Crucial find in cancer research
Dundee Cancer scientists have uncovered a crucial safeguard that protects the body against the disease
The Courier 25.07.03
Fears over student flats unfounded
Fears that the supply of privately-rented student accommodation in Dundee could dry up on the extension of quality regulations to flats let out to three or more tenants appear to be unfounded
The Courier 25.07.03
Author to give talks
Last year's Dundee Book Prize winner has been invited to give a series of readings at Edinburgh Castle during the upcoming Fringe Festival
The Courier 24.07.03
Architect to visit Dundee to officially open cancer-care unit and receive honorary degree
World-renowned architect Frank Gehry, who chose Dundee as the site of his only UK building, is to accept an honorary degree from Dundee University
Press & Journal 24.07.03
Honorary degree for architect
As above
The Courier 24.07.03
Honour for Maggie's Centre architect
As above
Evening Telegraph 24.07.03
A 'bit of love from outer space' for cancer victims
World-renowned Canadian architect Frank Gehry has dedicated his first UK building - overlooking Dundee's Tay estuary - to cancer sufferers
The Courier 22.07.03
Decades of devastation ahead as global warming melts the Alps
'I am quite sure what happened on the Matterhorn last week was the result of the Alps losing its permafrost' said civil engineer Professor Michael Davies of Dundee University
The Observer 20.07.03
Art chronicles troubled history
The artwork springs from a long history on the Unionist side of the sectarian fence but has also been picked up by the Nationalist community in the past three decades. And now it is being collected and chronicled in a remarkable project created by a Dundee doctor. Dr Jonathan McCormick is a clinical lecturer in Child Health at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. He initially came to the city to study medicine at Dundee University, having been brought up further down the east coast in the Borders, where he had virtually no exposure to sectarianism
The Courier.07.03
University romps ahead in Scotland for applications
Applications to Dundee University for the coming academic year have increased by the largest percentage of any Scottish University
The Courier 19.07.03
Scramble for places at Dundee University
Applications to Dundee University for the coming academic year have increased by the largest percentage of any Scottish University
Evening Telegraph 18.07.03
Cancer Gene unlocked
Medical experts have made a breakthrough in cancer treatment after unlocking the secrets of a gene which combats the condition
www.news.scotsman.com 25.07.03
Scientists in cancer gene hope
As above
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/print/news/5017736.shtml 25.07.03
Discovery of molecule that "could protect against cancer"
As above
http://www.health-news.co.uk/showstory.asp?id=115840 25.07.03
Scientists unlock 'Cancer gene'
As above
www.thisisexeter.co.uk 25.07.03
Scientists unlock gene for cancer breakthrough
As above
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_802987.html 24.07.03
The oxygen cure
According to Dr Philip James, senior lecturer at the University of Dundee and director of the Wolfson Hyperbaric Medicine Unit, although doctors use pure oxygen routinely to promote recovery in intensive care, "they haven't latched on to the fact that having high levels of oxygen in the red cells does not necessarily mean that the oxygen will reach the tissues, because when a tissue is damaged, so is its blood supply".
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,589-753325,00.html 23.07.03
University helps restoration project
The role played by the University of Abertay, Dundee in planning for the restoration of a Perth monastery was marked yesterday
The Courier 19.07.03
Fun and games for Beano's virtual neighbours
The Beano is to offer the chance to become a virtual neighbour of its famous characters. Four students, who are studying at Abertay University for BScs in computing, have joined forces with DC Thomson's design team to create a service expected to come on stream early next year
The Scotsman 24.07.03
Universities face calls to modernise
A report into the organisation of universities will call for root-and-branch reform of managers' training and performance
The Scotsman 25.07.03
Pay rise for lecturers if new work deal agreed
University lecturers have been offered a pay rise of almost 8 per cent in a "money for modernisation" deal
The Scotsman 22.07.03
New student loan repayment set-up outlined
Graduates are flowing out of Scotland's universities looking for work - and 81% are likely to have debts
Press & Journal 21.07.03
Unwanted graduates with 'soft' degrees
This summer 55,000 students will graduate from Scottish universities and colleges but less than half will find jobs
The Sunday Times 20.07.03
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