Weather was just 'unusual' - expert
Dundee University academic Dr Andrew Black, has dismissed the increasing frenzy surrounding climate change, saying the latest statistics, which show Scotland was at its warmest in over 40 years illustrate that last year "was simply unusual."
The Courier 09.01.04
Brave Scots win minds
Scotland is better than England at getting people from disadvantaged backgrounds into higher education while avoiding controversial policies such as the 50 per cent target and top-up fees.
THES 09.01.03
University scoops green award
The University of Dundee and Angus Council are among a select band of organisations in Scotland which have received awards in energy efficiency from the Energy Institute.
The Courier 08.01.04
New exhibition at gallery
An exhibition inspired by former professor of biology is to be launched at Dundee University's Cooper Gallery later this month.
The Courier 08.01.04
Talking heads
For anyone who has ever had to sit through a long and complicated lecture, the latest innovation from Dundee University must seem like manna from heaven. Two days, 40 professors, each of them given only 15 minutes to clearly outline their specialist area of research in a manner which makes it easily digestible for the layperson.
The Courier 07.01.04
Angus poet on Whitbread shortlist
Don Paterson, of Kirriemuir, is one of five category winners of the Whitbread Book Awards for 2003 with his work Landing Light, organisers revealed yesterday. He worked as a writer-in-residence at Dundee University.
The Courier 07.01.04
Angus poet scoops Whitbread poetry prize
As above
Press & Journal 07.01.04
Scots poet and playwright Paterson in the running for Whitbread award
As above
The Herald 07.01.04
Bad lad of publishing set to make it a double
As above
Daily Telegraph 07.01.04
Dundee students are up to the mark
Students at Dundee University are being given the chance to mark each other's internal course work online as part of a new assessment initiative.
Press & Journal 06.01.04
Frail sought for research
Frail people over the age of 70 living in the Dundee area are being recruited to test a pill that appears to strengthen muscles. Ninewells Hospital-based expert on ageing and health, Professor Marion McMurdo is very excited about a chance discovery that a commonly prescribed heart pill makes muscles stronger.
The Courier 06.01.04
The crime of the copycat
The story Professor Stewart Brymer tell is of a kind which has become significantly more prevalent at educational institutions around Scotland in the past 10 years. The spread of the internet in particular has opened a Pandora's Box for cheats, who now, with a simple click of a mouse, can coy entire essays and try and pass them off as their own.
The Courier 06.01.04
Students to mark their own work
Students at Dundee University are being given the chance to mark each other's work - or even give themselves pass of fail assessments.
The Herald 05.01.04
Scientists develop skin cancer treatment to be used at home
Researchers at the Scottish Photodynamic Therapy Centre have discovered a way to improve a cancer treatment that combines chemicals and light.
Press & Journal 05.01.04
Young pianist to make South Bank debut
Young Dundee pianist Christina Lawrie makes her debut on London's South Bank on Wednesday. She gave a solo concert in the Bonar Hall as part of the University Music series, followed two days later by a Mozart concerto with Dundee Symphony Orchestra in the Caird Hall.
The Courier 05.01.04
Gender Difference in Insulin Resistance
Study authors from the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom are conducting the EarlyBird study. The EarlyBird study aims to establish which children are insulin-resistant and why.
http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=7770 09.01.04
Gender Difference in Insulin Resistance
As above
http://www.healthcentral.com/news/NewsFullText.cfm?id=8007770 09.01.04
Chairs Show Celebrates University Discovery Day
A collection of rare chairs was going on show today to mark the arrival of the latest professors at a seat of learning. The unique pieces by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Le Corbusier, Alvar Alto and Frank Gehry were being unveiled at the University of Dundee.
http://www.news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2388560 09.01.04
EU enlargement on Scottish businesses
Tony Jackson, Town and Regional Planning, commented on impact of EU enlargement on Scottish businesses following visit by Europe Minister Denis McShane to Perth, Dundee and Glasgow.
North Tonight 08.01.04
Students to mark their own work
Students at Dundee University are being given the chance to mark each other's work - Richard Parsons comments
Gary Robertson show, BBC Radio Scotland 08.01.04
Ward off those winter ailments
There's no need to be laid low by colds and flu in the cold months ahead. Barbara Lantin looks at how to keep bugs and viruses at bay - Colds, Flu, Cold sores, Chilblains and Raynaud's. A trial at the University of Dundee using Seredrin high-strength gingko biloba with phytosome reduced the frequency of Raynaud's attacks in sufferers by an average of 70 per cent.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/ 06.01.04
Students to mark their own work
Students at Dundee University are being given the chance to mark each other's work - Richard Parsons comments
Radio Tay 05.01.04
Focus on potential of EU
Europe Minister Dr Denis MacShane launched a leaflet - Dundee In the EU, What's In It For Us? - on a whistle-stop visit to the city yesterday.
The Courier 09.01.04
Visit promotes benefits of EU expansion
As above
Press & Journal 09.01.04
Scots warn of a widening funding gap
Universities Scotland warned last night that a key change in the Higher Education Bill could lead to an even bigger funding gap between England's top universities and their Scottish competitors.
The Herald 09.01.04
Demand for £100m to combat top-up fees
As above
The Courier 09.01.04
Political fix of funding deal for universities
Labour's coalition deal with the Liberal Democrats at Holyrood locked it into a funding package for Scottish higher education in 2000 that was a political fix, not realistic solution.
The Scotsman 09.01.04
McConnell digs in over tuition fees
Jack McConnell is to sanction a rise in student grants in Scotland and urge universities to raise more money from lucrative "remote learning" degree students in response to controversial tuition-fee reforms in England announced yesterday.
The Scotsman 09.01.04
Top-ups: Scottish impact expected
The Executive anticipates an impact in Scotland when university top-up fees are introduced in England, enterprise minister Jim Wallace said today.
Evening Telegraph 08.01.04
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