Updated: Monday, September 16, 2002
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News Headlines
20th August 2002
Students excel in two major national design competitions.
Two groups of civil engineering students from the University of Plymouth have enjoyed success in separate national design competitions by coming first in one competition and third in another.

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21st May 2002
School Seminar Series.
Details of the School's Research Seminar Series will be announced soon.

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8th May 2002
Plymouth to lead national coastal research networks.
Researchers at the Universities of Plymouth, Strathclyde and Edinburgh have been awarded £180,000 from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council to co-ordinate coastal engineering research across the UK.

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15th August 2001
Student is runner up in NCE Graduate Awards.
Steven Little, a graduate from the Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering at the University of Plymouth, was delighted to come runner up in this year's New Civil Engineer National Graduate Awards.

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July 2001
Construction starts in Portland Square.
Construction work has finally started on the site of the University's Portland Square development.

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12th March 2001
Portland Square - virtually.
The site of the University's Portland Square development has been used as a project venue by students studying the School's new ACAD203 Aspects of Virtual Reality module.

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24th January 2001
Demolished: Plymstock Cement Works.
After dominating the skyline of Plymouth for many years, the main tower of the Plymstock Cement works was demolished today - with a bit of a bang.

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15th December 2000
Graduation Day.
The end of another era . . . . Graduation Day. A chance for last year's graduates to get together again for a bit of a celebration.

Graduation day - click for a better view.

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10th December 2000
Virtual site visits for students.
Two of the School's Environmental Building lecturers have begun to utilize some innovative photographic techniques to supplement site visits.

Kernow Gate, Saltash - 360 degree picture. Click for more information.

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14th September 2000
Students win Millennium competition.
Two students from the University of Plymouth have won the £2000 first prize in a Structural Design Competition to celebrate the Millennium.

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25th August 2000
More success in National Steel Design competitions.
Two teams of students have been awarded prizes totalling £1250 in this year's National Steel Design Competitions, sponsored by Corus.

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25th July 2000
School issues new guidance on Personal Protective Equipment.
Changes in Health and Safety legislation mean that staff and students now require additional PPE for site visits.

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4th July 2000
"Plymouth Graduate is a Potential Leader in Civil Engineering."
Steve Holmes, a graduate from the Master of Engineering (MEng) course at the University has gained an award in the New Civil Engineer's National Graduate Awards 2000.

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16th June 2000
Novel use for Thermal Imaging camera.
An unusual project using the School's Thermal Imaging camera has helped a local company to optimize the design of moulds used in the manufacture of hi-tech composite materials.

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13th June 2000
End-of-Course Barbecue - The Pictures.
The end is nigh . . . the final exam marks are being collated at the end of three years of study . . . job interviews have been arranged (for those that don't already have a choice of jobs to pick from) . . . it must be time for a barbecue.

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18th May 2000
£0.25M for Civil Engineering and Building Surveying at the University of Plymouth.
The University of Plymouth's School of Civil & Structural Engineering has been awarded £0.25 million by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to develop student learning material for national use in undergraduate civil engineering and building education.

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