Student Success
Kristina Angelova with Fleur Emery of Grasshopper at the 2010 Enterprise Challenge Awards

Rising star shortlisted for award

A final-year student at the University of Portsmouth’s Business School has been shortlisted in the National Placement and Internship Awards 2013. Kristina Angelova, who is studying BA (Hons) Business Studies, was nominated by…

Going places: Hafsa Bibi

Computing student wins ‘Stem-inism’ place

A computing student at the University of Portsmouth has won a place at the prestigious Women in Technology event run for women studying traditionally male-dominated subjects. Hafsa Bibi, in her second year of…

Winner: Catherine Ellis

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…

Richard Haines receiving his certificate for best dissertation of the year from Head of Sport and Exercise Science, Dr Richard Thelwell

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…

Nick Marsden receiving his MSc with distinction from chairman of the Dorset Fire Authority, Councillor Rebecca Knox

Confusion over what trust in workplace means

Trust in the workplace is being hampered by a lack of understanding of what it actually means, according to new research. Line managers who say they trust staff but don’t, pose one of…

Beijing photo

Graduation joy for Chinese students

Chinese University of Portsmouth students have been celebrating their graduation success in a ceremony held in Beijing. The event, which attracted 50 graduates who had completed their degrees in the previous three years,…

Alex Stypulkowski receives his award from Home Secretary Theresa May

Police student bravest in England

A University of Portsmouth student has been named the bravest police officer in England and Wales for his determination to arrest a man despite receiving near-fatal injuries. Alex Stypulkowski is studying at the…

Entrepreneur bus

Students board bus to business future

The next generation of great business minds have been getting help with their future from a national enterprise campaign. A double-decker bus, organised by national enterprise campaign StartUp Britain, visited University of Portsmouth Centre for…

The Vice-Chancellor chats to volunteers and staff

Students officially recognised for volunteering work

The first University of Portsmouth students to successfully complete the Community Volunteering Qualification received their awards last night. The qualification recognises those students who undertake volunteering in parallel with their studies and rewards…

Fear of crime

Portsmouth people fear crime unnecessarily

Portsmouth residents are more fearful of crime than they need to be, according to a survey carried out by Institute of Criminal Justice Studies’ students at the University of Portsmouth. The 2012 Portsmouth…

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