Cell study aims to heal wounds
Dundee University has been awarded £1m to produce a way of regenerating the diseased arteries and veins that are essential to healing wounds such as leg ulcers.
Financial Times 17.10.03
Musicians' perfect partnership praised
Dundee University's opening concert of the season was by Harriet Davidson (cello) and Claire Haslin (piano), and here we had a combination of verve, dynamism and, most importantly, a high respect for each other's talent
The Courier 17.10.03
Donation to September 11 charity
The principal officer and consulate general of the United States in Scotland yesterday received a cheque from Dundee University students on behalf of a charity that supports victims of the September 11 atrocities.
The Courier 17.10.03
Uni's cash help for 9/11
As above
Evening Telegraph 16.10.03
Sir Ranulph Fiennes in City of Discovery
British Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes is expected in Dundee later today to promote his new biography of Robert Falcon Scott - the legendary captain of the Royal Research Ship Discovery
Evening Telegraph 16.10.03
Swinney Calls for Debate on Top-Up Fees
SNP leader John Swinney today called for a cross-party "national debate" on the threat to Scottish universities from the imposition of top-up tuition fees in England. The SNP leader was set to make the appeal in a speech in Dundee where he also argued top-up fees could expose "the fatal flaw" in devolution.
The Scotsman 17.10.03
Anti-English feeling? You are joking
Study scotches myth of prejudice against 'New Scots' in the union of the thistle and rose. The study, by Dr Murray Watson of Dundee University, is the first major academic survey of the English who live in Scotland - and scotches the myth that they face discrimination and harassment
The Scotsman 16.10.03
Anti-English - you are joking
As above
The Scotsman 16.10.03
It's just banter, not discrimination, say English settlers
As above
The Telegraph 16.10.03
The English? They're now the New Scots
As above
Daily Mail 16.10.03
We love the English
As above
Daily Record 16.10.03
How the English become wannabe Scots
As above
The Herald 16.10.03
Exploding anti-English myths
As above
The Courier 16.10.03
English incomers dispel prejudice myths
As above
Press & Journal 16.10.03
English 'at home in Scotland'
As above
The Times 16.10.03
Anti-English sentiment 'over-exaggerated'
As above
Evening Telegraph 15.10.03
Undergraduates swing into golfing action
Dundee University golf team went head-to-head with the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews yesterday
The Courier 16.10.03
Nominated for business awards
Women ahead, the networking group for women working in Tayside and Angus, has this week announced its shortlist of finalists for their Women Who Mean Business Awards. Among the finalists is Dr Jean Harthill of the University of Dundee.
The Courier 16.10.03
University golfers take on R and A
The University of Dundee golf team will be going head-to-head with the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews today
The Courier 15.10.03
A bit slow on the uptake after 35
In the technology world you are over the hill at 35, according to boffins at Dundee University. The university's experts say that our ability to learn about new computer technology nosedives in our mid-30s
Press & Journal 15.10.03
Old dogs too old for new tricks at 35?
As above
Evening Telegraph 14.10.03
'Big feartie answers blood call
A self-confessed "big feartie" responded to the call for blood today as stocks plummeted to dangerously low levels. Emergency appeal blood donation sessions have been arranged in Tayside and Fife where donors will be welcomed. They will be held in Bonar Hall, Dundee University on Thursday.
Evening Telegraph 14.10.03
Euro cash boost for Dundee's hi-tech industries
New businesses in Dundee are to be given a helping hand through a share of European funding worth £24million, announced by the Scottish Executive yesterday. A grant of £227,780 has been handed to Dundee University's Biotechnology Knowledge Transfer Fund, which is used to help new biotech companies establish themselves in the City of Discovery
Press & Journal 14.10.03
Funding to aid company creation
As above
The Courier 14.10.03
£24m boost for business
As above
Daily Record 14.10.03
No title
The Orange Seller, by John Phillip is Dundee University's painting of the month and is on show at the exhibitions department of Duncan of Jordanstone College
The Courier 14.10.03
Consortium to get £1million to help nursing research
A consortium of Northeast universities and health boards is to get £1million to boost nursing and midwifery research. The universities of Dundee, Stirling, Aberdeen, The Robert Gordon University, and the NHS boards within the area will use the funding to equip more nurses and allied health professionals with the skills for healthcare research
Press & Journal 14.10.03
A trick of the light
Edinburgh's former Royal High School looks set to house a Scottish National Photography Centre - a plan that has the enthusiastic backing of Sir Sean Connery. In Scotland, photographic artist Calum Colvin, currently professor of fine art photography at the University of Dundee, is also enthusiastic, particularly about the SNPC's educational and technological possibilities.
The Scotsman 14.10.03
Enjoy yourselves - without fear
Tayside Police today told Dundonians that they can enjoy a night out in the city centre without fear. This follows concerns expressed by an Invergowrie resident, whose son is studying at Dundee University's Duncan of Jordanstone Art College, at a number of assaults and robberies that take place in the Westport area of Dundee
Evening Telegraph 13.10.03
Youth's voice on the arts
If the Scottish Arts Council were looking for a voice of youth, they certainly found one speaking loud and clear in the shape of Annie Marrs. This second-year student at Duncan of Jordanstone College in Dundee has just been appointed to the board of the Scottish Arts Council, and at the age of just 19 is the youngest person ever to hold such a position.
The Courier 13.10.03
First proof of 'the benefits of lobotomy'
Most patients given "lobotomies" at a Scottish hospital made a remarkable recovery, according to the first report into the outcome of their treatment. Professor Keith Matthews, a consultant psychiatrist and director of the Dundee Neurosurgery for Mental Disorder Programme at Ninewells, said "Some of these people had not left hospital for between three and seven years. Often they were in intensive care and needed nurses with them all the time, they are now living independently.
Sunday Herald 12.10.03
Meeting with Arafat recalled
Arafat is no angel, but if peace in the Middle East is to prevail the Palestinian president should not be ignored by the British or Americans - that was the message from Dundee University law student David Christie.
The Courier 11.10.03
Eloquent vocals rise above venue
An ensemble such as the Cantiones Sacrae demand a setting which enhances the intricacy of the polyphonic vocal music of the Renaissance they specialise in. Yesterday's venue, Dundee University chaplaincy, did not befit the splendid sound they are capable of with its cup clinking, till-ringing atmosphere.
The Courier 11.10.03
"Revolutionary" decay detection system the way?
Innov8ive Detection and Monitoring (ID&M), a spin out company from Dundee University, is currently seeking £5 million from investors to take the business to the next stage, which will hopefully be a stock market flotation on the Alternative Investment Market.
The Courier 11.10.03
Surprising findings about the English in Scotland
Murray Watson talks on Fred MacAulay's show
BBC Radio Scotland 17.10.03
Call for united front against fees
John Swinney, the leader of the Scottish National Party, wants MPs from all political parties to vote against the fees at Westminster. In a speech at Dundee University on Friday, he is expected to warn that the fees could be used to avoid spending more taxes on higher education south of the border.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3198926.stm 17.10.03
Top-up fees will hit Scotland says Swinney
As above
http://www.epolitix.com/data/html/news/EPX-NEWS/articles/ 17.10.03
Go East young man
Rhiannon Batten gives you the lowdown on how to get the most out of 48hrs spent in historic and vibrant Dundee. With new restaurants opening almost every week, the regeneration of the dockside area and a growing reputation as a centre for the arts, this Tayside city is rapidly turning itself from an industrial relic into a thriving destination. What with Frank 'Guggenheim' Gehry completing his first public UK commission in the city, a cancer-care unit, and the fashion designer Stella McCartney's visit to Scotland's fourth city to collect an honorary degree from the university.
www.lam-online.com/travel/europe/uk/story.jsp?story=454052 17.10.03
University's cash help for 9/11 victims
The principal officer and consulate general of the United States in Scotland today received a cheque from Dundee University students on behalf of a children's charity that supports victims of September 11.
Wave 102 16.10.03
English incomers the 'New Scots'
People from England who settle north of the border do not experience prejudice and consider themselves the New Scots, according to a Dundee University academic. Dr Murray Watson has written a book based on research which found that the majority of English people living in Scotland did not experience anti-Englishness.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3193808.stm 15.10.03
Boardroom's iron man cuts loose on new adventure
For a company that makes its money from blasting rock and smelting ore, the chairman’s office of Rio Tinto is an incongruously peaceful place. Sir Robert Wilson, who steps down as executive chairman at the end of the month, has run his AGMs with a rod of iron. He was knighted in 2000 for services to British interests overseas. He received an honorary doctorate of science from Exeter University in 1993 and an honorary doctorate of law from the University of Dundee in 2001.
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5-854076,00.html 15.10.03
They might be giants
In ranking scientists, it's citations rather than prizes that count. Although the lists are flawed, they can still make or break careers. Philip Cohen at the University of Dundee is one of Britain's most prominent scientists, and comes in at No.24 on the list, the second most highly-placed Briton. His work has focused on how proteins inside cells are switched on or off.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/09/1065676090502.html 11.10.03
More computer games needed in schools - claim
It sounds like the answer to the prayers of every pupil faced with the horror of double maths or geography. What schools really need are more computer games
The Courier 17.10.03
Homes fit for Heroes
The Tay Valley Family History Society's winter lecture programme continued with a lecture from Bill Dow at Abertay University in Dundee last night
The Courier 16.10.03
MPs urged to oppose university top-up fees
Scottish Labour MP's were yesterday challenged to stand up for Scotland's "egalitarian" interests and oppose the government's controversial plan to introduce university top-up fees in England
The Herald 17.10.03
Top-ups will pit costly science against the rest
With nearly every university set to introduce some form of top-up fees from 2006, THES reporters take a look at who is planning to charge what and why
THES 17.10.03
Mental anguish of stressed students
Students seek more help for mental health problems than their peers outside higher education, according to a report by the Royal College of Psychiatrists published today
The Herald 16.10.03
Degree of class
Opening up university access has done little to help working-class graduates acquire top jobs, a new report says
The Scotsman 15,10.03
It's the sound of Dundee taking a risk
Someone recently told Faith Liddell that Dundee was the "new black". The director of Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) is not taking this too seriously. But it is true that the city is experiencing sweeping cultural and economic change.
Sunday Times 12.10.03
University of Strife
Scotland's universities and higher education institutions are facing a funding crisis. There is no other way to describe it. In some respects, this picture is not dissimilar to the situation south of the border. Over the past 15 years, British universities have typically suffered a cut of nearly 40% in public funding per student.
Sunday Herald 12.10.03
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