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Former law students and lecturers reunite

Altruistic lawyers help support community

Former students at the University of Portsmouth discussed how best to use their legal skills to help some of the city’s poorest, most disadvantaged people. Graduates of the School of Law, many of…

How SDSS-III was able to measure the distant Universe

Astronomers study ‘roller coaster effect’ of dark energy

British astronomers working with colleagues around the world have mapped the universe for the first time as it was 11 billion years ago. Astronomers at the University of Portsmouth, the only UK institution…

One of the now iconic films screened on Film on Four

Celebrating the art of British film

The research of University of Portsmouth experts was celebrated at a major national conference as part of Channel 4’s 30th birthday celebrations. Dr Justin Smith, of the University’s Centre for Cultural and Creative…

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Academic Skills (ASK) workshops

Continue throughout November.

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It’s Green Week

With the Students’ Union.

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Free bra fitting

At our Research Group in Breast Health.

Professor Ashraf Labib

Why failure can be the best thing to happen

Some of the world’s greatest disasters could have been avoided if those behind them had experienced more failure, according to research published this week. The sinking of the Titanic, the loss of the…

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Love your money

Roadshows from the Student Finance Centre.

Zoomed-in image from the Dark Energy Camera of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365, in the Fornax cluster of galaxies, which lies about 60 million light years from Earth. Credit: Dark Energy Survey Collaboration

Camera captures image from eight billion light years away

Light emitted from stars eight billion years ago at the furthest reaches of our universe has been captured and recorded for the first time by the most powerful sky-mapping machine ever created. The…

Self-starter Bisrat Defega at work on the Leadenhall site

Self-starting pays off handsomely for student

A University of Portsmouth student who spent his spare time learning about an emerging new technology has been rewarded by winning a coveted role working for a multinational company. Bisrat Degefa, 22, is…

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