Welcome to all our students moving in to campus today, and to all our students starting this week! It's the beginning of a new chapter, let's make it the best one yet

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

The Faculty of Sport & Health Sciences invite you to a seminar on Disability Sport by Dr Brett Smith of Loughborough University. 11am on 24 September; all welcome. Venue is KCB 523.

The Faculty of Sport & Health Sciences invite you to a seminar on Strength Loading by Dr Glen Deakin of James Cook University, Australia. 5pm on 29 September; all welcome. Venue is KCB 524.

This week the Theatre Festival returns to Marjon Arts Centre. From 2 - 6 March there are two shows every night starring our fabulous third year acting students, performing their final projects. All welcome. Free admission, with bar from 6.30pm and

We are urgently looking for a temporary admin assistant to work with our Registry team. This is an eight week assignment working 35 hours per week. It includes general office work and preparing the 2020 and 2021 graduation certificates. All

We hope that you are settling in well and found our BIG Welcome talk helpful. Don't forget that there are more events taking place all week. Take a look at your #BIGInduction timetable to find out more.

Now that Marjon Stores has opened its doors, you may be wondering how can I get there? Well it's easy! Just off reception, there are allocated parking spaces for customers of Marjon Stores, which leads up to the double doors and into the Store. If

All are welcome to attend Professor Gary Shum's Inaugural Lecture at 6pm on Thursday 18 October. Tickets are free and must be reserved in advance via Eventbrite:

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

Visiting Writer Series Environmental artist and poet Marlene Creates visits us on Thursday 19th November at 6.30pm to discuss her award winning video-poem in a talk titled "From the Ground Tier to a Sparrow Batch". All are welcome. To book a place

Professor Tanya Ovenden-Hope researches educational isolation (coastal, rural and small schools) and the relationship with teacher development and educational improvement. Tanya will share insights from her work at a free lecture from 18:00 –

'Challenge Your Politicians' takes place at the University today from 18:30 - 20:30 (in the Desmond Tutu Theatre). The focus will be on #Moorview, #Plymouth constituency and will feature #Election2015 candidates from the #Conservative, #Labour,

#WeAreMarjon “I’ve been warmly welcomed to the Marjon community and that’s exactly how I hear staff and students describe the university. If I can make anyone else feel as appreciated and valued as I’ve been, then it can only be a wonderful

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,

This week is Girls Football Week. This afternoon Marjon Activate will run a Girls Football Festival on the 3G pitch from 4-6pm. All girls are welcome! The session is free and there will be lots of footy-related activities, including a chance to try

Last few tickets available for 'Seth Lakeman: the Song-writing'. Join our English and Creative Writing students to hear Seth, folk-singer, song-writer and multi-instrumentalist, in conversation about the song-writing process, interspersed with

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

If you were at Marjon in the mid 1960's you may remember the sounds of Five’s Company. The band comprised past students Eddie Broadbridge, Dave Jones, Colin Jordan, Bob Brunning, Ian Pearson, Chris Robson and Pete Banham. The band are to release a

Marjon Visiting Writer Series Simon James has published twenty books for children, works that have been translated into over twenty languages and which have won many awards, including the New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year. Join us to

Event: Writing The Wild with Lucy Christopher Award winning writer, Lucy Christopher, has published three novels for young adults - Stolen, Flyaway, and The Killing Woods - all of which have received international acclaim. With plenty of time for

A very warm welcome to all of you, our community of students - both those arriving onto our campus for their first year of study and those returning to continue their journey with us here at Marjon. What truly sets Marjon apart is the community that

Visiting Writer Series The Meaning of Place - Mud and Stones into Stories. Reading and talk by Philip Marsden. 18:30 on Tues 1st December in the Library Lecture Theatre. All are welcome. To book a place 01752 636700 (ext 6522). Phil Marsden is the

Sonia Blandford, one of the country's foremost experts on improving outcomes for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, will give a guest lecture at Marjon titled 'Born to Fail? Social Mobility, A Working Class View'. Sonia, a prolific writer, is

Introducing the brown bag seminars... The brown bag seminars are very informal research seminars, encouraging colleagues to get together to explore research interests, present papers and discuss ideas in progress. All are welcome, from those new to

BSc (Hons) Psychotherapy & Counselling focuses on talking therapies. It prepares students for careers which support people's mental health and wellbeing. At Psychotherapy & Counselling Taster Evening you can meet the lecturers and ask any questions

We've had a great week out and about meeting people with #UCAS. We hope to see some of you at our next Open Day on 20th June. All are welcome. You can take a student-led campus tour to explore our friendly, single-site campus and world-class sports

And so, it begins The academic year is now underway at Marjon, with the first lectures beginning in the Institute of Education. Both our primary and secondary PGCE students have joined us today, raring to go. Welcome to all our new teachers-to-be,

It is Mental Health Awareness Week and this year the focus is on Mindfulness. Mindfulness is an integrative, mind-body based training that helps people to change the way they think and feel about their experiences. To mark Mental Health Awareness

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,

Charlotte, Matt and Melissa are Sport Development students here at the University of St Mark & St John and they have organised a 5km fun run for this Sunday 26th April. The run is in aid of Trevi House, a residential rehabilitation unit which helps

“Marjon Student Union is incredibly excited to have our students back, and even more excited to have our incoming Freshers arrive. We’re here and ready for you to make some memories of a lifetime. Understandably, Freshers is working differently

The University invites you to "Outdoor education: A place-responsive approach". This is a lecture on research and practice by academic and author Dr Mike Brown, University of Waikato. #OutdoorEducation University staff, teachers, students, outdoor

#WeAreMarjon "I hope to bring a friendly face to the Student Union (SU). I want students to feel safe and welcome to come to me. I want to ensure that the SU is working for all groups of students, helping them take on any challenges that may come

The Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Pride Network has launched to support diversity in the profession. Founding members include Marjon SLT students and alumni. ️‍ Amber, a final year SLT, said: “I was delighted to be involved with this