October 2003 Press Releases

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31 October 2003 Student documentary makes Raindance Film Festival A University of Dundee student's harrowing documentary on medics working in Palestinian occupied territories will be shown this weekend in London as part of the Raindance Film Festival.
31 October 2003 New Scotland: New Politics? Mike Watson MSP and former Scottish Minister will today give an intriguing account of his work as a minister and the first term of the Scottish Parliament.
30 October 2003 Statement from Sir Alan Langlands Statement from Sir Alan Langlands, Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Dundee on the NHS Board meeting on 30th October.
29 October 2003 Dundee artists bring Storm to Glasgow Highly-acclaimed University of Dundee-based artists Dalziel + Scullion have created a series of images based on their research in the Scottish Highlands with botanist and ecologist Dr Hugh Ingram.
29 October 2003 Recorder Rave Children in Carnoustie will experience the talents of renowned recorder player Piers Adams as he leads the pupils in a recorder playing workshop Recorder Rave.
29 October 2003 Summer School successes celebrated The Universities of Dundee and Abertay Dundee will jointly launch their 2004 Access Summer Schools on Wednesday 29 October.
27 October 2003 Discovery will lead to treatment of skin disorders A Professor at the University of Dundee has just discovered the gene that causes two inherited skin disorders allowing rapid and highly accurate DNA-based diagnosis.
27 October 2003 Oscar meets his scientist A young boy who suffers blindness from the debilitating Lowe Syndrome will visit the University of Dundee to meet a scientist who is leading research to advance understanding and treatment of the genetic disease.
27 October 2003 £1 million research funding The School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Dundee has just secured its largest research grant of £1 million for a collaborative project with other universities and the NHS.
27 October 2003 The future of global cinema New technology that promises to revolutionise the global cinema industry will be the subject of a University of Dundee lecture.
26 October 2003 University of Dundee students attend Commonwealth conference Two students from the University of Dundee have been chosen to take part in an education conference starting tomorrow in Edinburgh attended by government ministers from across the Commonwealth.
26 October 2003 DJCAD welcomes potential students Hundreds of secondary school pupils will visit Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee, this week for a taster of life at one of the UK’s leading art institutions.
24 October 2003 University of Dundee hosts national trampolining competition Over 100 student trampolinists from across Scotland will take part in an annual competition tomorrow at the University of Dundee.
24 October 2003 University celebrates 20 years of the School of Fine Art Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the School of Fine Art with a show presenting work by some of Scotland’s most celebrated fine art graduates.
23 October 2003 Academy prize for University of Dundee lecturer A University of Dundee lecturer has just won the Rose Mary Cranshaw Prize for her book Byron, Poetics and History.
23 October 2003 Education project evaluated The work of a Dundee project aimed at providing support for children and parents during pupils’ transition to secondary school will be showcased at a conference in London today at The Charity Centre.
23 October 2003 TICR winner set for GMTV tour The lucky winner of the TICR (Tayside Institute for Cardiovascular Research) raffle was today presented with her prize at The Gleneagles Hotel, Gleneagles.
23 October 2003 Baroness Warnock kicks off new lecture series Baroness Mary Warnock - Britain’s foremost authority on reproductive ethics - will give a public lecture at the University of Dundee on Thursday 23 October.
21 October 2003 University leads research into sustainable development If the designers and developers of the Millennium Dome had consulted University of Dundee engineers, they may have been able to avoid the catalogue of errors that plagued the project.
21 October 2003 University of Dundee inter-faith conference A University of Dundee conference to be held tomorrow (Wednesday 22 October) will bring together experts from Christianity, Judaism and Islam to encourage dialogue and understanding between the different faiths.
21 October 2003 Dundee student makes front page in the States A University of Dundee student has made her big break on American newspapers during an internship in Georgia, USA.
20 October 2003 Rwandan doctor on Scottish scholarship A young Rwandan doctor has just started a year's post graduate study at the University of Dundee after arriving in Europe for the first time.
17 October 2003 Scraping in the sandpit to heal wounds A group of academics and clinicians in different fields at the University of Dundee have received funding to throw their expertise into a 'sandpit' to come up with new solutions for healing wounds.
16 October 2003 Swinney argues for further tax powers for Parliament John Swinney MSP, Leader of the SNP, shall kick off the University of Dundee’s Politics lecture series by presenting the case for further tax powers for the Scottish Parliament.
16 October 2003 University golfers win against Royal and Ancient The University of Dundee golf team once again beat the Royal and Ancient (R & A) Golf Club of St Andrews in a competition yesterday at the Old Course, St Andrews.
15 October 2003 Surprising findings about the English in Scotland - myth after myth dispelled Publication of the latest research reveals a number of surprising findings about Scotland's largest ethnic minority group, the English. The research carried out by Dr Murray Watson at the University of Dundee appears in a new book Being English in Scotland.
15 October 2003 Cappella Nova - open workshop Cappella Nova Scotland's leading professional vocal ensemble will host a special open workshop at the University of Dundee this weekend.
14 October 2003 University of Dundee evening concerts start The University of Dundee’s series of evening concerts will start on Thursday 16 October with an enchanting performance from two highly- acclaimed Scottish musicians
14 October 2003 University golfers take on the Royal & Ancient The University of Dundee golf team will be going head-to-head with the Royal and Ancient (R & A) Golf Club of St Andrews tomorrow at 1.30 pm.
14 October 2003 You CAN teach an old dog new tricks! They say you're still young and carefree until 35 these days but computer experts at the University of Dundee are warning that ability to pick up new tricks take a nose dive from 35 onwards.
9 October 2003 DNA fingerprinting inventor delivers lecture Sir Alec Jeffreys, the man who discovered a new region of human DNA and developed DNA fingerprinting technology from it will deliver the Peter Garland Lecture in the School of Life Sciences on Friday 10 October.
9 October 2003 Fund-raising boost for TICR campaign The University of Dundee’s TICR campaign will receive two cheques today.
9 October 2003 Prize-winners’ ceremony for scientists The star students of the University of Dundee’s world-famous School of Life Sciences will be congratulated on their hard work and success at the annual prize-giving ceremony today.
8 October 2003 Just a Minute to record in Dundee The University of Dundee has secured BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute comedy programme to record at the University on Friday 12 December.
6 October 2003 Swedish visitors check out Dundee Following on from Professor Sir Philip Cohen's visit to Linkoping, Sweden to talk about the success of Dundee's biosciences, a delegation from Sweden is returning to the University this week to see for themselves the burgeoning industry in life and biosciences in the city.
2 October 2003 Queen takes centre stage for University of Dundee campaign The Northern Scottish Philharmonic Orchestra (NSPO), the Dundee Choral Union and the Dundee branch of the National Youth Choir of Scotland will perform a musical spectacular at the Caird Hall, Dundee, on Saturday 8 November in aid of the University of Dundee’s Ninewells Cancer Campaign.
1 October 2003 Student successes rewarded Not only did University of Dundee law student Mark McLaughlin gain a first class honours degree, but he successfully juggled family life with full-time study and part-time work at Ninewells Hospital as a diagnostics radiographer.
1 October 2003 Students register to save a life University of Dundee medical students will today (Wednesday 1 October) hold a bone marrow clinic giving students the opportunity to register as donors and potentially save a life.