University plans to catch internet cheats are revealed
Cheats will soon be unearthed as Dundee University reveals plans to implement a computer system designed to prevent internet plagiarism
The Courier 10.01.03
University's NHS hope
Dundee University hopes to be a partner of the new National Health Service University, which the Government is planning to create
Evening Telegraph 09.01.03
Hopes for NHS partnership
As above
The Courier 10.01.03
Model of care centre on show
Dundee will be represented at Downing Street later this month when a model of Maggie's Centre designed by the world-renowned architect Frank Gehry goes on display at Number 11
The Courier 10.01.03
Maggie's Centre model to go on display at Number 11 Downing Street
As above
Evening Telegraph 09.01.03
IVF pioneer Dr John Mills retires
Dr John Mills who set up Scotland's first IVF unit in Dundee, has retired after 28 years as a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Ninewells Hospital. A graduate of St Andrews University, Dr Mills went on to gain an MD from Dundee University
The Courier 10.01.03
Faces of the future
Stars of the art world of tomorrow are being showcased in a forthcoming exhibition at the award-winning Leith Gallery in Edinburgh, including several recent graduates from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art Dundee
The Courier 10.01.03
Scottish history students log on... from Kenya to Korea
Tutors running the Dundee University distance learning course are surprised by the diversity of students logging on
Press & Journal 09.01.03
History course is world hit
As above
The Courier 09.01.03
Scottish history course surprise
As above
Evening Telegraph 08.01.03
Mission to rescue Russian peat bogs
A project by Scottish experts to restore peat bogs in the heart of the Russian countryside devastated by commercial harvesting is being monitored by Russian authorities which are facing repeated summer smog catastrophes. Olivia Bragg, of Dundee University's geography department, who co-ordinated the project, said: "The local people lived in harmony with their peat bog, using it sustainably as their larder for mushrooms and berries.
The Herald 09.01.03
Institute link-up may bring investment
A developing relationship between Dundee's Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies and a major university in the United Arab Emirates could bring significant investment to the city
The Courier 09.01.03
Severity of injury surprised student
A 20-year-old civil engineering student told a jury at Dundee Sheriff Court yesterday he had no idea of the serious outcome of an incident in the Dundee University Students' Union until police arrived at his door some days later
The Courier 09.01.03
Assault trial in Dundee told of damage to eye
As above
Evening Telegraph 08.01.03
Healthy diet will make Scotland prosperous, says McConnell
Eat more healthily and Scotland will become prosperous and its citizens better people, Jack McConnell said yesterday. Annie Anderson, professor of food choice at the University of Dundee, warned that a new diet must be tied to increased exercise and measures to improve Scots' overall health.
The Herald 08.01.03
Joining forces to meet industry's demands
The Universities of St Andrews and Dundee have joined forces to provide a course aimed at meeting industry's demand for solutions to a growing number of costly environmental problems
The Courier 08.01.03
Denies assaulting student at union
A Dundee student lost the sight in his left eye after being badly assaulted in the toilets of Dundee University student union last February, a jury at the sheriff court heard yesterday
The Courier 08.01.03
Dundee youth denies student union assault
As above
Evening Telegraph 07.01.03
Lunchtime concerts
A new series of lunchtime concerts opens this week in Dundee University Chaplaincy when the university's organ scholar Neil Smeaton plays a programme of Maurice Greene, Mendelssohn and Bach
The Courier 07.01.03
Professor Charles McKean - Historical landmarks
The Monday Interview by Norman Watson
The Courier 06.01.03
The secret of happiness
Before Christmas researchers gave us the mathematical formula for wrapping presents. But the big prize in scientific advance is to crack the secret of ....happiness.
The Scotsman 06.01.03
Biblical verse will be set in stone
A biblical verse in traditional Scots language will be written in stone at the entrance to the Scottish Parliament building. The words were translated from Greek into Scots by William Laughton Lorimer, who taught classics at Dundee and St Andrews Universities
The Scotsman 06.01.03
Afraid Woolf
Unpublished drafts of the work of Virginia Woolf reveal that the novelist never fulfilled any of her close friendships with women for fear of imprisonment and arrest, according to the Sunday Times.
The Scotsman 06.01.03
Woolf hid lesbianism over fear of arrest
Susan Sellers, professor of English at St Andrews University and Dr Jane Goldman, a senior lecturer at Dundee University, who are editing new Cambridge University Press editions of her works, claim Woolf was fastidious about concealing her sexuality and her political views from censors and critics
Sunday Times 05.01.03
Scots kept in the dark over flood risk, says expert
Andrew Black, of Dundee University, who helped compile a report for the Scottish Executive on climate and flooding said councils might also be in danger of siting housing developments in areas at risk of flooding because of lack of information
The Herald 04.01.03
Burn the thermals and pack your bags
It is set to be a happy new year for the country's geographers, who will no longer have to put on double layers of thermals to endure unpredictable transport and freezing lecture theatres to attend their annual conference. Alan Werrity, chair of the conference and RGS-IBG vice-president, said that the conference was intended to bring more people together to address some of the most interesting and exciting issues geographers are engaging with
Times Higher Education Supplement 03.01.03
Disabled woman to be ordained as priest
A computer scientist with cerebal palsy is to become Scotland's first disabled woman priest
Scotland on Sunday 29.12.02
Uneven track set off Tay Bridge Disaster
A new study by Dr Peter Lewis, of the Open University in Milton Keynes, has shown that an uneven section of the rail track in the centre of the bridge may have caused an unbearable strain as trains passed over it, which fatally weakened the structure. Professor David Swinfen, a former vice principal of Dundee University who wrote The Fall of the Tay Bridge, praised the new research
The Scotsman 28.12.02
Levis worker starts science degree
Andrea Brown, a former worker or Levis, is doing a science degree at Dundee University
Reporting Scotland 06.01.03
Abertay student centre fundraising success
A fundraising campaign by Abertay University to help raise money for Dundee institution's new, multi-million pound student centre has already raised nearly £500,000
Evening Telegraph 07.01.03
New rector installed next month
The new Rector of St Andrews University, Sir Clement Freud, who swept to victory in October when he polled more than half of the student vote, will be officially installed into office next month during several days of celebration
The Courier 10.01.03
Last chance to catch top exhibition
This weekend is the last chance to catch the Real Characters, Invented Worlds exhibition at DCA, one of the top five shows in Scotland of 2002, according to a Scottish newspaper
The Courier 10.01.03
Dundee Rep set to take Bard to Iran
A Theatre company announced details of performance of Shakespeare - in Iran
The Herald 08.01.03
University seeks funds from US
Edinburgh University is targeting its US-based alumni in an attempt to raise extra money each year
The Herald 07.01.03
University seeks cash from rich graduates
As above
The Courier 07.01.03
E-university takes technology to market
The UK's e-university hopes to sell some of the support services, technology and applications in its global online-learning business to domestic universities
Times Higher Education Supplement 03.01.03
Personality could open door to med school
Scottish applicants to medical schools are being tested for narcissism, empathy and moral reasoning in a radical project that hopes to transform the admissions process and promote wider access
Times Higher Education Supplement 03.01.03
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