New magazine aims to spark public interest in architecture
The Dundee Institute for Architects yesterday launched a magazine aimed at stimulating public interest in architecture
The Courier 22.08.03
Entries for book prize pouring in
Entries are pouring in from around the globe for the Dundee Book Prize just three months since its latest round was launched
The Courier 22.08.03
Delight at interest in book prize
As above
Evening Telegraph 21.08.03
The victims: UN at crossroads
Dr Norrie MacQueen, head of the politics department at Dundee University, doubts this will happen. "The Americans have, since before the war, been firmly against any significant UN security role, so I think for them to give way on that at this stage is unlikely. "The only thing that would be significant would be if substantial security responsibilities were passed to the UN. But the Americans would inevitably see that as a surrender."
The Herald 21.08.03
Film scoops festival award
Paralympic medallist Alan McGregor's collaboration with Dundee film-maker Glenn Miller has won an award at this year's Arbroath-based Fairport Film Festival
The Courier 21.08.03
BioDundee programme success
A summer student programme run by Scottish Enterprise Tayside to help university life science students gain vital lab and business skills in biotechnology and life sciences companies has been declared a "great success."
The Courier 21.08.03
Students quick to snap up vacant places
Places at universities in Fife and Tayside have been snapped up through the university clearing system
The Courier 21.08.03
University taster
A number of fifth year pupils from Lawside Academy were given a taste of life in higher education when they visited Dundee University today
Evening Telegraph 20.08.03
Fake bids mar auction of Beatles photograph
The Internet auction of a unique photograph of The Beatles to raise funds for a Dundee-based charity has been the victim of fake bidding by hoaxsters, it was confirmed yesterday
The Courier 21.08.03
Hoax bids on Dundee Internet auction
As above
Evening Telegraph 20.08.03
Talking food scanner lets blind people shop safely
A new "speaking" barcode-scanner can read out food ingredients to blind and visually impaired people or give warnings on allergy-inducing food stuffs. The scanner, dubbed Tele-eye by scientists at the universities of Strathclyde and Dundee, can identify the product and read food ingredients out loud, giving warnings over the presence of common allergy foods such as nuts
Press & Journal 20.08.03
Food label reader makes shopping easier for the elderly and blind
As above
The Scotsman 20.08.03
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The Fab Four as we have never seen them before. An unpublished portrait of the Beatles, taken on the day in 1965 that their MBEs were announced, is being sold at www.ticrappeal.co.uk to raise funds for cardiovascular research at Dundee University
The Times 19.08.03
Beatles picture nets interest
As above
The Herald 19.08.03
Huge interest in Internet sale of rare Beatles photo
As above
Press & Journal 19.08.03
Bidding frenzy for Beatles rarity
As above
The Courier 19.08.03
Research boost from Fab Four bid frenzy
As above
Evening Telegraph 18.08.03
Health Boards 'failing' asthma sufferers
Asthma sufferers face a postcode lottery when trying to find treatment for their condition, according to a survey published yesterday, which was partly carried out by Dundee University
The Courier 19.08.03
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Cantiones Sacrae, who specialise in Renaissance polyphonic choral music, will perform in Dundee on Friday, October 10, at the University of Dundee lunchtime concert in the Chaplaincy Centre
The Courier 18.08.03
Bids to open on Beatles picture
Money can't buy you love, sang the Beatles, but some lucky person may bid enough to pick up a rare picture of the group at an auction which starts today. The picture has been taken from the unpublished archive of photographs, which were discovered at Dundee University after more than 30 years. The archive goes for sale online
The Courier 18.08.03
Rare Beatles photo for charity sale
As above
The Herald 18.08.03
Money can buy you Beatles photo
As above
The Scotsman 18.08.03
All you need is £140,000 for Beatles venue
As above
Press & Journal 18.08.03
Rare Beatles photo auctioned online
As above
The Mirror 18.08.03
Asthma - poor care lets 10 die each year
One in 10 asthma deaths in Scotland is due to inadequate NHS treatment and widespread ignorance of the condition among health staff, a damning new report has revealed. The study, Life at the Crossroads, was produced by NACS and asthma researchers at Dundee and Aberdeen Universities
Scotland on Sunday 18.08.03
From Dundee to Inverness
The third annual sponsored cycle by a team from the School of Life Sciences at Dundee University, in aid of the proposed Diabetes Research Centre in the city, got under way today
Evening Telegraph 15.08.03
Go wild for a different kind of holiday
Wilderness Scotland, an Edinburgh-based company trying to sell something different. Set up by two friends who met and discovered a mutual love of the outdoors at the University of Dundee, the company was established three years ago.
www.edinburghnews.com/business.cfm?id=920102003 21.08.03
Scanner can tell shoppers what they are getting
A new "speaking" barcode scanner can read out food ingredients to blind and partially-sighted shoppers and warn of allergy-inducing ingredients. The scanner, dubbed Tele-Eye by scientists at the universities of Strathclyde and Dundee, is being tested at a supermarket in Carnoustie.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/08/20/nscan20.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/08/20/ixhome.html 20.08.03
Deal reached to pipe gas from China Sea
Hong Kong Royal Dutch/Shell, Unocal and two big Chinese energy companies concluded an agreement Tuesday to set up what could become China's largest offshore natural gas project, linking a series of gas fields in the East China Sea by pipeline to Shanghai. Philip Andrew-Speed, a former BP geologist in China who now runs an energy policy study center at the University of Dundee comments
http://www.iht.com/articles/107020.html 20.08.03
Venture to Drill for Gas and Build Pipeline Off China
As above
www.nytimes.com/2003/08/20/business/worldbusiness/20gas.html?ex=1062043200&en=69e41da2e4adcc62&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE 20.08.03
Speaking scanner checks out labels
A barcode scanner which can read aloud food ingredient labels has been unveiled by scientists. Scientists at the University of Strathclyde and Dundee University, who dubbed the invention Tele-eye, also hope it will act as a safeguard for people with food allergies.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3164245.stm 19.08.03
Rare Beatles Photo Auctioned
An auctioned photo taken of the Beatles in 1965, apparently the day the Beatles were told they were to receive MBE's, is receiving huge interest and has passed the £9000 bid mark.
www.soundgenerator.com/news/index.cfm?articleid=2359 19.08.03
Unseen Beatles photo up for auction
A world exclusive print of a never before published photograph of the Beatles, taken during the height of
their fame during the filming of Help! in the 1960s, is the star lot in a unique online TICR charity auction
going live on Monday 18 August.
Radio Tay 18.08.03
Beatles snapshot in online auction
As above
www.web-user.co.uk/news/41074.html 18.08.03
Rare Beatles image up for auction
As above
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3159103.stm 18.08.03
Solar-powered ATMs for far-flung consumers?
Research carried out by automated teller machine (ATM) manufacturer, NCR Corporation, in cooperation with the University of Dundee, may make it possible to produce solar powered ATMs for customers in far-flung places around the world.
www.thewisemarketer.com/briefs/archive.asp?action=read&bid=569 16.08.03
Academics from Africa congregate in Dundee
More than 20 senior academics from African universities are gathering in Dundee this week to discuss the serious problems facing their higher education institutions
Evening Telegraph 18.08.03
Academics out of Africa
African university bosses have arrived in Scotland for a major conference aimed at addressing the huge economic and social challenges facing campuses across the continent
The Press & Journal 18.08.03
Focus on problems of African universities
As above
The Courier 18.08.03
Oriental audience for city's culture
Some of Dundee's cultural attractions are to be seen on TV by 15 million people on the other side of the world
The Courier 16.08.03
Rivalry and rebuff in race for £2m
Richard Grove was delighted when his research plans beat competition from almost 100 other projects to reach a shortlist of three for a slice of the biggest and most prestigious research award in the history of the British Academy.
THES 22.08.03
Appointed to Scottish Enterprise Fife Board
The links between St Andrews University and Scottish Enterprise (SE) Fife have received a major boost with the appointment of principal and vice-chancellor Dr Brian Lang to the board
Evening Telegraph 18.08.03
University pioneers gas leak
A groundbreaking laser device capable of detecting potentially fatal gas leaks has been developed by St Andrews University scientists
The Courier 18.08.03
Lasers throw light on deadly gas leaks
As above
Scotland on Sunday 17.08.03
Universities warn of £210m funding gap
Scotland faces increased pressure for university places and a reduction in state funding for higher education under Whitehall's plans for student top-up fees south of the Border
Sunday Herald 17.08.03
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