"I am delighted to be joining Marjon at such an exciting and positive time," - Professor Michelle Jones. A big Marjon welcome to Professor Michelle Jones, who joins the University as Deputy Vice-Chancellor. Find out more https://bit.ly/2MpugCi
Graduation will be held on Thursday 24 and Friday 25 October at the Plymouth Guildhall. An email has been sent to all final year students with further info or you can check when specific courses graduate here:
During fresher's week, we had over 225 signatures supporting the University to declare a climate emergency. We want you to have your say in what Marjon can do, so we're holding a Climate Emergency Forum, where you can have your say! Come along to
Five Marjon Sports Federation teams compete in the BUCS Conference Cup Finals in Swansea today. That's the most Marjon teams to go to the finals for at least 10 years! The teams are Ladies Football, Men’s Football 1, Men’s Basketball, Men’s
Today we hosted our #ClimateEmergency Forum! ♻️❗️ We've had lots of exciting ideas developed by students, staff and guests, on how we respond to the Climate Emergency as a University. Amongst the inspiring guest speakers at the Forum was
REMINDER: Climate Emergency Event on Monday 11 November in HDC 101. This is the schedule: - Introduction by Rob Warner, Vice-Chancellor - Plymouth City Council & Climate Emergency with Paul Elliot - Sustainable Active Transport in Plymouth with
As well welcoming students, this week we welcome Professor Debby Cotton, our new Director of Academic Practice & Professor of Higher Education. Having had a long, successful career in research and academic practice, Professor Cotton hopes to develop
Plymouth Marjon University is delighted to announce the unveiling of our brand new lion statue, celebrating our long-held association with the African animal. The Marjon Lion aims to inspire and transform students' lives through its majestic posture
A huge well done to all the staff and student award winners and nominees from the #MarjonAwards2019. Here's the full list of winners - congratulations everyone! Community Volunteer of the Year - Eleanor James Outstanding Contribution - Lloyd Brown
"The first few days in India were overwhelming to say the least. It was a challenge navigating our way through the food, the amount of people, the different languages, the traffic, the smells, the meaning of the Indian head waggle – there was just
"I took several years out of education after Sixth Form. I had, wrongly, decided in my mind that university was not for me. I suffered from a bit of a fear of stepping out of my comfort zone, and so I stayed close to home - although I was too proud
#WeAreMarjon "I didn’t realise how much I’d love Journalism until I began my degree as a mature student. Like a lot of people, it took me a long time to figure out what career path I wanted to follow. Funnily enough, it was taking part on
BSc (Hons) Psychotherapy & Counselling focuses on talking therapies and prepares students for careers supporting people's mental health and wellbeing. More info: www.marjon.ac.uk/pac
Our Journalism students are going to be based in the former BBC building, and they'll be just a stone's throw away from BBC Spotlight and BBC Radio Devon Due to be ready for September, the new building is looking good so far! The studios in Seymour
Moving away to university might mean living with flatmates or housemates for the first time. Sophie is here with tips for how to all get on like a house on fire!
PhD student Avik Banerjee seeks parents of dyslexic children to interview for research into the provision of private tutoring for pupils with dyslexia in England. The research will explore the support provided to dyslexic children by their parents
Are you summer ready? Come and join Marjon Futures in the main dining hall for some fun employability session and get the opportunity to talk to potential employers such as the Millitary, Army/Navy/Marines, PAFC, Enterprise Rent a Car, We Activate -
We are delighted to award Stephen Criddle an honorary Master of Education degree for his leadership of South Devon College. Read more: https://bit.ly/2XyO0aw
The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) has confirmed that a grant of at least £5000 per year will be available to new and current students on pre-registration SLT courses from September 2020. Find out more about training to be
We said goodbye to the Next Steps SW Social Sciences Summer School students yesterday! Here's just a few photos from their week spent on campus Next week we've got more students on campus for our Education and Teaching Summer School, we're looking
Our next open day is Wednesday 27 November 2019. See for yourself why Marjon is number one in England for teaching quality in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019 and 2020. Register now:
⚕️⚕️ Our Health and Wellbeing degree has been developed in consultation with three NHS trusts with the aim of easing demand on vital health services. Discover how to help patients with their physical, social and mental health through
A warm welcome to our open day guests! We're delighted to have you here and we're ready to talk all things Marjon, please ask us all your questions! We're here until 3pm today, drop in if you'd like to join us!
Marjon Business School offers a co-working space enabling you to create and incubate your business in a professional setting, while you network with other local businesses. We also offer rooms for meetings and conferences for hire by the half or
To vote ❎ in the general election you must register to vote by Monday 26 November. Students can register to vote at both their home and term-time addresses, but it is illegal to vote more than once. https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
FREE Youth Performing Arts Club at Marjon. Develop your skills in acting, dance, improvisation, movement, musical theatre, physical theatre and singing. The club meets on Mondays from 6-8pm at Marjon Arts Centre and is led by final year BA (Hons)
Would you like a rewarding career working with children and adults who have communication difficulties? If so, join us for Speech and Language Therapy Career Day to find out about training to be a Speech and Language Therapist. Places are free but
We loved the Raising Aspirations events this month! The Raising Aspirations event is designed to inspire primary school children to think about their future “What I hope the students take away from Raising Aspirations is positivity, and the
Today we hear from our very first trailblazing women students. The following is taken from a piece they wrote together at the end of their studies, back in 1958... “Two hundred and fifty men and six women, that was what we found, we the bold and
We'd like to congratulate our Careers Coach, Philippa Elford, on winning Expert of the Year 2019 at Abintegro's Develop & Measure Employability Conference earlier this month. The conference allows Universities to come together to share best practice
We are thrilled to award an honorary degree to Mary Quicke. She is the Executive Director of Quicke's, a family run cheesemaking business famed for world class cheese as well as excellence in farming. Quicke's is based in Devon and employs 40 people.
Our free Summer School enables students to try out university life. It's as close as you can get to a real university experience when you're in Year 12 or 13 as you'll be staying, studying and socialising on campus. Running from 22 to 25 July 2019,
Which Christmas carol was written by a Marjon tutor? Why might The Vicar of Dibley Christmas Special remind you of Marjon? What is the link between Marjon and Charles Dickens? Read on by clicking each photo for the answers and see the earliest photo
We're proud that as of September, we'll have been training Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) for 25 years! SLTs who qualified at Marjon are invited to join a NEW Marjon SLT Alumni Facebook group. It has been set up by the SLT teaching team as a
Dr Gregory Borne, Senior Lecturer in the School of Arts & Humanities, has been invited to join the North Devon Stewardship Council, which sets the parameters for areas of conservation. “It’s a real privilege to be asked to help make North Devon
Plymouth Marjon University has been nominated for the Whatuni.com Student Choice Awards 2019. Marjon has been nominated in the ‘Course & Lecturers’ category with students at the University showing their delight with Marjon’s commitment to
Did you know that Plymouth Marjon University ranked number two in the UK for teaching quality in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019? We are also in their Top 10 in the UK for student experience. We'd love to tell you more at our
The Team Sports Bursaries deadline is 31 March 2019 ⚽ Awards of up to £1000 per year are available to eligible students who play team sports in the Academy squad of a professional team or at regional level. Apply now:
We welcomed Invictus Games Sydney 2018 presented by Jaguar Land Rover Champion Mark Ormrod to campus last week to talk to our sports students about life as an amputee and elite training methods for disabled athletes. “Hopefully talking through
We were proud to host the British Psychological Society - South West Branch Undergraduate Psychology Conference 2019. Find out more: https://bit.ly/2Vy11kv