Graduation 2012
Congratulations to all University of Portsmouth graduands: Well done, once again! Now have a great time with family and friends at your graduation ceremony
Minerals hold key to unlocking Earth’s past
Scientists at the University of Portsmouth have won a £400,000 grant to try and find out when Earth’s surface started moving. Many scientists believe the way that the Earth’s crust is moving and…
First major alumni event draws capacity crowd
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. Graduates of every discipline signed up to attend…
New Navy deal with university uses student expertise
Computer game simulators will be used to train Royal Navy personnel thanks to support from students at the University of Portsmouth. Computer games and animation students are reproducing 3-D models of military hardware,…
Design in the city – inaugural architecture lecture
A public lecture about the University’s influence on the region’s architecture is taking place on Wednesday 19 October. Professor Lorraine Farrelly will talk about how the University’s School of Architecture has had an…
First major alumni event in China
The first major alumni event in China for former students of the University of Portsmouth was held in Beijing on Friday. Forty former students attended a celebration dinner hosted by Vice-Chancellor Professor John…
Bail hearing teaches pupils about human rights
Local sixth form students observed a bail hearing staged in the University of Portsmouth’s mock courtroom yesterday to learn about human rights. The event was organised by the School of Law to give…
Bulgarian ambassador visits University
An enterprising student at the University of Portsmouth secured a visit to the city by the Bulgarian ambassador during European Local Democracy Week. The ambassador was invited to take part in Portsmouth’s celebration…
It’s all in the mind – how an athlete wins head-to-head competition
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. Dr Jo…
University scientists on-board with new space mission
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. ‘Euclid’ will see the launch of a satellite…






