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Robots can learn how to support teachers in class sessions
Research by the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, and published in Science Robotics, shows robots can take just three hours to successfully learn techniques which can be used to support teachers in a classroom environment
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University expert contributes to new BBC series Seven Worlds, One Planet
The ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ's Professor Iain Stewart acted as a scientific consultant on the BBC series Seven Worlds, One Planet, hosted by Sir David Attenborough and produced by the BBC’s Natural History Unit
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University works with international partners on €47 million tidal energy project
The ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ is among the partners in TIGER (The Tidal Stream Industry Energiser Project), an ambitious €46.8 million project that will see turbines submerged offshore to harness the energy of tidal currents
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Girls into Geoscience goes global at prestigious women in science event
Dr Sarah Boulton, Associate Professor in Active Neotectonics and Co-Founder of Girls in Geoscience at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, will be speaking at the Dorothy Hill Women in Earth Sciences Symposium, being hosted by the University of Queensland
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Dementia champion awarded British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list
Ian Sherriff has received the award for services to those affected by dementia.
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University scientists selected to join NERC Advisory Network
Dr Sian Rees and Professor Tom Hutchinson, from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ's Faculty of Science and Engineering, have been appointed to the Natural Environment Research Council's Advisory Network
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Chief Dental Officer helps celebrate increased training capacity at ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ
An extension to cutting-edge facilities for training the next generation of dentists and dental therapists has been officially opened by the most senior member of the profession in England.
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RAF Stories Big Weekend
RAF Stories Big Weekend: 2 November 2019. History at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ will be hosting one of the national story collecting events taking place around the country, capturing local stories relating to the Royal Air Force.
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New book suggests governments need to maintain focus on transformative transport strategies
Transport Matters is the third book in a series produced by Iain Docherty, Dean of the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of Stirling, and Jon Shaw, Professor of Transport Geography at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ.
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Global tech firm IBM joins Mayflower Autonomous Ship project
International technology giant IBM has signed up to work with the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ and other partners on an ambitious project to sail an unmanned ship across the Atlantic Ocean
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Multi-million pound partnership creates South West Institute of Technology
The ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ and City College Plymouth, along with industries including Babcock, are among the partners in the new South West Institute of Technology
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Student device powers to national engineering success
¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ engineering students Tristan Price, William Kleinstuber, George Modica-Cliff and Joseph Searle won the Institution of Mechanical Engineers' 2019 Design Challenge
