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Students take to the stage for satirical comedy at the New Theatre Royal
Find out who’s starring at the New Theatre Royal this week.
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New campus recycling station for difficult-to-recycle items
Bring your used crisp packets, batteries, clothes, and more to the new campus recycling station.
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Students volunteer to brighten up local care home this Valentine’s Day
Students and staff have crafted handmade decorations for a local care home this Student Volunteering Week (10 – 16 February). Shearwater Care Home in Milton is hosting a Valentine’s Day event for their…
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Win tickets to a Pompey game, and get £5 match tickets
There are 40 pairs of tickets to be won by students and staff to see Pompey take on Rochdale at Fratton Park on Friday 28 February, kick-off 7.45pm.
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Launch of Neurodiverse Staff Network
Encouraged and supported by staff themselves, we have plans to establish a Neurodiverse Staff Network.
UK-first report features Portsmouth’s Sport and Exercise Science contribution to society
The University of Portsmouth features in the first report measuring the contribution Sport and Exercise Science (SES) makes to the UK. The ‘Sport and Exercise Education: Impact on the UK Economy’ report, produced…
Become a seaside scientist by joining the Big Microplastic Survey
School groups, community organisations and beach lovers everywhere can combine seaside visits with a spot of scientific research by taking part in a new microplastic citizen science project. A University of Portsmouth researcher…
New ‘promiscuous’ enzyme helps turn plant waste into sustainable products
A new family of enzymes has been discovered which paves the way to convert plant waste into sustainable and high-value products such as nylon, plastics, chemicals, and fuels. The discovery was led by…
Einstein proved right in another galaxy
An international team of astronomers have made the most precise test of gravity outside our own solar system. By combining data taken with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory’s Very…
Helping visually impaired children to ‘feel’ the Universe
A University of Portsmouth project is helping blind and visually impaired children to ‘feel’ the Universe. The Tactile Universe has been developed by the University’s Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation to engage the blind and…
This woman was rated high for attractiveness by men and women from University of Portsmouth on Vimeo.
Something in the way she moves
How a woman moves is at least as important as her body shape in terms of whether others find her attractive, according to new research. The study by University of Portsmouth evolutionary psychologist…
Film accepted for the Short Film Corner in Cannes
A short film developed as part of a novel experiment in film education will be shown at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in the summer. The film has been accepted for the 2018…
Man’s earliest ancestors discovered in southern England
Fossils of the oldest mammals related to mankind have been discovered on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset. The two teeth are from small, rat-like creatures that lived 145 million years ago in the shadow of the dinosaurs. They are the earliest undisputed fossils of mammals belonging to the line that led to human beings.
Wolves understand cause and effect better than dogs
Domestic dogs may have lost some of their innate animal skill when they came in from the wild, according to new research conducted at the Wolf Science Center in Austria. In a study…
80 year olds as street-savvy as 18 year olds
Our gut instinct about whether a stranger poses a threat is as good when we’re 80 as when we’re 18, according to new research. Older people are as good as young adults at…
Gold rating for teaching excellence at the University of Portsmouth
We are one of only four universities in the South East region to be rated gold, along with the Universities of Kent, Oxford and Surrey.
FACT CHECK: Nothing factual about claim that only 1 in 8 referrals to the government's counter-terrorism programme made by Muslims#GE2017 pic.twitter.com/p368UDHbk5
— The Conversation (@ConversationUK) June 7, 2017
Are only one in eight counter-terrorism referrals to Prevent made by Muslims?
Sameera M. Khalfey, University of Portsmouth We need to get the Muslim community itself to sign up to the Prevent programme. Only…
Help identify lost men at sea
Can you help identify the men who died in the Battle of Jutland, the largest naval engagement of World War One? Researchers at the University of…
The dark side of sport: Elite athletes as likely to suffer from depression as inactive people
At an elite level, athletes are just as likely to suffer from depression as people who don’t do any sport
Sandi Toksvig hosts her last Chancellor’s Dinner
Over 350 students, alumni and city guests attended the last University of Portsmouth dinner to be hosted by Chancellor Sandi Toksvig on Friday night at the city’s Guildhall.
Portsmouth scholars selected for Team GB
Two University of Portsmouth sportsmen have been selected for Great Britain to take part in the 2017 World University Winter Games in Kazakhstan. Laurence Willows, a member of the England ski cross team,…
Young filmmaker strikes right chord
Oliver Moore, a film production student who made a fan video in tribute to a band he’s followed since he was a teenager, was amazed when they adopted it as their official video.
One in ten burglary victims moves house
Tune in above to watch Dr Nee’s interview on the Discovery Channel. Being a victim of burglary has such a profound effect on some, that more than a million in the UK moved…
Humble bait worm worth billions
The humble bait worm wriggling on the hook at the end of an angler’s line may be considered a low-value resource.
New study finds link between walk and aggression
The way people walk can give clues to how aggressive they are, a new exploratory study from the University of Portsmouth has found.
Local schoolchildren make live TV
Local 10-year-olds have been busy working in front of the camera and behind the scenes to make live TV shows at the University of Portsmouth, which will be broadcast at a special screening…
Portsmouth joins survey to create ‘movie of the sky’
The University of Portsmouth has become one of the latest supporters of a new telescope which is being built to produce movies of the sky. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will produce…
New advice for children to avoid abduction
Children who say no, run away or call for help are more likely to avoid being abducted by strangers than those who lash out, a new study from the University of Portsmouth has…
Hope, humility and humour triumph for Beirut hostage
The University’s third annual Chancellor’s dinner took place last Friday and was a resounding success. John McCarthy, the former journalist and Beirut hostage, held the audience enthralled as he spoke of his time in captivity.
‘Dragon thief’ dinosaur named
The skeleton of the earliest Jurassic dinosaur ever found has been named Dracoraptor, meaning dragon thief, in a paper published today. The dinosaur has been described by University of Portsmouth palaeontologists Dr Dave…
Breasts might be putting girls off sport
About half of all girls at UK secondary schools might be avoiding sport because of embarrassment or pain caused by their breasts, according to new research. The study also found that very few…
Student volunteers help feed the 5,000
Student volunteers helped turn unwanted supermarket food into free hot meals for thousands of Portsmouth residents. The Feeding the 5,000 event, organised by Portsmouth Food Partnership, saw about 15 students join a huge…
Good luck, bonne chance, boa sorte Tim Peake!
Counting down to Tim’s big trip. Tim Peake, astronaut and University of Portsmouth Alumnus, blasts off into space on 15 December. Watch the video of staff wishing him good luck in 15 languages.
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February 24, 2020Changes to Staff Essentials and MyPort
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February 18, 2020
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February 17, 2020
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February 13, 2020Coach Trip to Stonehenge and Salisbury
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February 13, 2020
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February 24, 2020
Internal Comms — Hi Emma,
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February 24, 2020
Emma Cripps — When will we find out where the boxes are going to be located please? We have collected some items together...
