Expert's household chemicals advice
A Dundee expert on toxins has offered advice on minimising the risk they pose in the home, warning that the long-term effects of everyday products - particularly cosmetics - is yet unknown
The Courier 27.06.03
World of imagination
Stories for children have never been more topical, with the stampede to read the latest Harry Potter and the 2003 children's section of the Edinburgh International Book Festival and the biggest it's ever been. Writer and Illustrator Natalie Russell knows exactly what it feels like to see your first book in print
The Courier 27.06.03
Pupils' praise for university
Seven Dundee High School pupils, who took part in the debut of an initiative that saw them leading double lives as both school learners and university students will "graduate" this week
The Courier 26.06.03
University to honour top sculptor
One of Scotland's leading sculptors is to be recognised with the award of an honorary degree from the University of Abertay Dundee. Alastair Ross is a lecturer at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, a post he has held for nearly 40 years
Press & Journal 26.06.03
Recognition for sculptor
As above
The Courier 26.06.03
Funding issue is bitter pill for industry's small players to swallow
Despite an annual growth rate of 30 per cent, biotech firms are finding the transition from research to development a difficult one without outside help
The Scotsman 26.06.03
More teachers to train in Dundee
From next session, Dundee University will receive funding for an extra 24 trainee primary teachers, as part of a scheme aimed at putting 200 additional chalkface staff into schools throughout Scotland
Evening Telegraph 25.06.03
£2m to be spent on teacher training
As above
The Courier 26.06.03
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Around 40 people gathered at Dundee's Botanic Gardens last night to mark the centenary of the esplanade foreshore bridge at Riverside
The Courier 25.06.03
Police to investigate claims Skye bridge tolls are illegal
Police have agreed to investigate allegations that a key document at the heart of the controversy over Skye bridge tolls is legally flawed. Professor Ian Willock, emeritus professor of law at Dundee University, said he did not think the typewritten document purported to effect an assignation
The Herald 25.06.03
Dentists hope to drill home smoking advice
The University of Dundee has been awarded £83,000 for a joint project with the University of Glasgow to evaluate the success of counselling dental patients to stop smoking
Evening Telegraph 24.06.03
Ground-breaking doctor speaks of eureka moment
The Dundee doctor whose groundbreaking cancer work won her Scotland's top accolade for innovation at the weekend has spoken of the "eureka moment" which marked the success of her 20-year project
The Courier 24.06.03
Lecturer a victim of communist agents
Retired lecturer talks about when British academics were spied on by the communist East German secret police
The Courier 24.06.03
Professor wants to know what is in his Stasi file
Continued from above
The Courier 24.06.03
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BBC Scotland political editor Brian Taylor returned to his native Dundee last night to promote his new book, Scottish Parliament: Triumph and Disaster
The Courier 24.06.03
New hope for textile class
A non-vocational textiles course at Dundee University which had been earmarked for closure after 28 years could be saved, it was claimed yesterday
The Courier 24.06.03
Lifeline for textile class
As above
Evening Telegraph 23.06.03
Delight as Dundee doctor wins cancer research award
Groundbreaking research and development in the field of cancer treatment has won a Dundee doctor Scotland's top new award for innovation
Press & Journal 23.06.03
Doctor honoured for pioneering cancer work
As above
The Courier 23.06.03
Scientists find gene which halts ovarian cancer
As above
The Herald 23.06.03
Rewriting disability story
The Monday interview - Dr Annalu Waller
The Courier 23.06.03
The disease is in her genes. Could a cure be there too? - The lives of young
The lives of young Ella Owen and thousands of cystic fibrosis sufferers could be transformed. But action must be taken now so the new genetics can benefit everyone. The urgent ned for firm government action is backed Professor Roland Wolf, director of Dundee University's biomedical research centre
The Observer 22.06.03
Book Review - River Co-operation
The book, on the history and the legal regime of the water resources of the South Asian Sub-continent, edited by Dr. Patricia Wouters & Dr. Sergei Vinogradov, both professors at the University of Dundee, Scotland, is a welcome addition to the available literature on the subject as well as a useful tool for lawyers and academics alike interested with the legal aspects of the hydro-politics and diplomacy in the South Asian region.
http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishweekly/spotlight/2003/jun/jun27/review.htm 27.06.03
Charities Office
Stuart Cross interviewed re charities office in Dundee
Wave 102 27.06.03
Arts, Technology May Help Dementia Patients
Artistic pursuits and a hand-held computer could help people suffering from dementia to express themselves and remember appointments and events, British researchers said. scientists at the Oliver Zangwill Center for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation in Ely, eastern England and the University of Dundee in Scotland have turned to technology and adapted a tiny computer called the MemoJog to help patients and their carers remember dates, appointments, when to take medicines or even what day it is
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news 25.06.03
Dentists target smoking dangers
Dental teams at two Scottish universities are to be trained to try to help smokers quit the habit.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3016914.stm 24.06.03
Dentists target smoking dangers
As above
Reporting Scotland 24.06.03
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Over 100 people gathered at the University of Abertay Dundee last night for the graduation ceremony of the AHEAD (Access to Higher Education at Abertay Dundee) programme, which helps adults with few educational qualifications get into the university environment
The Courier 24.06.03
Abertay students stay the course
As above
Press & Journal 24.06.03
Couples wanted for depression study
The serious effects of postnatal depression on family life are the subject of a study at the University of Abertay in Dundee
Press & Journal 24.06.03
Volunteers plea for post-natal depression study
As above
The Courier 26.06.03
Honorary doctorates awarded
Lord Steel, former presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament, renowned artist Dame Elizabeth Blackadder, and internationally celebrated art historian Professor Martin Eisenberg were among those who received honorary doctorates from St Andrews University yesterday
The Courier 27.06.03
Sir David receives an honorary degree from St Andrews
As above
Press & Journal 27.06.03
Scientists head north to study birth of mountains
Geologists from St Andrews University are revisiting classic sites of geological discovery in Sutherland, to map out and analyse the way sections of the earth's crust move and collide to form mountains over vast periods of time
The Scotsman 27.06.03
Challenges to higher education sector
While St Andrews University is currently rated as the leading research higher education institution in Scotland and in the top 10 in the United Kingdom, there was a clear warning yesterday that it cannot afford to become complacent
The Courier 27.06.03
Achievements recognised with honorary doctorates
World renowned social anthropologist Professor Marshall Sahlins, deputy principal of St Andrews University Professor Colin Vincent, and Sir David King, chief scientific adviser to the Government, were among those who received honorary doctorates during two graduation ceremonies at St Andrews yesterday
The Courier 26.06.03
English 'revolution' bad news for Scotland's top universities
The chances of St Andrews University retaining its place among the top 10 United Kingdom higher education institutions - it was rates in first place last year - is much less likely than it was 12 months ago in consequence of what is intended to be a "veritable revolution" in English higher education policy
The Courier 26.06.03
Degrees for Jack Vettriano and Sir Michael
Artist Jack Vetrriano and Sir Michael Bonallack, former secretary of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, yesterday received honorary doctorates from St Andrews University
The Courier 25.06.03
Researchers uncover torrid tale of guppy love
The "torrid and tangled" sex life of the guppy, one of the nation's favourite pet fish, has been under the spotlight thanks to researchers at the University of St Andrews
The Courier 21.06.03
Students happy with education
More students than ever before have said they are satisfied with their education at college or university
Press & Journal 26.06.03
Who really is top of the league
University rankings: the tables of tables
Daily Telegraph 25.06.03
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