On June 16 the University was delighted to welcome 25 European youth work researchers, together with the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Councillor Pauline Murphy and Councillor Brian Vincent. For more information on Research at the University of St Mark

News: If you haven't done so already, don't forget to register to have your meningitis jab and remain vigilant if you have concerns for you or your friends.

The Sport Awards celebrate the success of our Student Sports Federation athletes and teams. The 2016 winners are: Most improved team - Women's tennis team.This new team won both their BUCS League and Varsity. Team of the year - Women's football team.

Student of Youth & Community Work wins Young Person of the Year Award - well done Amber Davies! Read more:

We are open for Clearing - talk to us today on 0800 0152 534. Accommodation guaranteed #marjonforme #UCASClearing More: www.marjon.ac.uk/clearing

NEXT WEEK: All this for just £5. Get involved #TheMarjonEdge

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’.

Marjon talent spotters at AoC Sport South West colleges sport championships today Read more on this: http://bit.ly/2ekcliq

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

Marjon Library made a beautiful tree of books!

Student Ben Proud qualifies for #Rio2016 Olympic 50m freestyle swimming final with a new British record. Read more: http://bit.ly/2aQsHea Ben swims against the world's best in the final at 2.44am on Sat 13 August.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the food bank collection for Plymouth Foodbank to support local people and children this Christmas.

We have places still available for September 2016 For more information: http://bit.ly/29h4HEe

Students rank Marjon courses top of the class In National Student Survey results released today, the University of St Mark and St John in Plymouth has shot up the league tables achieving 100% student satisfaction in some of its flagship courses and

NEW winter warmers from our friends at Marjon SU http://fitnessforsport.co.uk/shop.php#!/MSU-SHOP/c/14939101/

Jon Rudd coaches #Rio2016 athletes Ben Proud and Rūta Meilutytė. We talked to Jon, a Marjon alumnus, about his coaching career before he left for the #Olympics.

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

Super charge your study with a power nap http://bit.ly/2cLl90w

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

The votes are in and Marjon Student Union (MSU) have announced that Elias McGill will be the next MSU President and Haden Tye will be the next Deputy President. Elias campaigned to develop the Marjon app so students can use it to manage all of their

Student wins Dean’s Award for ‘exceptionally positive contribution to the community’! Hester Pelly, a Youth & Community Work student, completed a work placement at Growing for Life, the Paignton-based therapeutic horticultural project that

Our next Open Day is Saturday 15th October 2016 Come to the campus and find out more about our courses, talk to academics and take a look around our world-class facilities. The open day is intended to help you make those all-important decisions

Dr Christina Karatzaferi awarded funding for international collaboration on muscle research. http://www.marjon.ac.uk/about-marjon/news-and-events/marjon-news/dr-christina-karatzaferi-granted-eu-funding-for-muscle-research.html

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

Woohoo! A brilliant result for Marjon student Ben Proud who just qualified for the 50m freestyle semi-finals at #Rio2016! Night owls can watch Ben race in his semi-final at 2am tonight!

Good luck to Sarah Barrow who completes at #Rio2016 today at 7pm

Culturefest 2016 is a free festival of comedy, dance, music and theatre to welcome our new and returning students. Culturefest starts Weds 21 (TOMORROW) and runs until Fri 23 Sept. Click on the image for details.

This week is Dyslexia Awareness Week 2016. Dyslexia is a hidden disability and this can make identification difficult. Many people go into adulthood unaware that they have this learning difficulty. Knowing you are dyslexic can be a positive catalyst

A campaign has been launched to find the Marjon Young Mentor of the Year. The competition aims to find and celebrate young people who are exceptional mentors and will highlight what it takes to make an inspirational teacher. For more information:http

Acting course leader Kevin Johnson performs Symbiotic Theatre's Tip of The Tongue tomorrow. This is part of From Devon With Love, a two week festival at Barbican Theatre showing some of the finest Devon-based dance and theatre companies. More about

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

Watch 30+ videos about student life at Marjon on our YouTube channel. Subscribe on YouTube for more: bit.ly/27V0t9y

Two students are girl power champions: http://bit.ly/1Z2fnVm

We are excited to launch our new website. It is packed with new info, photos and videos. See the website at www.marjon.ac.uk.

Yesterday students and staff engaged in a stimulating question time about the European Union and the forthcoming referendum. The event was chaired by Dan Whitby of the Student Union and featured panel members from the Social Science teaching team.

WATCH: How to be a writer - Blake Morrison shared his tips with creative writing students recently as part of the visiting writers series. http://marjon.ac.uk/about-marjon/news-and-events/marjon-news/how-to-be-a-writer.html

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:

Are you ready for the best girls' night out Plymouth's ever seen? The University Sports Centre will host the 10th annual St Luke's Hospice Plymouth Midnight Walk on Sat 9 July 2016. The Plymouth Herald named this the Best Community Event of 2015 so

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

We are open for Clearing - talk to us NOW on 0800 0152 534 or go to www.marjon.ac.uk/clearing

Good luck to student Sarah Barrow who competes at #Rio2016 tomorrow (Weds). Watch Sarah in the 10m platform diving from 7pm. #marjonontour

New Health Science degrees: http://bit.ly/21OC01z

David Wilks, one of our first year students, travels today to the World Karate Union (WKU) Championships in Orlando, Florida. He is already British Champion and we'll be cheering him on as he steps on to the world stage! David is an elite sport

Varsity Football: Congratulations to Women's 1st team football for reaching the conference cup final. It is taking place on Wednesday so as a result Varsity football Mens & Womens 1st team will now take place on THURSDAY, not on Wednesday as was

Highlights video from Freshers Fest 2016 with Marjon SU

Groundbreaking Research to Improve Services for Young People The value and impact of Youth Work on the lives of young people will be investigated in the largest piece of research of its kind in Europe by researchers at the University of St Mark & St

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!

Dare to be different with inspirational Olympic coach and alumnus Jon Rudd.

Thought for the day by Nick Griffin at Marjon Chaplaincy 2016 has been a strange year, marked for many by insults and misinformation. Consequently the Oxford Dictionary’s ‘word of the year’ is ‘post-truth’; I read that people care so

Congratulations to alumna Rochelle 'Rocky' Clark on her 114th England Rugby cap which makes her the joint most capped England player ever! Rocky (pictured on the right) studied Sports Science & Coaching at Marjon. Rocky recently joined us at