Scientists claim to be on the verge of lung-cancer breakthrough
Scottish scientists claim they are on the verge of a major breakthrough which could help save the lives of thousands of lung-cancer sufferers. The test uses a machine developed by Dr Longbottom's colleague, Professor Miles Padgett of Glasgow University's Physics Department
Press & Journal 13.06.03
Changing shape
The closure of the ceramics department at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art will bring to an end a long and honourable tradition of artistic exploration and creativity that has produced graduates who have gone on to work all over the world in fields as varied as traditional pottery to ceramic archaeology, dance and all areas of the visual arts
The Courier 13.06.03
Key player
Well-known pianist and performer Michael Ellacott is teaming up with young local actor, singer and musician Iain Lesslie for a concert at Dundee University's Chaplaincy Centre tomorrow
The Courier 13.06.03
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The Dyer Craft, one of Dundee's Nine Incorporated Trades, presented its best use of colour award at Duncan of Jordanstone art college yesterday
The Courier 13.06.03
Wilson leaves to regain 'normal life'
Brian Wilson, energy minister, announced last night he was leaving the government. He was educated at Dunoon Primary, Dunoon Grammar School and Dundee University, where he gained an MA in history
The Herald 13.06.03
40 jobs cut at Dundee University
Dundee University has shed about 40 jobs in a restructuring programme
The Courier 13.06.03
Pupils get taste of university
The difficulty of deciding whether university is the right choice was addressed at Dundee University this week as school pupils embarked on a four-day taster course of real university life
The Courier 13.06.03
Four-day taster for future students
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Evening Telegraph 12.06.03
Students play grand finale
Dundee University Big Band, under its leader Tony Sellars, give its last concert of the season in the Bonar Hall last night
The Courier 12.06.03
Scotland's art sails into Venice on the crest of a new wave
Scotland's first independent contribution to the world's most prestigious art festival was unveiled yesterday. Simon Starling, former Henry Moore Sculpture Fellow at DJCAD, was one of three artists showing their work
The Herald 12.06.03
Sketch show
A collection of work by students of the Outdoor Sketching class run by Dundee University is being exhibited at the university botanic garden
Press & Journal 12.06.03
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The Courier 12.06.03
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Dunblane High School won a Dundee University engineering challenge yesterday after creating a device to transfer eggs from hen to egg box
The Courier 12.06.03
Egg challenge for pupils
As above
Evening Telegraph 11.06.03
Makeover for Dundee primary
Twenty interior design students from Dundee University's Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design have just completed a design project with 50 pupils from St Mary's Primary in Dundee
Evening Telegraph 11.06.03
Dundee display
A display highlighting the quality and variety of Scottish printmaking in the 20 century is on show at Dundee University's Tower Foyer Gallery
Press & Journal 11.06.03
Talented sisters to display Primitive Streak at rural castle
An exhibition fusing fashion and science has arrived in Scotland for the first time, at Aberdeenshire's Castle Fraser. Primitive Streak, developed by sisters Helen Storey and Kate Storey, interprets the first 1,000 hours of human life through fashion design
Press & Journal 11.06.03
Atlantis funding
The University of Dundee's Project Atlantis team has won funding for two years from the Government of South Georgia to take forward a variety of projects relating to the remote Antarctic island
Evening Telegraph 10.06.03
Scots universities get millions for innovation
Scottish research institutions were yesterday awarded almost £6 million for projects in a unique grant scheme which aims to get ideas out of the lab and into the marketplace
Press & Journal 10.06.03
Dundee's life-science cash
Scientists in Dundee are developing a drug which could prevent cancer patients and people with AIDS from developing potentially fatal fungal infections
Press & Journal 10.06.03
Scientists win slice of £5.6 million
Work by scientists at Glasgow University, who are collaborating with colleagues at Dundee University to develop a new breath test system to help with early detection of lung cancer and cardiovascular disease, secured a grant yesterday from a scheme aimed at helping take research ideas from the laboratory to the marketplace
The Courier 10.06.03
Funding to develop speech aid software
A joint project between the universities of Dundee and Edinburgh has been awarded £364,000 to research new software for computerised speech aids
The Courier 10.06.03
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Brian Taylor, political editor of BBC Scotland, will be at Dundee University later this month to ask the question, Scottish Parliament: Triumph or Disaster?
The Courier 10.06.03
Blending art and science
In a joint venture Dundee University development biologist Dr Kate Storey and her sister, fashion designer Professor Helen Storey, have put together a 27-piece fashion textile collection depicting 10 key events in the first 1000 hours of human life
The Courier 10.06.03
Stephen's got a royal treat ahead
Stephen Garland, Gleneagles Hotel's senior head waiter, has been invited to meet Prince Charles at a lunch in the Palace of Holyroodhouse tomorrow. Dundee-born Stephen is a former student of Dundee University, where he studied accounting
Evening Telegraph 09.06.03
Dundee - city of science
The Monday interview
The Courier 09.06.03
Back in city for big day
Eminent scientist Professor Andy Miller returned to Dundee from his home in Hong Kong on Saturday his biggest day of his life
The Courier 09.06.03
Charity plunge
Over 40 people took part in a sponsored abseil at the Dundee University tower yesterday to raise funds for Alzheimer Scotland - Action on Dementia
The Courier 09.06.03
MSPs call for lifting of interdict in charity scandal
Scotland's top law officer should intervene and seek the lifting of an interdict which prevents a whistleblower telling the story of one of Scotland's worst charity scandals, crossparty MSPs said last night
The Herald 09.06.03
Scots ban on Third World medics
Scottish hospitals are to be banned from recruiting doctors and nurses from the Third World.
Executive officers are preparing a list of countries whose own health services are in crisis and crippled
by a lack of medical professionals. The plan emerged as former NHS chief executive Sir Alan Langlands,
now vice-chancellor of Dundee University, said the Third World needs its medical experts to fight AIDs and
malaria.
Sunday Mail 08.06.03
From students to stars - with a degree of good luck
At Duncan on Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, 22-year-old painter Sarah Forrest works in an entirely different field. The paintings recreate a 3-D experience in a 2-D medium, as they attempt to convey how humans define ourselves in space
Scotland on Sunday 08.06.03
Arkwright's Razor
Stanley Mills and village is now the subject of a new book, the product of research begun by author Tony Cooke, senior lecturer in continuing education at the University of Dundee, more than 30 years ago
The Courier 07.06.03
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The first Tayside Trauma Team charity ball took place at Piper Dam Golf and Country Club last night. More than 200 people attended the event and were entertained by comedian and University of Dundee rector Fred MacAulay, who hosted the charity auction
The Courier 07.06.03
Biotech officials travel to Augusta
As Georgian and European biotech officials tour Augusta this week and talk about future partnerships, they could take a page from the world of research, where borders are becoming meaningless, scientists said.
http://www.augustachronicle.com/stories/061203/met_071-7666.001.shtml 12.06.03
High-tech jobs hope as green dream unveiled
Up to 20 new jobs could be created at a pioneering £600,000 research and development centre at the Forres Enterprise Park. Dr Steve Tinsley, former director of fast-moving Forres business, Scotland Electronics, said the research centre would attract international recognition as its credentials grew. He said he had recently returned from the research institute at Dundee University, where he also received positive feedback about the Forres centre, which will mirror European models such as the Stockholm Environmental Institute.
http://www.forres-gazette.co.uk/news.asp?storyvar=3435&font_size=1 12.06.03
Makeover for Dundee primary
Twenty interior design students from Dundee University's Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design have just completed a design project with 50 pupils from St Mary's Primary in Dundee
Reporting Scotland 11.06.03
Leg-artery disease strikes the unwary
Peripheral artery disease is a common progressive disorder, particularly among those over 55, that interferes with circulation to the legs. Its presence indicates a greatly increased risk of suffering a heart attack or stoke and dying within a decade.
http://www2.ocregister.com/ocrweb/ocr/ 11.06.03
Breath test for lung cancer
The researchers, from the universities of Glasgow and Dundee, intend to use their expert knowledge of gas detection to create a reliable and easy-to-use screening technique that could detect a number of diseases.
http://www.health-news.co.uk/showstory.asp?id=113224 11.06.03
Breath test cancer screening plan
Two Scottish universities have joined forces in an attempt to perfect an early screening breath-test technique for cancers and other diseases.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/2976972.stm 10.06.03
Disease of the Peripheral Arteries Can Be a Crucial Warning Signal
Relying solely on symptoms of intermittent claudication causes 85 percent to 90 percent of cases to be missed, say the call-to-action authors, led by Dr. Jill F. Belch, professor of vascular medicine at the University of Dundee in Scotland.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/10/health/ 10.06.03
Breath Test Kit to Detect Lung Cancer
A team from Glasgow and Dundee universities have secured Scottish Executive funding
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/ 09.06.03
Graduate launches student magazine
A free magazine has been launched n Dundee to bring students across the city together
The Courier 13.06.03
Turning heads
The University of Abertay Dundee is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its Turning Heads programme with its largest graduation
The Courier 13.06.03
Overseas awards
An award ceremony was held at Abertay University yesterday to celebrate the achievements of a number of the institution's overseas students
Press & Journal 12.06.03
Turning Heads to encourage students of the future
The University of Abertay last night celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Turning Heads programme with its largest-ever "graduation".
The Courier 11.06.03
New talent emerges in computer arts
The cream of the Abertay University's computer art students have been honoured in a ceremony at the Lighthouse, Scotland's national design centre
The Courier 10.06.03
Abertay University gears up for latest in game technology
Computer-game enthusiasts in Dundee are to be among the first in the UK to experience breakthrough technology which can turn PlayStation 2 games consoles into fully-fledged computers
Press & Journal 10.06.03
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The Courier 10.06.03
Art students awarded for grand designs
The cream of the Abertay University's computer art students have been honoured in a ceremony at Scotland's national design centre, The Lighthouse
Press & Journal 07.06.03
Abertay projects win £1.3 million of EU funding
Projects on environmental science and computers at Abertay University in Dundee have won more than £1.3 million in European grants, the Scottish Executive announced yesterday
The Courier 07.06.03
Professor awarded honorary degree
The University if St Andrews is to award its Master and Deputy Principal, Professor Colin Vincent, an honorary degree
The Courier 13.06.03
Jeers greet approval of research centre
Glasgow University yesterday received the go-ahead for a new £29m biomedical centre in the city's west end despite hundreds of objections
The Herald 11.06.03
Scottish Enterprise defends £33m Proof of Concept fund
Scottish Enterprise yesterday launched a vigorous defence of its Proof of Concept fund, a financial aid vehicle that supports innovation and commercialisation within Scotland's universities and research institutes
The Herald 10.06.03
Universities eye fresh round of funding
Applications have been invited for the next round of funding to encourage universities to invest in commercialising their research in the hope that more of Scotland's hi-tech ideas will be turned into corporate ventures
The Scotsman 10.06.03
Our universities must not be distracted by proposals for England
The Roberts Report on the future of the Research Assessment Exercise, published last week, recommends research funding being terminated for all but a favoured few universities
The Scotsman 10.06.03
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