Ben Proud is World Champion Swimmer Ben, a recent Sport Development student, powered to a gold medal at the World Championships. He lowered his own British record to win the 50m butterfly final in 22.75 seconds. Ben was formerly on our Elite Sports

We remember our best bits of 2016 on Facebook and look forward to another year of pioneering research, inspiring stories and special events at the University of St Mark & St John. Here's to more Marjon successes for 2017. Bring it on!

For the first time in the South West, Plymouth Marjon University will be hosting Eurocamp, a residential basketball coaching camp. Now in it’s 20th consecutive year Eurocamp offers top class basketball training to players from all over Europe, led

Our new Master of Public Health (MPH), accredited by Public Health England, is a specialised Master’s degree with both academic and professional elements, taking an interdisciplinary approach to areas related to public health. It is both for

Fast track to England Rugby Development Sevens for Lily, a student on the elite sports programme at Marjon. Read more: http://bit.ly/2njBxFB

It's not too late to apply to us to start in Sept 2017. Check which courses are available on our website and apply now! www.marjon.ac.uk/clearing

We’ve welcomed international students from more than 60 countries over the years. Find out more: https://www.marjon.ac.uk/courses/international/

If you love music, live, sleep and dream it then our new popular music degree can help you to turn that passion into your career. You will develop your performance skills at the same time as developing other practical skills needed for live music

One to watch. Tommy Roberts, a Marjon acting student and former Royal Marine, is to appear in the Hollywood films Ready Player One and Kingsmen 2. Read more about Tommy: bit.ly/2lREwV6 Find out about BA (Hons) Acting at Marjon: www.marjon.ac.uk/act

Thank you to the Yr 12 pupils who joined us this week for Summer School with Next Steps SW. One session (pictured) introduced the pupils to our CSI lab to focus on crime scene analysis. More about Forensic Criminolgy at Marjon: bit.ly/2tiLqqW

Save the date. Our next Open Day is Saturday 10 June 2017. Can't wait? You can visit us anytime, to book a campus tour please call us on 01752 636727 or email visitus@marjon.ac.uk.

Dissertation inspiration! Jack Gibbs and Simon Ralph both created 'excellent' dissertations which were nominated for the Institute for Outdoor Learning Dissertation Prize. Congratulations both! Read more about Marjon Outdoor Adventure Education: http

Journalism students Clara and Shannon created this great video ahead of #GE2017. You can see them covering election day tomorrow on Snapchat, simply follow 'MarjonUni'. Find out more about Journalism at Marjon: www.marjon.ac.uk/journ Still deciding

Varsity 2017 is here. The sports challenge event of the year sees Marjon sports teams compete against University of Plymouth teams for the Varsity cup. Whether you’re part of a sports team or not, there’s something for everyone with big games

Plans to turn new hockey pitch into one of 13 England Hockey performance centres serving Cornwall, Devon and Somerset. Read more: bit.ly/2nSC30M

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Turn your last-minute #UCAS application into a Christmas cracker! Read our tips: http://bit.ly/2mSDfki

Stand out from the crowd... https://www.marjon.ac.uk/courses/business-degree/How-to-write-a-great-personal-statement-for-studying-business/

Wishing a very Merry Christmas to all our students, staff and friends!

Congratulations to student Tom Fannon on winning the men’s 50m Freestyle final at the Swim England National Winter Championships this weekend. Tom secured a new personal best time of 22.10 seconds and achieved the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth