pupils about human rights
Fri, Oct 14, 2011
Local sixth form students observed a bail hearing staged in the University of Portsmouth’s mock courtroom yesterday to learn about human rights.
....moreDesign in the city - inaugural architecture lecture
Tue, Oct 18, 2011
A public lecture about the University's influence on the region's architecture is taking place on Wednesday 19 October.
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Tue, Oct 18, 2011
The first major alumni event in China for former students of the University of Portsmouth was held in Beijing on Friday.
....moreBulgarian ambassador visits University
Thu, Oct 13, 2011
An enterprising student at the University of Portsmouth secured a visit to the city by the Bulgarian ambassador during European Local Democracy Week.
....moreIt's all in the mind - how an athlete wins head-to-head competition
Fri, Oct 7, 2011
We’ve all seen the moment an athlete pushes themselves at the last second to try and win a head-to-head race, and now a sports scientist has discovered how they do that.
....moreUniversity scientists on-board with new space mission
Wed, Oct 5, 2011
University of Portsmouth cosmologists are celebrating as a major new space mission to investigate dark matter and dark energy has been given the green light.
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