Calling all new runners… Marjon researchers are exploring how people become committed to running. They want to understand why some people who start running become regular runners, whereas others do not. Ultimately they want to help people to stay

LGBTQ+ Pride month has been celebrated every year since 1969, when the Stonewall uprising took place. On 28 June 1969 there were a spontaneous series of demonstrations in response to a police raid at the Stonewall Inn and discrimination against

We can count Plymouth Argyle FC, Plymouth Albion RFC, Exeter Chiefs and the Namibian World Cup Rugby team amongst the many users of our world-class sport facilities; including gym, swimming pool, sports hall and 3G pitch. Another team that play and

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,

Camp America provides the opportunity to spend your summer living and working at a summer camp in America. As well as working with staff from all over the world and making new lifelong friendships, you’re going to have experiences that you will

Lest we forget. We are very lucky to have our beautiful green campus, but you may not know that we can thank our World War One students for starting it. Back in the 1970s when we moved from London to Plymouth, we received funding to plant a green

Dear Marjon Class of 2020, I would just like to begin by saying a huge congratulations to the final year students who have, or have very nearly, completed university. You should be so proud of yourselves – this is amazing! For some of you, this

#WeAreMarjon “I became a Change Maker because I wanted my voice to be heard. I did some research and saw one of the projects was around PHD life, which fitted in really well with some of the conversations I was having with other students and staff

#CheeringForClearing "I applied to study at Marjon through clearing in 2020 as I had initially applied to study somewhere else but decided I would prefer to be closer to home. I was worried it would be a long and stressful process, but it only took

Dear Marjon class of 2021, Firstly, a huge congratulations- you’ve finished uni! That is such a big achievement, you should be ridiculously proud of yourselves. I know this year has been an odd one, with lockdowns, online learning and watching our

#WeAreMarjon #InternationalMensDay "I strive to be a big advocate for mental health. I strongly believe that it is always best to speak out about your problems and seek support. I have had my own struggles with mental health and many other men I

#WeAreMarjon “I was a child in care when I was younger. I moved 13 times and went to 10 different schools before the age of 10. I slipped through my education. "Fortunately, a foster family rescued me and supported me all the way through secondary

Many congratulations to Ben Proud on setting four new British swimming records at the ASA Winter Meet this weekend. Ben broke 46 seconds for the first time, beating his own record in the men's 4x100m freestyle with 45.97. He set British records in

#WeAreMarjon “Being one of the first students to return to campus was both exciting and a learning curve. As a Student Ambassador, I helped with Marjon’s first campus tours since lockdown. It was brilliant. It’s so clear that our university

We’ve recently launched Going Places; a campaign that will help students to have global experiences thanks to Marjon alumni and friends of the University. ✈️ This is Geoffery’s global experience: "Through Marjon University I was able to

Have you seen the new collection of books we have available in the Marjon library? Laura Pickering-Payne, a second year Speech and Language therapy student, curated the collection of the anti-racism books that are now available to staff and students.

I’m kind of enjoying lockdown to be honest. I’m living on campus and I feel lucky to be back as I have my housemates. We plan lots of activities to keep entertained. We cook together as a house, play games, watch TV together and go for walks to

My plan this term was to return to the student village to start my teaching placement and begin face-to-face lectures again. I’m now studying at home instead because my placement was postponed, and my lectures are all online. I was disappointed

A statement from the Vice-Chancellor I want to confirm that we are planning to return to campus to start teaching at the usual time in September. We’ll naturally have to teach in a different way, and we’re planning for a mix of face-to-face

#WeAreMarjon “At school I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I just wanted to do sports all the time. I’ve always played hockey from a young age. My Dad played hockey and I followed in his footsteps. I came to Marjon to study Sport and Exercise