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The University of Derby is hosting its free annual Community Fun Day at the Kedleston Road site, welcoming guests from 10am to 4pm on Sunday 28 April.

Five Journalism students from the University of Derby were honoured at this year’s Midlands Media Student Awards, hosted by Birmingham Press Club last night (10 April).

A chance meeting between a Film Production student from the University of Derby and a profoundly deaf artist not only led to a lifelong friendship between the two, but has also resulted in numerous international film festival screenings and a high-profile award win. 

The University of Derby's International Student Centre has been voted the best in among UK HE providers taking part in the 2018 International Student Barometer.

The University of Derby’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Kathryn Mitchell has been out on patrol to find out more about the work of police constable apprentices during National Apprenticeship Week (March 4-8, 2019).

University of Derby Media and Film Production students triumphed at the Royal Television Society Midlands Awards 2019 with no fewer than four awards.

University of Derby graduate Danielle Keeling has been named as the Chartered Management Institute’s (CMI) inaugural Student Ambassador of the Year.

Researchers at the University of Derby have developed a new smartphone concept called ‘the Laughie’, which has been shown to significantly improve people’s overall wellbeing through encouraging them to laugh. 

Psychologists at the University of Derby have conducted the first-ever study to investigate the Buddhist phenomenon of ‘emptiness’ meditation, discovering that it is more effective at improving wellbeing and wisdom more than mindfulness.