We welcome more than 200 youth workers, academics and policy makers to campus this week for the first major international conference focused on the impact of youth work. The Transformative Youth Work International Conference aims to disseminate the
Marjon researchers are collaborating with divers and DDRC Healthcare on a research project called 'Fit to Dive'. The team are investigating the impact of diving on cardiovascular health and whether targeted exercises could improve divers’ fitness
Marjon students Jean Luc Zephir and Ivo Staub will compete at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Hangzhou, China from 8-10 December. Jean Luc swims for St Lucia and Ivo for Switzerland. We are very proud to support both swimmers via our elite
☕️ Great news all! If you order your hot drink on campus you will now receive a 20p discount if you're using a reusable mug. If you like the sound of that deal but don't yet own a reusable mug then you can breathe a sigh of relief... as mugs are
We are delighted that Matt Harvey, writer, poet, enemy of all that’s difficult and upsetting and host of Radio 4's Wondermentalist will be talking at Marjon on Thursday 12 April. This is a FREE event and all are welcome. In recent years,
Good luck to students Jean-luc Zephir, Tom Fannon and former student Ben Proud in the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Jean-Luc will represent St. Lucia in the Men’s 50m and 100m Freestyle alongside Plymouth Leander Swimming and Team England
Today we welcomed year 4 children from schools throughout Plymouth to our Science Day. Together, with the help of Rhythm City Dance Studio, Argyle Community Trust, Plymouth Science Team and Bruce Robinson's 'Wonder Workshops', the children focussed
| "It offers something that is quite unusual for psychotherapy and counselling training in the UK," - Alister McCormick, Programme Lead for Psychotherapy and Counselling. The first students on our new Psychotherapy and Counselling degree are
| Plymouth Marjon University is delighted to announce that chef and hotelier Michael Caines is being awarded an honorary degree at our first graduation ceremony taking place next week. Michael is one of the UK’s most celebrated and acclaimed chefs.
In a great race this morning at the CommonWealth Games former Marjon student Ben Proud won the gold medal in the Men's 50m Freestyle Swim. Tom Fannon also competed in the same final and earlier Jean Luc Zephir swam two personal bests in the heats.
Our residential Summer School in Plymouth is free and enables Year 12 and 13 students to try out university life. Students can chose to focus on Business, Education & Teaching or Sport & Health Sciences and there are lots of fun social activities too
| Plymouth Marjon University is set to welcome world class kayaker Bren Orton for a pool session in the Marjon Sport & Health Centre this week. Bren will come to the state-of-the-art facilities at Marjon on Friday and lead a kayak session in the
"Last year was brute force and ignorance... this time I've approached it with a lot more strategy. I've got coaches in to teach me more about technique. I feel strong and I feel ready," - Mark Ormrod on this year's Invictus Games Sydney 2018
Do you want to train to teach foreign languages? Do you want to develop a second foreign language? We offer summer subject knowledge enhancement courses in French or Spanish. These are fully funded, face-to-face courses with 2 weeks abroad in either
Yesterday we held our Marjon Memory Cafe Tea Dance! ☕️ The Marjon Memory Café provides an opportunity for people with dementia and other memory disorders and their family and carers to regularly meet up and exchange information and their
We're hiring social-savvy students to create content about Marjon for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and the official Marjon blog. Apply here: https://jobs.marjon.ac.uk/
Many congratulations to Lilly Stoeger, a BEd Secondary PE student, on her selection for the England Rugby U20’s squad. Lilly joined Marjon as a hurdler but since picking up a rugby ball for the first time in her first year she has never looked back
Our popular BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy has been redesigned and approved by The Health and Care Professions Council. Find out more: https://bit.ly/2LJqv8H
To mark #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek we’ll be sharing tips from Marjon students based on their experience of studying whilst managing mental health conditions. http://bit.ly/2L4pDwj
| "It's my privilege to say happy Christmas to all our alumni from Plymouth Marjon University," - Rob Warner, Vice Chancellor. Check out Rob Warner's message for Marjon alumni below! (It's amazing how we can make a video more Christmassy with a
Plymouth Marjon University is proud to sponsor Plymouth Raiders Basketball Club and to mark this we are giving away three pairs of tickets to home games in 2018. To enter, like this post. #goraiders #followthefox #teammarjon Full terms and
From Cold War to Brexit: Reflections on the Changing Face of Diplomacy with Dame Judith Macgregor. Judith was British High Commissioner to South Africa from September 2013 until March 2017, when she retired from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Senior Lecturer and UEFA A Licence Coach, Aaron Cusack, is working with professional footballers to deliver individualised coaching during the off-season. Aaron told us: “Individual development is an area in football that I feel is frequently
Congratulations to Kate Doison, an Outdoor Adventure Education graduate, who recently returned from the LWC Adelaide 2018 World Surf Lifesaving Championships in Australia with three bronze medals! Kate is a member of the GB women’s Inshore Rescue
Congratulations to Liam, Rhys, James and Pat as the tennis team have topped their BUCS league, winning all but one match along the way! They have earned promotion to the next league. The team, who drew a tough match at Varsity, are at the Regional
Our researchers are investigating the physiological responses to heat and seeking interventions to reduce the negative impacts of heat exposure. They are looking for research participants who are: - Aged 65 years+ or men aged 18-35 - In good health
Graduation is on 25 and 26 October at Plymouth Guildhall. Graduation tickets go on sale in the last week in July. For further information see our website: https://www.marjon.ac.uk/student-life/graduation/
Congratulations to Associate Professor Dr Vassilios Ziakas on the publication of 'The Routledge Handbook of Popular Culture and Tourism', which he co-edited with Christine Lundberg. The book explores various forms of popular culture such as cinema,
Three Marjon acting graduates will take to the stage in Plymouth this Christmas as the leads in An Evening with Krampus, a cabaret style theatrical experience developed by The Barbican Theatre and The Wheel. Chloe Carrubba, Adam Connolly and William
We’re really honoured to have Mark Ormrod as an Honorary Graduate. He can’t be here today as he’s down under taking part in the The Invictus Games Foundation. Dr Ian Luke is here celebrating his fantastic achievements
A warm welcome to all delegates to the first international Youth Work Conference at Plymouth Marjon University. Here's a cohort in the quad following the presenting of research on the impact of youth work across Europe. #TYW2018
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