Week Ending 21 October 2011 -
Synopsis number 978

University of Dundee News

Savings scheme launched for university staff
Discovery Credit Union has joined up with the institution and is asking employees to open an account that includes saving and borrowing facilities. The university's 3000 staff members are being encouraged to join up and save part of their monthly salary.
STV 20.10.11

Discovery Credit Union
as above
The Courier 20.10.11

Cancer scientist secures £200k research grant
A scientist from Dundee has been awarded just over £200,000 by a Fife charity.
The Courier 20.10.11

Dozens volunteer for cause
An appeal for volunteers to become Burgesses of the City of Dundee was last night hailed a success after around 50 people signed up for the scheme.
The Courier 20.10.11

City's plan to feature at top event
The regeneration of Dundee's waterfront is to feature at a major international conference.
The Courier 20.10.11

Minister invited to meeting on city universities' future
The education secretary Mike Russell has been invited to a public meeting on the future of Dundee's universities.
The Courier 20.10.11

Abertay University future talks 'need to be public
as above
BBC News Online 19.10.11

Face-To-Face With an Ancient Human
A reconstruction based on the skull of Norway's best-preserved Stone Age skeleton makes it possible to study the features of a boy who lived outside Stavanger 7 500 years ago. "It is hoped that this reconstruction is a good likeness and that, if someone who knew him in life had been presented with this restoration, they would hopefully have recognised the face," says Jenny Barber, an MSc student at the University of Dundee in Scotland.
Science Daily 20.10.11

Calls to cut ties with water firm
Pro-Palestinian campaigners have called on both Dundee universities and NHS Tayside to cut ties with a controversial Israeli company.
Evening Telegraph 20.10.11

Protecting the Brain When Energy Runs Low
Researchers from the Universities of Leeds, Edinburgh and Dundee have shed new light on the way that the brain protects itself from harm when 'running on empty.' The findings could lead to new treatments for patients who are at risk of stroke because their energy supply from blood vessels feeding the brain has become compromised.
sciencedaily.com 18.10.11

Team brain breakthrough
as above
The Courier 18.10.11

Protein find may help cut stroke risk
as above
The Scotsman 18.10.11

Scottish researchers make breakthrough in preventing strokes
as above
Express.co.uk 20.10.11

Discovery may help stroke victims
as above
Press Association 19.10.11

Protecting the brain when energy runs low
as above
healthcanal.com 18.10.11

Fresh light shed on self-protection mechanism of brain
as above
Yorkshire Post 18.10.11

Protecting the brain when energy runs low
as above
sciencecodex.com 18.10.11

Protecting the brain when energy runs low
as above
eurekalert.org 18.10.11

TPP and Dundee in drug fund launch
TPP, the Edinburgh-based biotech company, will today launch a drug development fund with Dundee university.
The Scotsman 18.10.11

Partners in drug development fund
as above
The Courier 19.10.11

Uni's drug fund deal
as above
Evening Telegraph 18.10.11

Fund to aid discovery of new medical drugs launched in Dundee
as above
STV 18.10.11

TPP Global Development Enters into a Collaboration Agreement with the University of Dundee to Establish a Drug Development Fund
as above
eYugoslavia 18.10.11

TPP Global Development Enters into a Collaboration Agreement with the University of Dundee to Establish a Drug Development Fund
as above
istockanalysist 18.10.11

TPP Global Development Enters into a Collaboration Agreement with the University of Dundee to Establish a Drug Development Fund
as above
bradenton.com 18.10.11

TPP, University of Dundee enter collaboration agreement for drug development fund
as above
news-medical.net 18.10.11

TPP, University of Dundee to set up drug development fund
as above
drug discovery & development 18.10.11

TPP Global Development Enters into a Collaboration Agreement with the University of Dundee to Establish a Drug Development Fund
as above
pharmiweb 18.10.11

TPP Global Development Enters into a Collaboration Agreement with the University of Dundee to Establish a Drug Development Fund
as above
sunherald.com 18.10.11

TPP Global Development Enters into a Collaboration Agreement with the University of Dundee to Establish a Drug Development Fund
as above
Eon 18.10.11

TPP Global Development Enters into a Collaboration Agreement with the University of Dundee to Establish a Drug Development Fund
as above
GEN 18.10.11

TPP Global Development Enters into a Collaboration Agreement with the University of Dundee to Establish a Drug Development Fund
as above
MarketWatch 18.10.11

Lucy helps out in the fight for breast cancer survival
A Dundee orphan who cared for her mother after she was diagnosed with breast cancer is to help launch a pink fashion range today in support of Cancer Research UK.
The Courier 18.10.11

Student who lost her mother to cancer launches charity fashion campaign
as above
STV 19.10.11

Festival tickets selling out very quickly
Several events at this year's Dundee Literary Festival are heading for a sell-out, according to the organisers.
The Courier 17.10.11

Visit to the East for city lecturer
A Dundee professor has just returned from delivering two lectures to students and members of the public in Azerbaijan.
The Courier 17.10.11

Fight goes on for universities
The campaign to keep Dundee's two universities separate is to be taken a stage further next month.
The Courier 17.10.11

Brother's tender tribute
The Monday Interview with Simon Stephenson who will be speaking at the Dundee Literary Festival on October 28th at 4pm.
The Courier 17.10.11

Writing home
Dundee creative writing group Nethergate Writers are rapidly building themselves a reputation for publishing interesting home-grown books inspired by the area's heritage and culture.
The Courier 17.10.11

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