Making every decision smarter: Dr Alessio Ishizaka

Researchers find holy grail to solve fuzzy problem

Research might have provided an answer to the question most business managers ask – how to know more about every individual customer and their preferences. In a study of how students select a…

Artist's impression of the new development

Contractor chosen for theatre development

The company which built the London 2012 Velodrome has been chosen as the contractors for the New Theatre Royal extension. ISG Construction Ltd has been appointed to build the major extension to the…

The Three Belles

We’re all wearing our research hats

Portsmouth-based 1940s vocal trio The Three Belles visited the brain tumour laboratories at the University of Portsmouth today to help raise the profile of Wear a Hat Day, a national annual campaign for…

Alecsandra Raluca Dragoi's winning photo

Sony Award win for photography student

A student with a passion for documentary photography has won a prestigious photography award from Sony. Alecsandra Raluca Dragoi, a second-year photography student at the University of Portsmouth, won first prize in the…

Professor Will Percival

Cosmologist maps history of the Universe

An international expert on cosmology, based at the University of Portsmouth, discussed the mysteries of the Universe, from fact to scientific theory, in his inaugural lecture this week. Professor Will Percival, of the…

Law students are encouraged by visiting family barrister Hugh Merry to apply for the Bar

Law students win prestigious backing

One of the UK’s ancient Inns of Court attended an outreach event at the University of Portsmouth’s School of Law to encourage students to aim for the Bar. The visit to Portsmouth Business…

Novel approach: Dr Lorraine Hope

Witnesses given new tool to fight gang crime

Witnesses to crimes involving gangs or several offenders are much more likely to remember who did what if they record what happened using a new timeline-based approach, according to new research. The first…

Geoff Pilkington web 3

Brain tumours: low survival, low funding

A newly-published report into brain tumours has found that compared with other cancers sufferers have the lowest survival rates, and that research into the disease receives one of the lowest levels of funding…

Dr Alice Good

Using Facebook makes you feel happier

Using Facebook to look at old photos of yourself and wall posts that you have written could be as soothing as a walk in the park. Almost 90 percent of users access the…

Shadow Minister Toby Perkins watches Portsmouth Business School students Dan and Ollie role-play a complex sales negotiation meeting using current best-practice methods

Shadow Minister praises Portsmouth Business School

The Shadow Minister for Small Business, Toby Perkins MP, visited Portsmouth Business School yesterday to see first-hand an English university which is an internationally-recognised pioneer of sales education. Mr Perkins’ visit was inspired…

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