The Cornwall Teacher Awards celebrate inspirational and outstanding teachers, headteachers, teaching assistants, school support workers and volunteers who make a difference to children and young people in Cornwall. Professor Tanya Ovenden-Hope,
The Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Student Conference on 11 May 2018 brings together students, lecturers and practitioners to explore best practice and new research. Find out more: https://bit.ly/2rcHedg
200 Marjon teacher trainees gathered for our Supporting Diversity and Challenging Stereotypes Conference today. Students took part in a series of workshops with specialist speakers learning about gender variance, drug and alcohol misuse, religious
Good luck to Dr Christina Karatzaferi ahead of the Venus Women Awards tomorrow. She is a finalist for an Inspirational Woman in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) Award. Christina, an influential figure in the world
Did you catch Lost Voice Guy Lee Ridley on Britain's Got Talent over the weekend? We were lucky enough to have him perform at Marjon recently, where he gave us his take on student life. Here is the full video in case you missed it!
Hello from Dartmoor! Click and drag your mouse, swipe or move your phone to enjoy a 360-degree view from Haytor. With thanks to Virtual Devon Tour Company.
Plymouth Marjon University has been shortlisted for an ‘Education and Business Partnership’ Award by Devon Chamber of Commerce. Engaging both students and the local business community, our compelling range of business courses are taught by
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
With the deadline to exams ticking down, Marjon and Next Steps SW ran a Revision School to support Plymouth GCSE students. Read more: https://bit.ly/2EPNY4H
Dr Jen Otter-Bickerdike developed our music course. Jen's blog is an honest and hilarious account of how she started out as a music-loving teen and forged a career in the music business, going on to work with Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Rage Against the
The new 'Team Marjon Blog' is for anyone who wants to share news, research and views. If you are interested in contributing please email Laura on lbell@marjon.ac.uk. This week we welcomed Maddy to the blog team and here is her first post:
Nearly everyone feels stress in the run up to and during exams so our Student Support team is here to help. If you would like to access help online then the Student Handbook includes information on anxiety, stress, mindfulness techniques, and people
The comedic poet, Matt Harvey will be giving talk at Marjon tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 1830 in Barjon. Responsible for officially twinning Totnes with Narnia, Matt has hosted Radio 4's 'Wondermentalist' and has been poet-in-residence during the
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.
This week Dr Mark Leather presents a keynote speech at Outdoor Education Australia's National Outdoor Education Conference (#NOEC2018). Mark is to talk about Forest School as it is known in the UK, an approach to outdoor education which is based
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
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
Hot off the presses! You can download the latest Marjon prospectus now, or we can post one out to you. Get your prospectus here: https://bit.ly/2owJLiw
We offer over 20 different postgraduate courses including business, leadership and management, coaching and development, sport and health sciences, outdoor education, teacher training, social policy, psychology, and youth and community work. We also
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
With ball tampering dominating the news, Dr Kass Gibson suggests some other things in sport that would benefit from similar coverage. Read more on our blog: https://bit.ly/2JgqAAX
Happy Easter! To celebrate, meet our mascots Cromwell, Hudson, Clark, Coleridge, Kay-Shuttleworth, Tuffnell and Dix! For those of you that know Marjon, you’ll notice that there’s only 7 names for 8 little lambs! One furry friend needs a name so
We are proud to be the match day sponsor as Plymouth Argyle Football Club.take on Southend United Football Club at Home Park today. We work closely with our partners, Argyle Community Trust, to deliver a football degree. Offering built-in
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
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,
Congratulations to former English student, Jak Whitfield, who will be appearing on Channel 4’s ‘Are you Autistic?’ tonight at 10pm. Jak co-chairs the Autistic Youth Panel for the Autism Education Trust. It is through them and Ambitious about
Marjon students can study for a semester in Pennsylvania, USA, at either Bloomsburg University or Lock Haven University. Geoffery, who is studying at Bloomsbury, tells us more:
Are you training for Britain's Ocean City Half Marathon? Marjon is offering a FREE workshop to bring cutting-edge sport and exercise science techniques to local runners. Topics to be covered include strength and conditioning for injury prevention,
Congratulations to third year BEd Primary Education student Lauren Cooper who has been selected to travel overseas with VSO on an International Citizen Service Placement. Lauren will travel to Bangladesh in June to spend 10 weeks living with a host
Professor Tanya Ovenden-Hope met The Duke of Cornwall today when he visited The Old Cathedral School at Truro Cathedral, a community hub and also the new site for Marjon University Cornwall. They discussed how the University is working with school
Congratulatons to the Mens First team for coming from behind to beat Plymouth Uni 3-2 and also to the Womens First team for winning 4-0. And a big thank you to all the fans who turned up to support all the teams throughout Varisty. See you all next
Congratulations to Marjon Womens First football team for beating Plymouth University 4-0 at Home Park this evening. Stay tuned for live coverage of the Mens First Football on twitter @jamlivenews123 https://twitter.com/jamlivenews123?s=09