A new plastic-eating enzyme which could solve one of the world's biggest environmental issues has been discovered by scientists at the University of Portsmouth and
@NREL
Read more:
@PNASNews
#environmentalscience
Video credit:
@upixphotography
#Spinosaurus
- the biggest carnivorous dinosaur ever discovered - had dense bones, which allowed it to hunt underwater. Our palaeontologist
@NizarIbrahimPhD
worked on the research published today in
@Nature
🎉 It's m̶a̶t̶c̶h̶d̶a̶y̶
@CheckatradeTrpy
Final day! 🎉
Will you be joining us at Wembley today? Send in your pics using the
#Pompey
hashtag, and we'll RT the best!
It’s official - We’re a top 50 University! 🥳
This year we have risen 22 places in the Complete University Guide and secured a spot in the top 50!
Thank you to all of our university community that have worked so hard to make this recognition possible 💜
#PortsmouthUni
We are making face shields to protect healthcare professionals in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
This new laser cut design can produce a mask in less than 30 seconds. This could allow the team to make around 1,000 masks in a day.
Congratulations to
@ProfMikeTipton
@UoPScience
on his international lifetime achievement award in recognition of his decades of work to help prevent drowning.
#BSW21
Ravelin Sports Centre is opening soon! 🎉
@UOPsport
will be welcoming staff, students and existing members, from 3 September and new community members from 1 October.
Find out more about the facilities and register your interest 👉
Good luck to everyone getting their A-Level results today. The circumstances have been far from ideal, but everything ahead is yours for the taking.
#ResultsDay
University of Portsmouth joins leading AI researchers at
@DeepMind
to help engineer faster acting enzymes for recycling some of the worlds most polluting single use plastics
@CEI_UoP
@UoPPlastics
Woo! We’re a Top 40 UK University 🎉 Rising 34 places in The Guardian University Guide 2024:
This position recognises our commitment to provide the very best for our students from their teaching experience to their graduate outcomes. 💜
#PortsmouthUni
Establishing a partnership with
@officialpompey
allows us to share knowledge and skills. Ollie Marsh, a graduate of our BA (Hons) Journalism degree and now working for Portsmouth FC in the media team, embodies this partnership. Full video at
The PM is pinning hopes on his
#MoonShot
#Covid
spit test scheme - but it’s not ready yet and the
@bmj_latest
says it will cost up to £100billion.
That’s why Universities like
@portsmouthuni
are running their own tests as students return for the start of a new term. More
@GMB
.
We're in the top 20 for student satisfaction in the UK! What's more, 97.5% of our graduates are in employment or further study 6 months after graduating, AND we're rated Gold for teaching excellence!
Campus Update!
A recent survey has found that students have trouble finding our buildings around the city - especially on Monday mornings. To make our buildings more identifiable we’ve decided to paint them purple.
Read more here:
#PortsmouthUni
Huge congratulations to our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Graham Galbraith, who has been made a CBE in the New Year Honours for services to higher education.
🤩 We've received the highest rating of Gold in a national assessment of teaching excellence.
The
#TeachingExcellenceFramework
is a national assessment of teaching, giving students an independent indication of quality: ⭐
#PortsmouthUni
#UoPLondon
Here are 5 ways staff and students at the University are playing their part to help the NHS and the community to stay safe and well during the coronavirus pandemic
We have been made aware of allegations of sexual assault. We want students and the wider community to know that we take these matters extremely seriously and will look into any incidents involving our students that are reported to us. 1/3
Could information be the fifth state of matter in the universe? And change physics as we know it? Dr Melvin Vopson from
@PhysicsPorts
@UoPTechnology
thinks so and he's designed an experiment to prove it! Find out more:
University of Portsmouth Alumna, three time world Paratriathlon champion and triple Paralympian,
@LaurenSteadman
takes to the dance floor with
@Aj11Ace
on Saturday for their first performance on
@bbcstrictly
.
Good luck Lauren, we're all behind you!
👀 First peek at our new wildflower amphitheatre, part of the parkland landscaping works for Ravelin Sports Centre in Ravelin Park. The three tiers have been completed and turfed. This amphitheatre will provide a new public events space whilst supporting biodiversity 🌸
We’ve done it again 🏆
The 2024 QS World University Rankings have solidified our spot as a Top 50 UK University!
Thank you to everyone making this recognition possible, and to all of our students who are going on to do great things 💜
#PortsmouthUni
#OurIslandCity
The University has produced its first cohort of registered adult nurses who are now ready to take the next step in their nursing careers👨⚕️👩⚕️🩺
#healthcare
#nursing
“Together as a community we mourn the passing of Her Majesty the Queen, the heart and backbone of our naval city and of our nation."
Professor Graham Galbraith, Vice-Chancellor
We want to reassure all A-level and BTEC students during this difficult and stressful time.
We look at more than your grades, we look at your potential.
To speak to us and talk things through, call us 02392 808485 or contact us via live chat.
The graduating class of 2020 have had their say, and put us at 28th of all universities in the UK for overall full-time student satisfaction - and 2nd in the South East.
Green light for £53m sports facility including an eight-lane 25m swimming pool, fitness suite, multipurpose studios, squash courts, climbing wall and a ski simulator.
Jake Saunders is a third year Television and Broadcasting student and works at
@Pompey
. “I can't see myself ever in this position if it wasn't for the University of Portsmouth.”
#TogetherWeAchieve
#BlueArmy
To take the fight on plastic pollution to the next level, Portsmouth scientists have been awarded £5.8 million to help find new ways to recycle plastic waste.
Today our city hosted the D-Day 75 commemorative event, with more events planned for the coming days. Portsmouth hosted 15 world leaders and senior figures including the Queen, and 300 veterans - all over 90 years old.
We thank them, and the fallen, for their service.
The University of Portsmouth has purchased Highbury College’s City Learning Centre for £5.7 million to provide additional high quality teaching facilities for students.
Find out more about the excavations in Ravelin Park. Sian Anthony and Les Capon from AOC Archaeology will present their findings at an open event, Wednesday 12 December.
Book your place:
Our paleontogists have discovered a new chicken-sized dinosaur with ‘flamboyant’ fur mane and stiff ribbons projecting from its shoulders.
@UoPScience
@UOP_SEGG
“We have been quietly creating a new breed of university where we learn and collaborate differently to transform lives.
Teaching comes first at the
#University
and students are central to everything we do." - Vice-Chancellor Professor Graham Galbraith.
We're expanding opportunities to study medicine in the south of England 💜
We’re excited to partner with
@KingsCollegeLon
to deliver a medical degree through a branch campus in our University of Portsmouth Medical School.
Find out more:
#PortsmouthUni
Today marks the beginning of induction week for most new and returning students.
Whilst things are a little different this year, we are pleased to see you back, and hope you settle back into uni life with ease.
⭐We are over the moon to announce that we’ve risen 50 places for student satisfaction in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023 ⭐
The University of Portsmouth is now ranked in the top 10 South East Universities.
#PortsmouthUni
@THEworldunirank
To keep the campus as safe as possible, we are offering two types of voluntary testing for our students and staff - with or without symptoms. This will give us regular data to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.
More details for students and staff:
Finally soaked it all in, I’m going to be the first Black Broadcaster to host
@BBCR1
Rock Show this Christmas!
Can’t wait for you to hear it, UP THE ROCK SHOW!! 😤🤟🏾⚡️💥
WE’RE COMING IN!
Massive thanks to
@ahj
and
@producerjacob
Tomorrow, students and staff from the University and
@portsmouthsu
will be supporting global protests to ask our leaders to step-up their efforts to tackle climate change and plastic pollution. We recognise we must play our part too - and we are up for the challenge
This meant everything.
Overwhelmed by the love I’ve received 🥲❤️ all I can say is thank you to everyone who has been part of my journey no matter how big or small- without all of you it would’ve been impossible.
#paralympics
#paralympicsgb
#paralympicchampion
The
@UoP_Money
team has been welcoming their newest staff member Griff over the last few weeks. Griff is a trained working Assistance Dog that responds to certain sounds and helps to raise awareness about hearing loss.
@uopequality
@HearingDogs
THREAD: The University is offering all students in university owned halls the option to end their contracts if they wish. This is entirely optional and we will continue to support all students, including those who remain in University halls of residence.
How a cold water shower can improve your physical mental health.
@ProfMikeTipton
explains to
@DrMichaelMosley
@BBCRadio4
exactly what happens in your body when you’re doused with cold water.
We've launched the UK's first oyster restoration hatchery with
@bluemarinef
@JPrestonDiggles
which will restore one million oysters to the Solent to improve its water quality and increase marine biodiversity.
An exciting new partnership will see
@PortsmouthGhall
temporarily used as a teaching space by the University of Portsmouth in response to the coronavirus pandemic 🏛️📚🧑🏫
Our partnership with
@Pompey
has been shortlisted for a
#Heist2020
Award for our work engaging with the community, including reaching over 1,500 pupils from school visits and providing over 100 placements for students 🏆➡️
@heistawards
Dr Diana Fleischman behind the fastest-selling Darwin Day Lecture ever! On 8 February 2018 she'll talk about what it means to be human, including sexuality, disease, and disgust. Tickets at
A former student who died in World War I at the Somme aged only 23, has been commemorated on a
@portsmouthtoday
street plaque. 2nd Lt Royden James Childs was a student at the Portsmouth Municipal College, a predecessor of the University at Park Building
It's official - our London campus has launched!
Our new campus will be based in Waltham Forest and we'll welcome our first postgraduate students in February 2024.
Find out more:
#PortsmouthUni
#UoPLondon
@wfcouncil
We're number one for journalism!
Our BA (Hons) Journalism course has been awarded the Best Performing Undergraduate Course for 2017-18 by the National Council for the Training of Journalists.
@NCTJ_news
#NewsTeamAssemble
#NCTJAwards
Congratulations to Maddie Long who has been rewarded a scholarship as part of our partnership with
@Pompey
! 🎉
Along with financial support, Maddie will have the chance to work with the club to gain work experience.
Read Maddie's story:
#PortsmouthUni