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This week is the Festival of Social Science and our Department of Social Science is getting involved by bringing 100 pupils from local schools to campus for a #criminology experience. #esrcfestival More: www.marjon.ac.uk/courses/criminology-degree

Our social policy students have launched a Christmas campaign at Marjon to collect food donations for Plymouth Foodbank. Click for the list of items to donate: http://bit.ly/2geMolH You can donate food at the library until 19 December. Please

Here is a slam dunk of an offer from our partners Plymouth Raiders Basketball Club. They are offering reduced price tickets (at £7 each) for their game on Sunday 20 November at Plymouth Pavilions. See the image for details of how to get your tickets

Much to enjoy with Marjon Student Union...

We believe that every single person can make a difference to the world. The Inspiring Student Awards celebrate individuals who do just that. More: http://bit.ly/23UZaTq

Seminar: Science vs Reality - How To Support A Champion We welcome Dr Steve Ingham, Director of Science and Technical Development at The English Institute of Sport (EIS) to present this seminar. Date: Thursday 14th January 2016 Time: 10:30-11:30am

Did you see our - M A R J O N - Ad Van on your way to #MTVCrashes Plymouth last night? For those of you that missed it, we are back again today. Don't forget to send us a selfie! =D #marjonontour

We are now taking applications for PGCE and School Direct to start Sept 2017. Read our teacher training application tips here: http://bit.ly/1Ys4iyy

Who's joining us in September? We can't wait to see you! Let your friends and family know with these celebratory profile badges, covers and posts http://bit.ly/2bjNF4M

Welcome to our Carol Service...

Good luck to all our teams competing in Varsity 2016!

Sneak preview! We are really pleased to be working with Under Armour UK who are designing bespoke sports kit exclusively for the Marjon student sport teams. Marjon offers a huge variety of excellent sport clubs that all students are encouraged to

PGCE students at Marjon are 92% satisfied with their course overall, compared to the UK sector average of 83% according to the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES). Applications are now open for PGCE Primary and PGCE Secondary Education

Our MSc TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) course includes a teaching internship in Chile or Plymouth.

Marine turns actor Former Royal Marine Tip Cullen is currently enrolled on the BA (Hons) Acting course. At 47 years old Tip is the most mature student on his course. “The course and being part of the Actor's Wheel is unbelievable". The

Members of our acting company, The Actors Wheel, rehearse Sex Strike, which is a modern take on the ancient Greek comedy Lysistrata. More: www.marjon.ac.uk/courses/acting-degree/

Press Gazette reporting on our top quality #Journalism degrees now offered in partnership with News Associates, Manchester. If you've not seen our stunning newsrooms at Marjon yet, book a campus visit and spread the news!

Here are a few pics from Marjon's very own music festival.

Theatre Festival continues all week from 18:45 every day. Check out our Actor's showreels, http://bit.ly/216Of7L

Students James Tattersall and Gus Hayward have organised the Plymouth Fitness Games to support Heartswell South West. The games feature a range of challenging sporting activities, developed to find the fitness champions of Plymouth! All aged 16 and

If you’re thinking of boosting your career or broadening your horizons with a postgraduate qualification come to Marjon's Postgraduate Open Day on Saturday 15 October from 9:30 - 15:00. We offer a 20% discount for alumni who progress from our

News: £5.5 million government funding for South West outreach consortium. Read more: http://bit.ly/2hPJ3co

The 'Speech and Language Therapy Student Conference 2016 : Stepping into the Future' is on tomorrow, the 29th January. Dr Tomasina Oh, the University's new Head of Department of English & Language Sciences, will open the conference with a keynote on

Breaking news: Marjon signs a five year deal with the Plymouth Raiders basketball team. Read more: http://bit.ly/2e23Yrm

Congratulations to Ben Proud on winning two medals at the European Aquatics Championships last week. He won bronze medals in both the 50m butterfly and the 50m freestyle. Ben is a student on our elite sports scheme which enables talented young

Next week our final year acting students will perform a number of challenging plays exploring the nature of human relationships at a free theatre festival. The festival will cover thought-provoking issues such as co-dependency, Stockholm syndrome,

Read the Reverend Nick Griffin's reflections on the solidarity sleep out: "I slept in the middle of Marjon’s quad, under a tarp with only a layer of cardboard between me and the cold earth. Sixteen people, both staff and students joined me. This

If your New Year’s resolutions include being fit and healthy then why not start 2016 with a visit to the University Sports Centre? Six weeks gym and swim membership is available for £45. Membership works out at £1 per day! This is a special New

It's not too late to apply for 2016. The UCAS deadline for most undergraduate courses is 15th January 2016 and Ann from our Admissions team answers frequently asked questions about applying to university. If you have any other questions you can ask

Teaching Open Evening for PGCE and School Direct 14 January 2016 If you have a degree and would like to train to teach then a one year PGCE or School Direct course could be right for you. We are ranked best in the South West for Education and

As Plymouth prepares to celebrate Armed Forces Day our staff and students #SaluteOurForces gather to show support for the Armed Forces. A number of our students are current or ex-forces members. One such student is Gary Milligan (centre), who for

Student wins Award for work at ‘Growing for Life’ project Hester Pelly, a Youth & Community Work student, has won a Dean’s Commendation from the University of St Mark & St John for her ‘exceptionally positive contribution to the community’.

Ben Proud will compete again today at #Rio2016. He swims in the 50m freestyle heats which start at 5.02pm. Ben is in heat 10 at 5.20pm. Go on Ben!!

Still some seats remaining for tomorrow's public lecture from Blake Morrison and launch of Creative Writing student's publication, 'Ellipses', hot-off-the-press! To be sure of a seat email to lhocking@marjon.ac.uk. http://bit.ly/1nCJOnS

Find out what the Herald thought about our anti-gravity treadmill http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/wondered-s-like-run-gravity/story-28865916-detail/story.html

Greetings from the Invictus Games! Dr Aaron Beacom is at Prince Harry's Invictus Games in Orlando. He is there to evaluate the games and the role of sport in the rehabilitation process. This work is funded by the International Invictus Games

Inspiring Student Awards 2016 Nominate students who make a positive difference: bit.ly/21DRoOl

The University of St Mark & St John is running an Education and Social Science Conference for students who are studying post-16 qualifications in these two fields or who have aspirations to apply to university to study these areas. For more

We invite you to an audience with author and ex-serviceman Harry Parker on Tuesday 22nd November. He will talk about his novel 'Anatomy of a Soldier'. Dr Hayden Gabriel, who leads the BA (Hons) English & Creative Writing course at Marjon says "He

Any questions about applying to us? We can help! Contact @MarjAdmissions or admissions@marjon.ac.uk or 01752 636890.

The University has become one of only four universities in the UK to have been awarded the Social Enterprise Mark, indicating that we are a social enterprise supporting the community, the environment and with good social purpose. For more information

"I’m a massive Harry Potter fan, probably the biggest you’ll ever meet! I went to the cinema to watch the first film when I was 12 and fell completely in love with Ron Weasley. I told my Mum I really want to meet him and be in the films. I said,

What happens when you address some of our most difficult healthcare challenges with global thought leaders and the talented people of the South West? TEDMED Live 2016 brought together the region’s healthcare professionals, global technology

#WeAreMarjon "I still think teaching is one of the best jobs you can do. It's one of the true vocations in the professional field. I don’t think people are ambivalent who go into teaching. They go in knowing it's going to be challenging and

In the News: http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Plymouth-graduate-Brit-woman-Doctor-Divinity/story-28430277-detail/story.html

Overnight Marjon’s very own Olympic hero Ben Proud took on the world's best in the 50m freestyle swim final, finishing in 4th place. The 21-year-old student of Sport Development swam his heart out with a strong start and finished in an incredible

Good Luck to our new Student Union President Elias McGill and Deputy President Haden Tye. The former Journalism and Sports Journalism students respectively already have big plans in works for Freshers, Mental Health & Poverty in Plymouth Campaigns,

Remembrance Day Service today at 10.30am and a two minute silence at 11.11am. We also share evocative words written 100 years ago by Marjon students who saw active service during the First World War: