University of Portsmouth appoints new Vice-Chancellor
The University of Portsmouth has appointed Professor Graham Galbraith, currently deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Hertfordshire, as Vice-Chancellor. He succeeds Professor John Craven who will retire after 16 years in post. Professor…
Jim Al-Khalili opens Graduate School
Professor Jim Al-Khalili, theoretical physicist, author and broadcaster, has officially opened the University of Portsmouth’s Graduate School, set to boost the careers of post graduate students. The Graduate School will help develop researchers…
An evening with author and poet Michèle Roberts
Award-winning author and poet, Michèle Roberts, will talk about her work at a free event at the University of Portsmouth this Wednesday 23 January. Best known for her highly acclaimed novels The Wild…
Early readers should be taught meaning first
Children would find it much easier to learn to read and write if they were first taught how the English language works and what words mean, rather than trying to sound out words….
UoP blogging the coldest journey
University of Portsmouth sports science technician Geoff Long is currently on board SA Agulhas as she makes her way south carrying Sir Ranulph Fiennes and his six man team to begin the first…
Hundreds of people spend an evening with the stars
Portsmouth residents attended an evening of stargazing, space activities, public lectures and cosmology chat at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard on Thursday night. Over 600 people were at HMS Warrior 1860 in Portsmouth for the…
Graduate voted most likely to rise to top
A recent graduate of the University of Portsmouth Business School has won a national professional award as ‘The One to Watch’. Catherine Ellis, 25, was voted winner at the Institute of Chartered Secretaries…
Portsmouth to become home of legal psychology
Threats from international terrorism, organised crime, criminal networks and violent gangs are to be addressed by a new doctoral programme offered by the University of Portsmouth. From 2013, the University of Portsmouth, in…
Student’s final project wins national award
A University of Portsmouth student has won first prize in the Undergraduate Dissertation of the Year Award from the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES). Richard Haines, 22, from Bristol, is the…
Turkey fat is money down the drain
Britons will pour 15 million cups of roast turkey fat down the kitchen sink on Christmas Day, enough to nearly fill an Olympic swimming pool. New research from the University of Portsmouth has…
February 11, 2013
Dee Jensen — Our poodle shitzu mix knows my entire line of sight, when I am watching TV. If he wants something...
February 11, 2013
Bruno D'Itri — The Children Act of 1989 required the judiciary to serve the paramount interests of the child.
Surely no one can...
February 11, 2013
Pat Bowes — Dogs (and many other animals) are "able" to "see" "spirits" They can communicate using esp. They...
