Notable Academics
See also: Category:Academics of the University of PlymouthStaff include Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, who have written extensively on electoral systems, voting behaviour, polling results and British politics and have regularly appeared on national television election programmes for both the BBC and ITV. Other notable academics include Dr Roy Lowry who, in August 2006, broke the world record for launching the most rockets at once; Prof Iain Stewart who has hosted BBC documentaries like Journeys into the Ring of Fire and Journeys from the Centre of the Earth; Dr Angela Smith who has published several celebrated works on the subject of gender and 20th Century warfare; and choreographer Adam Benjamin, co-founder of Candoco Dance Company.
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