Orchestra's inaugural concert
Dundee University will host the inaugural concert of the Northern Scottish Philharmonic Orchestra on February 15 in the Caird Hall. The concert will raise funds for TICR - the Institute for Cardiovascular Research at the university's medical school
The Courier 24.01.03
New orchestra's debut
As above
The Courier 24.01.03
Virtual Lecture
Professor Stephen Hawking delivered a virtual lecture at Dundee University today by video conferencing
Evening Telegraph 23.01.03
Hawking's delivers virtual lecture from US
As above
Press & Journal 24.01.03
Biotech funding reaches £100m mark
Dundee University's school of life sciences has reached a £100 million milestone, thanks largely to the Wellcome Trust Biocentre, Dundee's "citadel of science"
The Courier 24.01.03
£100 million milestone for school of life sciences
As above
Evening Telegraph 24.01.03
Dundee play focuses on true cancer cases
Cancer tales by Nell Dunn is based on real-life stories of five women and their experiences of supporting a family member or friend when they fell prey to the disease. The play has been performed all week at Dundee University as part of a study day for nurses and other health professionals involved in cancer care
Press & Journal 24.01.03
Play used in cancer training
As above
The Courier 24.01.03
Time Team talk
Professor Mick Aston, one of the archaeologists who appears on TV programme Time Team will deliver a lecture at Dundee University on Saturday
Evening Telegraph 23.01.03
Time Team talk
As above
Press & Journal 24.01.03
Future uncertain as staff cut from I-RACE project
An ambitious multi-million pound venture by Telewest and Dundee-based VIS Entertainment to create the world's first fully computer-generated TV channel appears to be facing and uncertain future after an announcement yesterday that staff have been cut from the project, which now has an indefinite launch date
The Courier 24.01.03
Students' praise for lecturers
Dundee University students were today praising their award-winning lecturers for the way they helped to improve the learning process
Evening Telegraph 22.01.03
Students praise innovative lecturers
As above
The Courier 23.01.03
Dancing DNA could lead to cure for cancer
A team of Dundee scientists have been studying "dancing DNA" in an attempt to cure cancer. The Dundee University team are the first in the UK to use a revolutionary technique developed in the US to tag single molecules on strands of DNA with fluorescent chemicals
Press & Journal 23.01.03
System will aid cancer study
As above
The Courier 23.01.03
Career move
Dundee pupils were encouraged to turn their love of computer games into a career yesterday. Chris Van der Kuyl, chief executive of software company VIS Entertainment, was giving a talk to 70 fifth and sixth-year pupils as part of the Aiming High series outlining career options in science
Press & Journal 22.01.03
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Computer games entrepreneur Chris van der Kuyl yesterday gave a talk at Dundee's Sensation science centre
The Courier 22.01.03
Cancer tales
A new play, Cancer Tales, written to express the voices of people whose lives have been touched by cancer, will be performed at Dundee University on Thursday as part of a study day for nurses and health professionals involved in cancer care
Evening Telegraph 21.01.03
Cancer drug firm hails new phase in testing
Crucial trials are about to begin of an anti-cancer drug developed by the Dundee-based biopharmaceutical company Cyclacel
The Courier 21.01.03
Cancer drug trials continue
As above
The Herald 21.01.03
Exhibition of art graduates' work
Two graduates of Duncan of Jordanstone College at Dundee University have joined forces to present an exhibition of their latest work at the Crawford Arts Centre in St Andrews
The Courier 21.01.03
£10m Mayfield housing plans
An application seeking the go-ahead for a £10 million-plus development of executive-type housing on the site of the former Mayfield halls of residence in Dundee has been lodged with the city council
The Courier 21.01.03
Academics celebrate career of lecturer
Academics from all over Scotland and England gathered at Dundee University to celebrate the career of a senior psychology lecturer. Alan Wilkes retired from his post at the university in November after 40 years of teaching and research, and his gift at the time was a portrait
The Courier 20.01.03
Artists picked for Venice showcase
A Fine art tutor and four graduates from Dundee University have been selected to represent Scotland at the world's biggest and most important showcase for contemporary visual arts
Press & Journal 18.01.03
Major honour for artists
As above
The Courier 18.01.03
Picked for Scotland
As above
Evening Telegraph 17.01.03
£10,000 award for artist
Dundee-based painter Delia Baillie has won the £10,000 Alastair Salvesen Art Scholarship, one of the youngest artists to do so in the 15 years of the award. A graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College, Delia (25) was one of the four finalists whose portfolio and travel plans won the day in a tightly contested final
The Courier 20.01.03
Lunchtime Bach at Dundee University
In Dundee University Chaplaincy yesterday we heard two of his Brandenburg Concertos, the first and the fifth, in versions for piano duet by the German composer and organist Max Reger, capably played by Andrew Macintosh, organist of All Saints' Church, St Andrews and Graeme Stevenson, music organiser at Dundee University
The Courier 18.01.03
Professor examines future of education
Dundee University's popular season of Saturday evening lectures continued at the weekend with a talk from Donald McIntyre, professor of education at Cambridge University
The Courier 20.01.03
Botanic talk postponed
A talk by Dr Rae of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, to the Friends of the University of Dundee Botanic Garden, scheduled for Wednesday, January 29, has been postponed. From The Kalahari Desert To The Skeleton Coast will go ahead on Wednesday, February 19
The Courier 18.01.03
Award for healthcare team
A team of healthcare professionals at a Dundee practice yesterday received a national award from comedian and presenter Fred MacAulay
The Courier 18.01.03
Firms set to move to Medipark?
Dundee Medipark which it is hoped will ultimately provide work for up to 600 people in the city, could at last be on course to land its first occupant
The Courier 18.01.03
Medipark: first occupants soon?
As above
Evening Telegraph 17.01.03
Scots scientists crack cancer code
A cure for cancer is within reach after a team of Scottish scientists won an international race to discover a major cause of the disease. Professor David Lane, one of the world's authorities on cancer treatment, based at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, praised the research
Scotland on Sunday 19.01.03
Dundee fights its depressing demons
The city of jute, jam and McGonagall has a beautiful soul despite the crimes of urban planners. Scotland's leading expert in the history of architecture, Professor McKean had a theory, according to which medieval Dundee was built along the same lines as Hanseatic League towns (Lubeck, Gdansk, Copenhagen, etc), where curved, crescent-like streets ran parallel to each other, with open spaces in between
The Herald 20.01.03
Scots universities in crackdown on 'cut and paste' cheats
Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh universities have taken action to beat dodgers by introducing special anti-cheat software which outlines copied passages in red. Dr James Stewart, of Dundee University's English Department, said: "The problem of students using the Internet to plagiarise has increased over the last few years
Press & Journal 20.01.03
Cancer tales
A new play, Cancer Tales, written to express the voices of people whose lives have been touched by cancer, will be performed at Dundee University on today as part of a study day for nurses and health professionals involved in cancer care
Radio Tay 23.01.03
SATs research carried out by University of Dundee's Wider Access Centre
BBC Radio Scotland 21.01.03
Team produces dazzling work
Last year a team at the university were doing their best to try to vandalise some bank machines. Now colleagues at University of Abertay Dundee are doing their best to ensure that the screens of the ATMs can be seen clearly in the brightest conditions - provided they've survived the attempts to knock lumps out of them
The Courier 24.01.03
Abertay celebrates Chinese link
Abertay University today celebrated a historic milestone when 46 Chinese students visited the campus
Evening Telegraph 22.01.03
Pill may pose new problem
Women's taste in men could vary depending on whether they are taking the contraceptive pill, researchers claimed yesterday
The Courier 20.01.03
No extra fees for Scottish students
Jack McConnell yesterday ruled out a fees free-for-all among Scottish universities, but he and fellow ministers failed to allay concerns that institutions north of the Border will fall behind their English counterparts
The Scotsman 24.01.03
University Challenge
Devolution always carried a risk. The upside was the autonomy to pursue rigorously Scottish interests. The downside was that weak domestic leadership and isolation from the big funding departments in Whitehall might leave parts of Scottish society dangerously second best in any UK competition for resources
The Scotsman 23.01.03
University cash crisis in Scotland
Senior figures in Scottish education last night warned that universities north of the Border will fall behind their English counterparts and could be forced to cut jobs and courses after a new student funding package was unveiled by Charles Clarke, the Westminster Education Secretary
The Scotsman 23.01.03
Always a price to pay when future is academic
Yesterday's white paper on higher education came in response to two major challenges facing universities
The Scotsman 23.01.03
Working-class students less likely to fail
One of Britain's top universities yesterday published evidence to suggest that working class students admitted with lower A-level grades than usual do at least as well as those from "conventional" backgrounds
The Scotsman 22.01.03
Academic warns English top-up fees will make life harder for Scots universities
A leading academic has warned that the introduction of top-up fees in England will make it even harder for Scottish universities to retain academic staff
The Scotsman 22.01.03
Open Heir
When Brenda Gourley became the Open University's first female vice-chancellor, she knew she was in for a learning experience
The Scotsman, S2, 22.01.03
Dare to be Digital launch
The 2003 Dare to be Digital competition was launched today at Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre
Evening Telegraph 21.01.03
Trust boosts cancer campaign
The Campaign to raise £1 million to purchase specialist cancer treatment equipment for Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, received another boost yesterday
The Courier 21.01.03
Scots students could benefit from plan to increase top-up fees in England
Scottish students could gain financial benefit from the controversial proposals to introduce new top-up fees for universities
The Herald 21.01.03
Boost for university plan
The project to create a university of the Highlands and Islands has received a further financial boost of more than £800,000
The Scotsman 21.01.03
Top-up fees will mean fewer poor students at university, says Cubie
Rules may be bent to allow students from wealthier backgrounds to secure more university places, a leading figure in Scottish education has claimed
The Scotsman 21.01.03
If I'm paying for your education so can you
The Government is about to introduce a new test for those considering a university career. The central question will be punishingly direct. Do you want to run up a debt of £21,000 in order to go to the best British universities? Some people will, apparently, be put off applying to our elite institutions by the prospect of taking on a debt of this size.
The Times 21.01.03
Poor students will pay more in 'market-based system'
Students from poorer families will receive new maintenance grants of up to £1,000 a year but may still end up paying more towards the cost of their university course after they have graduated, the government will reveal tomorrow in its long-awaited and politically explosive blueprint for higher education
The Guardian 21.01.03
Poor students pay more
Continued from above
The Guardian 21.01.03
Scots downplay tuition fee news
The possibility of students in England and Wales having to pay fees of up to £4,000 a year may not lead to them storming Hadrian's Wall, according to the body representing Scotland higher education principals
The Courier 18.01.03
Students to face £1,000 rise in fees
Students face paying an additional £1,000 to cover the cost of their degrees under recommendations from Scotland's university principals
The Sunday Times 19.01.03
English universities will get right to charge £3,000 a year
Universities will have to provide better access for working class youngsters in return for the right to charge higher fees under Tony Blair's higher education funding plans for England and Wales, which will be announced next week
The Times 18.01.03
University funding
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The Times 18.01.03
£36m award for education colleges
Further education colleges and higher education institutions are to receive £36m in extra funding to help make their buildings and activities more accessible to people with disabilities
The Herald 20.01.03
Students put life on hold over debt fears
Graduates are having to delay starting a family or buying a home for up to a decade, due to the crippling effects of repaying fees and loans
Sunday Herald 19.01.03
Graduates could face £21,000 debts
As above
The Herald 20.01.03
Second class degrees
Scottish universities must prepare for the repercussions of an English 'Ivy League' that could charge fees up to £12,000
The Sunday Times 19.01.03
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