Distance Learning

Dundee’s role at the forefront of distance learning continues to develop with an ever expanding portfolio of courses as well as an expanding range of methods of delivery including teleconferencing, videoconferencing, and the Internet. Medical education, child protection, language teacher education, town planning and Scottish history are among the popular courses.

"Smart" research centre for elderly

Plans for a major research centre to harness the latest information technology to tackle problems faced by elderly and disabled people were announced. The Queen Mother Centenary Centre is to be the subject of a fundraising appeal and will build on the University’s international expertise in applied computing.

The Human Genome Project

Charting the make-up of the body, has caught the public imagination. However, post-genomics is seen as the fundamental technology underpinning future research on all types of diseases. At Dundee a new £4 million Post-Genome Research Centre will provide the means of bringing together, in one place for the first time in Scotland, the vast quantities of data collected for the human genome project and harnessing it in the battle against human disease. The centre will use DNA technology and sequencing to compare genetic differences between diseased and healthy cells and to identify genes playing a key role in cancer, diabetes, malaria and other diseases.