Week Ending February 28 2003 - Synopsis number 535


University of Dundee News

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Have a slice-one of Michael Mallett's artworks in the Universe Pie exhibition in the Generator gallery in Dundee
The Courier 28.02.03

Art and the Universe
As above
Evening Telegraph 27.02.03

University looks at £40m move
Dundee University is believed to be poised to clinch a £40 million plus deal to transfer its student accommodation to the private sector
The Courier 28.02.03

University '£40m transfer of halls'
As above
Evening Telegraph 27.02.03

Sister act takes centre stage
The Bonar Hall in Dundee plays host to a classical sister act on March 6 when pianists Alexandra and Nicola Bibby present a programme of varied music for two players
The Courier 28.02.03

Koreans focus on computer games skills
Dundee's growing profile in computer games will soon find a new audience in Korea
The Courier 28.02.03

Dundee technology for Korean media
As above
Evening Telegraph 27.02.03

Worldly-wise Falkirk artist's unique view
A collection of more than 1,200 images capturing landscapes from Stirling to Singapore is being exhibited at the University of Dundee
Press & Journal 27.02.03

Artistic trip around the world
As above
The Courier 27.02.03

The bigger picture
As above
The Herald 27.02.03

Artists pose profound questions
Art is never about the small questions in life-and the latest exhibition at Generator's gallery addresses some of the most fundamental and complex issues of existence and change
The Courier 27.02.03

Dundee's medical school tops survey
Dundee University Medical School has come out tops in preparing student doctors for hospital wards
The Courier 27.02.03

Feather in the cap
As above
The Courier 27.02.03

University plans given go-ahead
Two major new developments on Dundee University's campus, amounting to a total expenditure of nearly £30 million have been given the formal go-ahead by the establishment's governing body
The Courier 26.02.03

Varsity projects get go-ahead
As above
Press & Journal 26.02.03

Go-ahead for university buildings
As above
Evening Telegraph 25.02.03

Dundee bucks the trend
The University of Dundee has seen an increase in student applications at a time most other Scottish universities experienced a downturn
The Scotsman 26.02.03

Academics celebrate publishing success
An idea stemming from a PhD student's need to have data to hand and some sort of a user's manual for technology employed in experiments, is propelling three academics with Dundee University connections towards the top of the educational best-seller lists
The Courier 26.02.03

Scots ski-ing champion on cancer mission
A Scottish speed skier who beat cancer to win the sport's world cup said last night he was prepared to miss vital contests to help find a cure for the disease that almost killed him
Press & Journal 26.02.03

Nuclear tests vets to pursue compo despite new report
A British National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) study has found veterans of nuclear tests in Australia and the Pacific were no more susceptible to cancers than members of the public. Sue Rabbitt-Roff comments
Stuff, New Zealand Newspaper 26.02.03

University boxers bring home gold
Dundee University Boxing Club put up a strong performance at the Scottish Universities Boxing Championships in Glasgow last weekend, bringing home two gold medals
The Courier 25.02.03

Charity poetry recital
The University of Dundee's creative writing fellow Colette Bryce, will give her first local poetry recital today in aid of Tibetan orphans
The Courier 25.02.03

Cover-up claim on nuclear tests study
Ex-servicemen who claim their health was damaged by British nuclear tests half a century ago accused the government of a cover-up after new research found nuclear test veterans have similar cancer rates to the rest of the population. Sue Rabbitt Roff, senior research fellow at Dundee University comments
The Herald 25.02.03

N-test danger report slammed
As above
The Heraldsun news 25.02.03

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The first ever activity day for members of the cardiac rehabilitation programme took place at Dundee University's Institute of Sport and Exercise yesterday
The Courier 24.02.03

Scot who battled cancer is world's top speed skier
A Scottish speed skier who has twice battled cancer yesterday became the first Briton to win the sport's world cup. Nigel Brockton, 31, from Dundee, clinched the Federation of International Skiing World Cup at Loser in Austria with a speed of 150.24kmh (95mph)
The Scotsman 24.02.03

Success on a plate for crimebusters
It's the chance to settle old scores for free. Convicted criminals will be urged to grass on their fellow inmates by a new range of cutlery carrying the number of the Crimestoppers scheme. Philip Burgess, a lecturer in criminal psychology at Dundee University comments
Scotland on Sunday 23.02.03

Study prospects lifted by academic link-up
The future scientists of Tayside will benefit from closer ties between Perth College and Dundee University after an agreement signed yesterday
The Courier 22.02.03

Top BBC man in school talk
BBC Scotland's political editor Brian Taylor yesterday morning visited his former school, Dundee High, and was grilled by S5/6 modern studies pupils on the role of the media in politics. In the afternoon he gave a talk at the University of Dundee as part of the New Scotland: New Politics lecture series
The Courier 22.02.03

Opsoc give a sneak lunchtime preview
If you can spare an evening in your diary between April 30 and May 3, you might like to pencil in a visit to Dundee University Opsoc's 40th anniversary production in the Bonar Hall
The Courier 22.02.03

Bid to beat cancer is pioneered on Tayside
Cancer patients were offered new hope yesterday with the announcement of the results of groundbreaking treatment pioneered by Scots scientists
Press & Journal 22.02.03

Dundee team's cancer trials get results
Continued from above
Press & Journal 22.02.03

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Irene McIntosh presided at a meeting of Dundee Association of Women Graduates
The Courier 22.02.03

Mobile Exhibition
A mobile exhibition to inform students of the opportunities within oil and gas industry will be at the University of Dundee on Monday and Tuesday
Press & Journal 22.02.03

Opportunities in oil
As above
The Courier 22.02.03

Graduates' exhibition
As above
Evening Telegraph 21.02.03

Boxers bidding to knock them out in Glasgow
A team of boxers from Dundee University are hoping for success in the Scottish Universities Boxing Championship in Glasgow this weekend
Evening Telegraph 21.02.03

University of Dundee Radio & TV

Centre for Interdisciplinary Research
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research pictures at the University of Dundee
Grampian TV 26.02.03

Landmark development
There will be two major new developments on Dundee University's campus
Radio Tay 26.02.03

At the Cutting Edge
Sue Armstrong talks to Pathologists Derek Pounder and Stewart Flemming
BBC Radio 4 25.02.03

Ski-ing Champion
Nigel Brockton, Post Doctoral research fellow, Dept of Maternal and Child Health at the University of Dundee is the Scottish speed skier who beat cancer to win the sport's world cup
Grampian TV 25.02.03

Lesley Riddock show
Lesley Riddock speaks to Dr Jason Swedlow, School of Lifesciences, University of Dundee
BBC Radio Scotland 25.02.03

University of Abertay News

University of St Andrews News

Rector represents one of his students in court
Sir Clement Freud showed he was serious about his new role as rector of St Andrews University by appearing in a Scottish small-claims court to represent one of his students in an action against her former landlord
Press & Journal 22.02.03

Sir Clement argues student's case in court
As above
The Courier 22.02.03

St Andrews install new rector
Television presenter, broadcaster, journalist and author Sir Clement Freud was yesterday officially installed as rector of St Andrews University for a three-year term of office
The Courier 22.02.03

National News

Universities deny admissions bias
The leader of Scottish universities has robustly dismissed suggestions that they are to blame for the poor number of students coming from low income backgrounds
The Scotsman 27.02.03

Focus on city's role in new technology
Dundee's role at the heart of a £450 million plan announced late last year to make Scotland a world leader in three of the major growth sectors in the world will be spelled out to delegates at a seminar in the city next month
The Courier 25.02.03

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