After John and Paul, picture this alliance
The recently discovered cache of previously unpublished photographs of The Beatles at Dundee University is also a treasure trove for its sister university across the Tay, St Andrews
Times Higher Education Supplement 18.10.02
Creative writing fellow in Dundee
The University of Dundee has just welcomed its new creative writing fellow, Colette Bryce, to her post
Evening Telegraph 17.10.02
University welcome new creative influence
As above
Press & Journal 18.10.02
New fellow has the write stuff
As above
The Courier 18.10.02
Mature award
A mature student, who started her degree in life sciences at the age of 39, picked up an award last night for the best zoology student at Dundee University school of life sciences prize-giving
The Courier 18.10.02
Joint degree dream is now a reality
The first students to complete a joint degree from the Universities of Dundee and St Andrews finish their post graduate studies this month
The Courier 18.10.02
Emphatic 52-15 opening
Dundee opened their Scottish Universities rugby championship campaign with an emphatic 52-15 win over Aberdeen at Riverside
The Courier 18.10.02
Dundee singers hit right note to raise £2,000
Crooners from Dundee University are celebrating their success with charity sales of their CD which made them a hit in the School of Life Sciences
Press & Journal 17.10.02
Ron's Researchers a hit with Maggie's Centre
As above
The Courier 17.10.02
Centre cashes in thanks to crooners
As above
Evening Telegraph 16.10.02
Kirkton kids' art on display
A Dundee University graduate who now runs a pioneering business which nurtures the artistic ability of children today hosted an exhibition of their work in the Kirkton community lounge
Evening Telegraph 16.10.02
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As above
The Courier 17.10.02
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Legal Eagles and financial wizards from Dundee University gathered in the Tower Building last night for the faculty of law and accountancy's annual prize-giving
The Courier 17.10.02
Caring Dundee Caretaker
A generous Dundee University Janitor has given up his retirement collection to help the Macmillian nurses
Evening Telegraph 15.10.02
Charity cleans up thanks to ex-janitor
As above
The Courier 16.10.02
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A water feature will soon be on stream at Dundee Botanic Gardens, thanks to the fund-raising efforts of the city's Soroptimists
The Courier 16.10.02
Lecturer sees bright future in clean energy
Small changes can reap big rewards will be the message of a public lecture "Cleaner energy - brighter future?" at Dundee University tonight
The Courier 16.10.02
£2,500 grant towards exhibition
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, has been awarded a grant of over £2,500 towards the funding of an exhibition to be created by Glasgow-based artist Sally Osbourne
The Courier 16.10.02
Technology firms win funding bid chance
Two of Dundee's fledgling technology companies are set to bid for nearly £9 million of funding next week. Innov8ive Detection and Monitoring Ltd, spin-out company from Dundee University and Tayside Flow Technologies who operate from Dundee University's department of medicine at Ninewells
The Courier 15.10.02
North-east companies hope to make £25m connection
As above
Press & Journal 15.10.02
Cancer cure hopes are dashed
A Scientist at the forefront of international cancer research has claimed that a cure for the disease will never be found. Professor Sir David Lane, tipped to receive a Nobel Prize for his work on cancer genes, also predicted the number of people with cancer would rise sharply
Daily Mail 12.10.02
Sure to please or anger
Scottish Novelist Christopher Brookmyre, fast becoming a cult writer of offbeat thrillers, will be at Dundee University Chaplaincy on Wednesday to talk about his new book. The Sacred Art of Stealing
The Courier 14.10.02
Trio impress in rewarding concert
Since its last concert in Dundee Chaplaincy the Laird Quartet has lost one of its violinists, who has moved south
The Courier 12.10.02
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A colourful and humorous display of miniature ceramic figures created by an Invergowrie man has been mounted at Perth Museum and Art Gallery. The Clansmen of Glaur were created from Errol clay by the late Frederick Robin Coutts, a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone
The Courier 14.10.02
Growing places
Pessimism is the scourge of Scotland but, finds Linda Watson-Brown, there may be a cure. Beth Edberg aims to help breed a new generation of confident and ambitious Scots revolutionising the way we bring up our children. Suzanne Zeedyk, a lecturer in developmental psychology at the University of Dundee, believes Edberg is absolutely right
Sunday Herald 13.10.02
Dundee to host digital meeting
Dundee's reputation as a centre for digital media and entertainment is set to soar when the city plays host to an international industry conference later this month
The Courier 16.10.02
New study sees potential in refugees
A Team of University of St Andrews health population experts has just completed a pilot study which is said to disprove a number of common misconceptions about refugees, including the claim that they are a "financial burden."
The Courier 17.10.02
The female candidate
Germaine Greer with students at St Andrews University yesterday where she launched her campaign to become rector
Daily Telegraph 17.10.02
Greer sex bomb shatters peace of St Andrews
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Daily Telegraph 17.10.02
Woodhead pulls out of rector race
The field for the race to become rector of St Andrews University was reduced to three candidates yesterday with the surprise withdrawal of controversial educationalist Chris Woodhead
The Courier 16.10.02
Student debt crisis
The principal of Prince William's university called yesterday for the return of student grants to combat crippling level of debt caused by their abolition
Daily Mail 14.10.02
Artist helps reopen diner
"Chuffed to bits" was the immediate reaction of internationally-renowned artist Jack Vettriano when he unveiled the newly-refurbished Old Union Diner at St Andrews University
The Courier 14.10.02
Greer: I will run for St Andrews
Germaine Greer, the academic, feminist and writer, entered the race for the rectorship of St Andrews University yesterday, despite being unceremoniously dumped by one of her backers
The Herald 12.10.02
Big names contest St Andrews rectorship
Germaine Greer, Sir Clement Freud and Chris Woodhead are to fight a big-name battle for the position of rector at St Andrews University
The Scotsman 12.10.02
Bid to become rector a four-horse race
As above
The Courier 14.10.02
Parents an influence for good exam results
The parents of pupils can have as much of an influence as private schooling in achieving good grades, it was claimed yesterday
Press & Journal 18.10.02
University suggests £15,000 a year fees
Students would be forced to pay fees of up to £15,000 a year under the plans being drawn up by one of Britain's leading universities
The Times 18.10.02
Critics knock research showing private education doesn't pay
Figures indicating that parents are wasting around £6,000 a year on their children's education, have come under attack from critics who claim the data does not stand up to scrutiny
The Scotsman 18.10.02
Professor should do his school sums again
There are lies and statistics, as Mark Twain correctly warned us. So when the Scottish headlines bark "parents 'waste their money' on private school", we should be on guard.
The Scotsman 18.10.02
Jack helps nurture young talent
Internationally acclaimed Scottish artist Jack Vettriano is playing a vital role in nurturing the talents of some of Scotland's brightest artists
Evening Telegraph 16.10.02
Strike threat over super-university
Academic staff at two London colleges intending to merge into one "super-university" threatened yesterday to block the plans with strike action
The Times 17.10.02
In this don-eat-don world, the super-university will be in a class of its own
With their proposed £800 million merger, Imperial College, London and University College, London are set to transform themselves into the Manchester United of the British academic league
The Times 17.10.02
Duncan Smith 'insult' over A-levels
Iain Duncan Smith was accused last night of "insulting" thousands of students after suggesting that this year's A-levels were not "worth the paper they are written on"
Daily Telegraph 17.10.02
Scots universities get extra £7.5m
Undergraduates are to benefit from an additional £7.5million to support science and technology at Scottish Universities
Press & Journal 16.10.02
Exam regrading: 168 miss first choice university
Only 1089 university students' results have been amended as a result of A-Level regrading following this year's exams controversy, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) said today
Evening Telegraph 15.10.02
2,000 pupils hit by exam fiasco
An exam board tampered with almost 10,000 A-level grades unjustly depriving nearly 2,000 candidates of the results they had earned and more than 150 lost places at their preferred universities, Mike Tomlinson, who is investigating the exams fiasco, said yesterday
Daily Telegraph 16.10.02
The truth about this university merger
There is no certainty that the knot will be tied, because university mergers are difficult to achieve
The Independent 16.10.02
Merged colleges aim to be UK's leading university
Plans to merge two of the country's leading seats of learning into a new university able to eclipse Oxbridge and challenge Harvard were announced yesterday
The Times 15.10.02
Merger to create super-university
As above
The Guardian 15.10.02
A-level upgrades for 1,200 students
Hundreds of students will today enter the frantic race for new places on university degree courses, with an independent enquiry expected to confirm that around 1,200 have had their A-level results upgraded after the scandal over "grade fixing">
The Guardian 15.10.02
Educational equality (letter)
Surely an argument for universities favouring state pupils is that they have achieved their results whilst handicapped by an inferior education system
The Times 15.10.02
Spin-out doctors
Devolution seems to have done wonders for Scotland's universities. Not only have its universities been given good funding settlements in recent years, the Scottish Executive has routinely been more adventurous with the types of funding it gives its universities
The Guardian education 15.10.02
Getting things write
Almost half the students training to be teachers at a leading Scottish University cannot write properly, a damning survey has revealed
The Scotsman 12.10.02
Student teachers' writing wrongs
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The Scotsman 12.10.02
Trainee teachers 'cannot write'
As above
The Herald 12.10.02
University choices
Let's get this issue of university discrimination into perspective.
The Herald 12.10.02
Monteith leads action against university policy
Universities that discriminate against pupils from independent schools to boost the number of students from state schools could be breaching the human rights of parents
The Scotsman 13.10.02
Popular varsity
Officials at Aberdeen University have welcomed figures which show they have attracted more undergraduate students from throughout the UK and Europe than ever before.
Press & Journal 12.10.02
Dundee artists bemoan poor work at city's arts centre
It is the only art gallery in Scotland with bouncers on the door and now Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre might need them to keep out the angry art critics
Scotland on Sunday 13.10.02
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Cheques totalling £5,833 were handed over to local worthy causes at the Rotary Club of Dundee meeting at the Invercarse Hotel in Dundee
Evening Telegraph 11.10.02
Games without frontiers
On a recent edition of the American talk show Donohue, the topic was the good or bad effects of video games. Number one prime suspect was the Dundonian epic Grand Theft Auto 3
The Sunday Times 13.10.02
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