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Artists from all over the world gathered at Dundee's new Apex Hotel last night for the Art in the City exhibition. According to the head of school at Duncan of Jordanstone College, Professor Alan Robb, the exhibition can only be good for art in Dundee
The Courier 11.04.03
Couple's charity trip of a lifetime
Dundee University lecturer Elvira Lord and husband Jack, who works at Smith Anderson Paper Mill in Leslie, Fife, are part of a 53-strong team of trekkers currently in training for their gruelling ascent of the Inca Trail in Peru next month
The Courier 10.04.03
In training for the Inca Trail
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Evening Telegraph 09.04.03
Calls for follow up to fraud study
A senior member of the University of Dundee's medical school said yesterday that measures put in place to discourage fraud and plagiarism in the wake of a critical study had been successful
The Courier 09.04.03
Medical school guidelines over cheating 'successful'
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Evening Telegraph 08.04.03
Graduates to display work in London
For the first time, graduating students from five of Scotland's art schools are being given an opportunity to show their work to the influential London art market in a special exhibition. Four students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee, will be participating at next month's BraveArt
The Courier 09.04.03
Study finds medical students willing to cheat to pass exams
Students at a medical school will face disciplinary action if found guilty of dishonesty after admitting to researchers they were prepared to forge signatures and falsify patient records to get through their studies, it emerged last night. Walter Williamson, secretary of the faculty of medicine and the Dundee Medical School, said safeguards to deal with dishonesty had been put in place since the initial research was published in the British Medical Journal in 2001
The Herald 08.04.03
Dundee medical students face curbs after admitting cheating is acceptable
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Press & Journal 08.04.03
Recruitment drive
Dundee University is going on a recruiting drive in Vietnam
Press & Journal 08.04.03
Former teacher's art show opens
An exhibition of artwork by former Carnoustie High art teacher Avril Hood opened at Dundee University's botanic gardens on Saturday evening
The Courier 07.04.03
New art exhibition officially launched
A new art exhibition was officially launched with a special preview evening on Saturday at the Generator Projects gallery in Mid Wynd, Dundee. The artists involved are Richard Blass, Roderick Buchanan, Graham Fagen, Michael Fullerton and Duncan of Jordanstone graduate Tony Nolan
The Courier 07.04.03
A boost for chocoholics
It's news that chocoholics the world over have been waiting for - chocolate can be good for your health, according to scientists at the University of Dundee
The Courier 07.04.03
It's black magic - dark chocolate is good for you
Scientists in Dundee have discovered that, in moderation and as part of a nutritionally balanced diet, our leading comfort food can reduce the risk of blood clots and strokes
Sunday Times 06.04.03
Death of Mr Gordon McHardy
Mr Gordon McHardy has died suddenly at his home at the age of 67. He was head janitor for Dundee University until his retiral two years ago, and was also bedellus, the macekeeper who led all graduation ceremonies
The Courier 05.04.03
Medical students 'under pressure to cheat'
Some medical students are prepared to lie and cheat at university, a study at a Scottish college suggests
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2925749.stm 08.04.03
Medical students "prepared to cheat"
Pressure on medical students could be leading many to think it is acceptable to forge signatures, falsify patient information or pass off old work as new, researchers warn.
http://www.health-news.co.uk/showstory.asp?id=109849 08.04.03
Medical students admit cheating is acceptable
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Radio Tay 08.04.03
University hosts annual engineering conference
The nuts and bolts of university research and projects came under the microscope at Abertay University yesterday
Press & Journal 11.04.03
Corridors of power beckon Dundee student
A Dundee business student is awaiting news of a job of a lifetime in New York Senator Hillary Clinton's Washington DC bureau
Press & Journal 11.04.03
Student sets her sights on Athens
A student at the University of Abertay Dundee has taken another step along the road to Olympic selection, after taking silver in Britain's most prestigious university judo competition
The Courier 05.04.03
Showcase for Abertay
Students from Abertay University's School of Computing and Advanced Technologies will come under scrutiny from an international audience of industry leaders at an exhibition in London at the weekend
Press & Journal 05.04.03
Students at industry show
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The Courier 05.04.03
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Artist Jack Vettriano, patron of St Andrews University's charities campaign fashion show, donated this work, Do you still dream, for auction at the event
Times Higher Education Supplement 11.04.03
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