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TV and radio broadcaster Lesley Riddoch was yesterday unveiled as chairwoman of next year's Celtic Film and Television Festival, to be held in Dundee, on a visit to the city.
The Courier 19.12.03
City backdrop for Celts as festival advances east
As above
The Scotsman 19.12.03
Friends in tribute to Charles Forbes
Friends and colleagues held a dinner in the Bonar Hall last night to mark the retirement of Professor Charles Forbes from his post as head of the department of medicine at Dundee University Medical School.
The Courier 19.12.03
She's singing her art out to win a prize
Sometimes contemporary art is seen, and sometimes, like Anya Gallacia's rotting apples in the Turner Prize, it is smelt. Other artists, like Scots-born Susan Philipsz, shortlisted this week for the 2004 Beck's Futures Prize, prefer their work to be heard. Philipsz, 38, grew up in Glasgow, and trained in sculpture at Duncan of Jordanstone School of Art in Dundee.
The Scotsman 19.12.03
Artists line up for Creative Scotland awards
The Scottish Arts Council yesterday released its shortlist for the £30,000 Creative Scotland Awards, and they bought an electric cross-section of the Scottish arts scene. The shortlist includes Graham Fagen, a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art.
The Scotsman 19.12.03
Creative Scots in race for leading culture prize
As above
The Herald 19.12.03
Rabies victim bit nurses in despair
A disturbing insight into the final days of the first Briton to die from rabies in 100 years was revealed yesterday by the doctor who fought for more than a week to save David McRae.
The Scotsman 19.12.03
Scot struck by rabies bit two nurses at hospital
As above
The Herald 19.12.03
Nurses of rabid bat handler get the all-clear
As above
Evening Telegraph 18.12.03
Act II step out for the first time
"It reminds me of our line-dancing class," said one member of last night's Gardyne Road Theatre audience at Stepping Out, the first-ever production by Act II the new 'youth wing' of charity drama stalwarts, Act IV.
Evening Telegraph 18.12.03
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Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition, as any Monty Python fan will tell you, but two Spanish-speaking Dundee FC players had a fair warning of what was coming when they visited Dundee University yesterday.
The Courier 18.12.03
Man who changed NATO
NATO's secretary general, Lord Robertson has stepped down after a tumultuous four-year term that saw the alliance confronted with the 11 September attacks, peacekeeping in Afghanistan and deep divisions over the Iraq war.
The Herald 18.12.03
Masters Expo 2003
Duncan of Jordanstone college in Dundee might be outwith the Glasgow-Edinburgh axis, but this richly varied exhibition goes a long way to putting it on the map.
The Scotsman 18.12.03
Final warning for nursing students facing eviction
University students facing pre-Christmas eviction from their accommodation at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee were yesterday given extra time to pay up.
The Courier 18.12.03
Students must pay by Friday
As above
Evening Telegraph 17.12.03
Mr Alexander Clark
Dundee man Mr Alexander Clark, who was awarded the BEM for his service as the curator of grounds at Dundee University, has died aged 78.
The Courier 18.12.03
Death of former Curator of Grounds
As above
Evening Telegraph 17.12.03
Architects warn on new laws for disabled users
An award-winning firm of Broughty Ferry architects has warned that as many as 80% of Scotland's buildings will not be ready for new laws on access for the disabled. A link building created on Dundee University campus between the Old Medical School and the Carnelly Buildings, including wheelchair access, disabled toilets and hearing devices, received a commendation.
The Courier 18.12.03
Warning over new disabled access laws
As above
Evening Telegraph 17.12.03
Students face eviction over unpaid rents at hospital
University students in Dundee have been told to pay up or face eviction from their accommodation at Ninewells as Tayside University Hospitals get tough on growing rent arrears.
The Courier 17.12.03
Dundee student designs message of peace
An art student who came up with a peaceful message for Tayside Police has been rewarded for her design. Tayside Police contacted Dundee's Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design earlier this year to ask students to come up with a card that fitted the bill.
Press & Journal 17.12.03
Art student's card fits "The Bill"
As above
Evening Telegraph 16.12.03
CD in aid of good cause
A Dundee University member of staff has written a 10-track CD to raise funds for a cyber cafe where researchers will develop software for the disabled and elderly.
Evening Telegraph 16.12.03
Dundee University to get new £9m research centre
A new £9million medical research centre is to be built at Dundee University
Press & Journal 16.12.03
Clinical research centre approved
As above
The Courier 16.12.03
Exhibition marks works of the masters
The show, called Masters Expo 2003, displays the work of some of the country's most talented up and coming artists studying masters programmes at the university's Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design.
Press & Journal 16.12.03
Lecturers to consider strike action
Dundee University lecturers will vote on strike action next month, following a row over pay.
The Courier 16.12.03
Lecturers to vote on industrial action over pay
As above
Evening Telegraph 15.12.03
Masters Expo is an eclectic mix
The Masters Expo is the culmination of this year's programmes in fine art, design, electronic imaging and animation and visualisation at Duncan on Jordanstone College of Art and Design.
The Courier 15.12.03
Lady Duncan of Jordanstone
The death has occurred of Lady Duncan of Jordanstone. She was 93 and died peacefully at her home near Alyth, on December 8, after some months of declining health.
The Courier 15.12.03
Law needs to clarify status of charities
There is a pressing need for radical reform of charity law. Although there has been legislation on the subject, the fundamental Scots law on charities dates back to 1601. The Scottish Office commissioned a study of the Scottish charity law by the Charity Law Research Unit at Dundee University.
Scotland on Sunday 14.12.03
The dark arts of a hungry villain
Actor Brian Cox has come along way from childhood poverty and school bullies. Cox, one of Scotland's foremost thespians, still spreading his wings at 57, tells this as a cautionary tale.
Sunday Times 14.12.03
Scottish cancer research receives £3m boost
Scottish universities are to share in a £3m boost to help cancer research, it emerged yesterday. The money, from the charity Cancer Research Scotland, will help scientists in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
The Herald 13.12.03
£3m for Scots cancer studies
As above
The Courier 13.12.03
$150,000 boost for research centre campaign
The £4 million campaign to build a centre of excellence for research into diabetes at Dundee University has been given a major boost thanks to one of its honorary graduates.
The Courier 13.12.03
Research will 'give fuller picture'
Continuing research into cot deaths will make evidence produced in court clearer and more complete in future according to Professor Robert Hume, consultant paediatrician for NHS Tayside and professor of developmental medicine at Dundee University.
The Courier 13.12.03
BBC puts Dundee on the airwaves
BBC Radio descended on Dundee yesterday with no fewer than four programmes being recorded for broadcast from the city.
The Courier 13.12.03
Students receive bank's bursary awards
Dundee University first-year students received bursary awards worth £4000 from the Royal Bank of Scotland yesterday.
The Courier 13.12.03
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There was more music last night in the atmospheric setting of St Paul's Cathedral during Dundee University's candle-lit carol service.
The Courier 13.12.03
Radio stars in Dundee
Radio Scotland's Fred MacAulay broadcast his morning show from the Marryat Hall in Dundee today, as part of the station's 25th anniversary celebrations.
Evening Telegraph 12.12.03
English in Scotland
Murray Watson, University of Dundee, is interviewed about his book.
Radio 4 thinking aloud programme 17.12.03
Putting in a good word for books
In the hectic and expensive Christmas lead-up, isn’t it wonderful that the best present you can give your child is a few minutes spent reading together? Keith Topping, professor of educational and social research at the University of Dundee and an authority on children’s reading and thinking skills, says: "International research shows that reading with children at home for a few minutes each day can make a big difference to their later reading achievement - which then can have an effect on achievement in other learning."
http://www.news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=1369322003 13.12.03
Top-up fees report piles funds pressure on Wallace
Jim Wallace, the deputy first minister, now faces even more pressure to secure additional funding for Scottish universities in the forthcoming spending review.
The Herald 19.12.03
Holyrood pressure on Scots MPs over top-up fees risks
Scots MPs came under pressure from Holyrood yesterday over top-up tuition fees in England with an unprecedented warning they could lead to universities north of he border losing out.
The Herald 19.12.03
MSPs warn of cash crisis for universities
As above
The Scotsman 19.12.03
English students face top-up fees at Scots universities
University chiefs in Scotland want to prevent an influx of English students trying to escape top-up fees by charging them the same fees they would pay to study at universities in England
The Times 15.12.03
Battle ahead over £9,000 university fee for English students
Scotland's university principals are set for a fierce battle with the Scottish Executive over plans to charge English students £9,000 to attend Scottish institutions.
The Scotsman 15.12.03
Scots university fee plan for English
As above
Scotland on Sunday 14.12.03
English students' £9,000 bill for Scots education
Continued from above
Scotland on Sunday 14.12.03
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