University of Plymouth is a public research university based predominantly in Plymouth, England, where the main campus is located, but the university has campuses and affiliated colleges across South West England.
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12 Facts About Plymouth University
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Plymouth University was succeeded by Roland Levinsky until his death on 1 January 2007, when he walked into live electrical cables brought down during a storm.
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Plymouth University was temporarily replaced by Mark Cleary, and then by Steve Newstead.
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Plymouth University's was placed on leave on 2 July 2014 by the university's governors while an internal review was conducted.
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Plymouth University's joined Plymouth from the University of Southampton, where she had been pro-vice-chancellor research and enterprise and previously the inaugural dean of the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences .
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Plymouth University was selected by the Royal Statistical Society in October 2008 to be the home of its Centre for Statistical Education.
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Letters Patent granting Arms to the University of Plymouth were presented by Eric Dancer, Lord Lieutenant of Devon, in a ceremony on 27 November 2008, in the presence of Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, York Herald of the College of Arms, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Plymouth, Judge William Taylor, the Recorder of Plymouth, and Baroness Judith Wilcox.
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Plymouth University provides professional diving qualifications on a number of its courses, the only university in the country to do so.
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Plymouth University has strong links with the cruising industry, offering courses in the Maritime and Cruising sector.
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In January 2012 the two founding members of the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth University, outlined their plans to expand independently and grow the success of the now nationally recognised professional health education provider.
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Results of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework showed that, overall, Plymouth University was ranked joint 66 of 128 UK institutions, rising 9 places from the previous Research Assessment Exercise in 2008.
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University of Plymouth Students' Union, usually abbreviated "UPSU" is a non-profit making organisation.
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