Wanderer returns
A leading figure in the field of educational research in the UK is to join Dundee University as vice principal
The Scotsman 30.10.02
Student had indecent images
A Dundee University student was placed on the sex offenders' register for five years yesterday after he admitted being in possession of indecent images of children
The Courier 01.11.02
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Students from Dundee University donned their finest Hallowe'en costumes yesterday before embarking on a sponsored walk over the Tay Bridge. The students braved the chilly temperatures to raise funds for their annual ball
The Courier 31.10.02
Arty pupils put in the picture
Artists and designers of tomorrow are looking to the future with a taster of what life at art college might be like
Press & Journal 30.10.02
Designs on the future
As above
Evening Telegraph 29.10.02
Action promised on catering crisis for nursing students
Students at the school of nursing and midwifery at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee have been promised prompt action to provide them with a better catering after a group of them contacted The Courier to complain about having to go hungry
The Courier 30.10.02
Boost to university's material wealth
Dundee University yesterday welcomed the announcement of a £115,000 grant for a project which will act as a virtual 'portal' for study of the textile industry in Scotland
The Courier 30.10.02
£250,000 of grants for Tayside museums
As above
Evening Telegraph 29.10.02
Mayfield hall of residence sold for undisclosed sum
Almost seven years after it was declared surplus to requirements, the former Mayfield student hall of residence in Dundee has been sold
The Courier 30.10.02
Mayfield hall of residence site sold at last
As above
Evening Telegraph 29.10.02
Prof joins university as new vice-principal
A leading figure in educational research in the UK is to join Dundee University as vice-principal
Press & Journal 29.10.02
Appointed new vice-principal
As above
The Courier 29.10.02
African beginning for Dundee University party
Twelve students and graduates of Dundee University's school of architecture have just completed their first building project - on a construction site thousands of miles away
The Courier 29.10.02
Fragments of the past
A major exhibition by Dundee University Professor Calum Colvin is currently running at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh
The Courier 29.10.02
Chembus on tour
A mobile chemistry lab is to tour schools throughout Tayside and Fife over the next week. It involves chemists from the universities of St Andrews and Dundee taking chemistry into schools to encourage pupils to study the subject
The Courier 29.10.02
Awards go from strength to strength
This year's Dundee by Design Awards is set to be the most competitive in the five-year history of the event, with over 40 entries
The Courier 29.10.02
Top secret files shown to jury as Shayler court case opens
The first day of the trial of former MI5 officer, David Shayler, charged on three counts of breaking the Official Secrets Act including disclosing information from telephone taps. David Shayler, aged 36, was born in Middlesborough and educated at Dundee University
The Guardian 29.10.02
New Dimension Dundee to meet Arius3D challenge
The technological and creative expertise of Dundee's universities has attracted Arius3D Inc to set up a £7m European Innovation Centre in the city
Scottish Development International Magazine Autumn 2002
Dundee's cancer challengers
Dundee's reputation as a powerhouse in the fight against cancer and other diseases has been boosted by two recent announcements. Biopharmaceutical company Cyclacel has announced clinical trials of its lead drug, CYC202, for the treatment of a group of inflammatory diseases of the kidney
Scottish Development International Magazine Autumn 2002
Algal research lab in demand
A Dundee University laboratory specialising in algal toxins has just been named by UNESCO as the UK centre for a new international research and training programme in water quality
Scottish Development International Magazine Autumn 2002
Virtual medicine
More than 20 leading medical schools from across the globe are expected to become core participants in Ivimeds, the Scottish-led virtual international medical school
Scottish Development International Magazine Autumn 2002
Sir Alan Langlands Principal projects
The monday interview
The Courier 28.10.02
US award for diabetes expert
Leading diabetes researcher Sir Philip Cohen has become the first non-American to have been honoured with the $50,000 Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation Distinguished Achievement Award in Metabolic Research
Jewish Chronicle 25.10.02
Fitness experts converge on city
More than 100 fitness instructors from throughout Scotland visited Dundee University's institute of sport at the weekend for a high-energy event organised by national governing body Fitness Scotland
The Courier 28.10.02
Cancer research benefits from pedal power of 12 cyclists
The pedal power of 12 cyclists from Dundee University has clocked up £1,117 for Cancer Research UK Scotland
Press & Journal 26.10.02
Instinctive musicality
Andrew Wright's lunchtime concert in Dundee University chaplaincy yesterday was really something special
The Courier 26.10.02
Pupils help heart centre get off the ground
Building work started yesterday on the Institute for Cardiovascular Research at Dundee University - the first institute of its kind in Scotland, bringing together experts from different fields to tackle heart disease
Press & Journal 26.10.02
Man with a camera
Earlier this month we carried the new that rare pictures of The Beatles had been discovered at the University of Dundee. The images were from the vast collection of work by hungarian-born photographer Michael Peto, gifted to the university after his death in 1970
The Courier 26 10.02
Brave new world or a nation divided and poor? The future is ours to choose
The Scottish Parliament has descended into wrangling, with scandal-hungry newspapers filling the power vacuum. Those interviewed, including familiar names like Dundee University principal Sir Alan Langlands, Clackmannanshire chief executive Keir Bloomer and Unison general secretary Matt Smith, had their thoughts distilled into alternative visions of how Scotland might look in 10 years' time
Scotsman on Sunday 27.10.02
Maths in the real world
Students who sign up for a new maths course at Dundee University could find themselves studying such technical problems, as well as many other which relate to developments in science
BBC Online 26.10.02
Digital industries 'need more cash'
Tayside's position as a leader in the digital creative industries will need to be backed by significant investments over the next ten years if it is to remain ahead of the pack, the vice president of Abertay University told an international audience in Dundee today
Evening Telegraph 31.10.02
University to ask its graduates for funds
Students at Abertay are contacting alumni of the university to seek their help in the university's drive to build an even better experience for future generations of students
The Courier 28.10.02
Students' global appeal to Abertay alumni
As above
Press & Journal 28.10.02
Principal calls for universities cash debate
A top academic today said Scottish universities must look at ways of increasing their income in order to compete with other institutions in England and further afield. But Dr Brian Lang, principal of St Andrew's University, insisted he did not want to see tuition fees for Scots students rise and said it would be a "great pity" if they did so
Evening Telegraph 31.10.02
St Andrews principal speaks on finances
A top academic yesterday said Scottish universities must look at ways of increasing their income if they are to compete with other institutions in England and further afield
The Courier 01.11.02
University's £2.5m research partnership
A £2.5million research partnership involving a major South African petro-chemicals company and the University of St Andrews was officially launched yesterday morning
The Courier 01.11.02
University breaks ranks as funding question persists
St Andrews University broke ranks with the rest of the Scottish higher education sector yesterday by stating it would consider using top-up fees to increase funding
The Herald 31.10.02
It's the £15,000 question
Top-up fees would deter poor students
The Herald 31.10.02
'University tuition fees must soar'
As above
The Scotsman 31.10.02
Rector success for Sir Clement
Former Liberal MP Sir Clement Freud was last night elected rector of St Andrews University for a three-year term
The Courier 26.10.02
Professor Salmond will teach students about economics
Alex Salmond, the former SNP leader, has been appointed a visiting professor of economics at Strathclyde University
The Herald 01.11.02
Why Scots universities may be forced down top-up road
I am beneficiary of a university education paid for by the state
The Herald 01.11.02
Is education a price worth paying?
Raising fees may be the only way for our universities
The Scotsman 01.11.02
Flying high in Academe
The first MBA in higher education management began this week
The Independent 31.10.02
Changing museums
Interesting museum projects in Dundee, Perth and Angus are to receive financial help from the taxpayer
The Courier 30.10.02
Putting too much emphasis on university
Letters to editor
The Herald 30.10.02
British graduates enjoy highest salary premium
Advocates of higher university fees received encouragement yesterday from a survey that found that graduates in the UK enjoy the largest earnings premium in the world
The Times 30.10.02
British graduates top OECD league for monetary gains from university degrees
Holding a degree gives graduates higher financial rewards in the UK than in any other country for which there is comparable data, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said yesterday
Financial Times 30.10.02
Students settle for second best after dreams of plum jobs are shattered
Thousands of students are embarking on the first semester of three or four years of study. They are full of hope, ambition and dreams of what a university degree may bring them
The Herald 28.10.02
Conference held on child protection
Over 100 child protection experts at a conference at West Park Conference Centre, Dundee, were yesterday told that young people are fed up being assessed by care professionals
The Courier 26.10.02
Tax delay could cost graduates millions
University graduates could be paying millions of pounds extra in students loan repayments because of the system to collect the money from their salaries
The Sunday Herald 27.10.02
Swede meet gives partners a taste of a glorious future
When the Scots went to Stockholm, Kenny Kemp was there... and saw the beginning of a beautiful friendship
The Sunday Herald 27.10.02
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