1400-mile solo trek
While most people look forward to the easy life in retirement, a former Dundee University lecturer is to undertake a gruelling 1400 solo trek across the Alps to raise funds for diabetes research
The Courier 30.05.03
Dundee expert hails witness protection bill
A dundee-based expert on witness protection has hailed new legislation on the subject proposed by the Scottish Executive thsi week as "an important step forward". Nick Fyfe, a criminologist from Dundee University, said the new bill put forward with the raft of legislation set to be introduced during this Parliamentary session, would help to address some of the fears witness had about the criminal justice system
The Courier 29.05.03
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TICR chairman Robert McLaren accepts a cheque for £560 yesterday from staff of diecasting company The Taylor Group who raised the cash for the University of Dundee's TICR campaign
The Courier 29.05.03
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A fibreglass and steel piece called Hell Bent by David Mach on display in the courtyard of the Royal Academy, London
The Courier 29.05.03
University tops for life
Teaching in the life sciences has been given a boost with the release of a university guide which named biosciences and anatomy as two subjects taught at Dundee University which have an extremely high national ranking
The Courier 29.05.03
Dundee University - high on life
As above
Evening Telegraph 28.05.03
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Professor Hart last night delivered the Margaret Harris public lecture on religion at Dundee University
The Courier 28.05.03
Advice to halt giving to charity under scrutiny
Donations to a cancer charity at the centre of legal action should stop now, a Crown Office official said yesterday
The Courier 27.05.03
Details will be passed to factor
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The Courier 27.05.03
Collecting tins
As above
The Courier 27.05.03
University's art treasures reach a wider audience
'An Atmosphere of Culture', showing at Perth Art Gallery until June 21, represents the first time that the University of Dundee's unique art collections is the subject of a major exhibition in a public gallery outwith the university
Perthshire Advertiser 27.05.03
University's art treasures in Perth exhibition
As above
Press & Journal 27.05.03
University denies cancer charity "cover up"
During further probes into the activity of BCRS the University responded saying that it would continue to fund its research from statutory and voluntary sources
The Courier 26.05.03
Fresh start for charities
As above
The Courier 26.05.03
'Skills gap' of charity founder
The woman behind Breast Cancer Research (Scotland), the charity whose bank accounts have been frozen after it was claimed millions of pounds raised had not been handed over to its chosen causes, has admitted she had been "naive" and "lacked the required skills" effectively to manage one of the biggest charities in Scotland
The Courier 26.05.03
I have not gained one penny, says founder
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The Courier 26.05.03
Charity whistleblower 'gagged'
A leading Scottish university has been accused of putting pressure on a "whistleblower" not to publicise concerns about a charity that is alleged to have spent just £1.5 million of £13 million raised on good causes
The Scotsman 26.05.03
Charity whistleblower gagged
As above
The Herald 28.05.03
New call over cancer cluster
Dundee City Council would be happy to co-operate with a Government investigation into the health effects of pollution from the former Baldovie incinerator, Councillor Julie Sturrock said last night
The Courier 26.05.03
Charities regulator 'in place by end of year' as fundraising concerns grow
A dedicated government watchdog with powers to monitor and investigate Scottish charities could be in place by the end of the year, the Scottish Executive said yesterday
The Herald 26.05.03
Executive to press ahead with youth crime policy
Margaret Curran, the Communities minister, insisted yesterday that the Executive would press ahead with plans to jail parents who encouraged their children to break the law. Dr Nick Fyfe, a policing expert at Dundee University comments
The Scotsman 26.05.03
Council accused of whitewash over Dundee cancer cluster
Leading international cancer experts have accused Dundee city council of a "whitewash" to cover up alarming new figures that reveal the city has one of Europe's largest clusters of victims - near a waste incinerator
Sunday Times 25.05.03
'Cover-up' over cancer charity
Allegations that the University had been involved in a cover up were refuted. The University in keeping with good practice had prepared a legal document with BCRS and had no reason to doubt the charity's integrity at that time
Sunday Times 25.05.03
Cancer charity funding probe
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Sunday Times 25.05.03
Game old boys learn new tricks
A study carried out by scientists at Abertay, Dundee, Napier and Glasgow Universities has found playing computer games helps the elderly people improve their co-ordination, concentration and dexterity
Sunday Times 25.05.03
Charities watchdog to be set up after fundraising scandal
An independent regulator with sweeping powers to monitor and investigate charities will be appointed by the end of the year, Scotland on Sunday can reveal
Scotland on Sunday 25.05.03
McConnell told: your anti-crime war won't work
A policing expert at Dundee University, Dr Nick Fyfe, has warned that the First Minister's plans to put more police officers on the street is "an ineffective way of catching criminals"
Sunday Herald 25.05.03
Lecture puts focus on division of cells
Nobel laureate Dr Tim Hunt delivered the Croonian Lecture yesterday at the Wellcome Trust Biocentre, Dundee
The Courier 24.05.03
Delightful lunchtime programme
The programme at the lunchtime concert in Dundee University Chaplaincy yesterday was by Canadian soprano Lind Marquart and pianist Scott Sneddon
The Courier 24.05.03
Top charity fund-raiser stunned by court ruling
Supporters of a high profile fund-raiser for Dundee University's breast cancer research programme were reeling with shock yesterday
The Courier 24.05.03
Court freezes Scots cancer charity assets after probe
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The Courier 24.05.03
'Cancer cluster' to remain a mystery
Public Health experts in Dundee have closed the book on any further investigation into a "cancer cluster" in a rural area north of Dundee
The Courier 24.05.03
1400-mile solo trek
While most people look forward to the easy life in retirement, a former Dundee University lecturer is to undertake a gruelling 1400 solo trek across the Alps to raise funds for diabetes research
Radio Tay 30.05.03
Doping test for sport drug cheats
Mike Rennie talks about his doping test
BBC radio 4 "Questions questions" 29.05.03
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Nicholas Fyfe comments on witness protection bill
Radio Tay 29.05.03
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Wave 102 29.05.03
Rights groups say autopsies on Crawle victims professional
It was an emotionally wrenching scene at the Spanish Town Hospital Morgue, St Catherine, where
autopsies were conducted Thursday on four residents of Crawle, Clarendon, whom police say they killed on
May 7 in a "shoot-out". Neighbours say the victims -- two women and two men -- were shot in cold blood by
members of the controversial Crime Management Unit (CMU). Government forensic pathologist Dr Persad
performed the autopsies, while Dr Derrick Pounder -- a Scottish forensic pathologist sent by human rights
watchdog Amnesty International -- observed the post-mortem and took notes.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/ 24.05.03
Abertay nursing students show OAPs how to keep safe with helping hand from Madge
Dundee's older citizens were advised on how to avoid broken bones and bruises by Abertay University students yesterday
Press & Journal 30.05.03
St Andrews to the fore at student press awards
Student journalists from St Andrews University dominated The Herald's Scottish Student Press Awards yesterday, winning five out of the six categories
The Herald 30.05.03
Chemistry conference
two hundred chemistry teachers from all corners of Scotland will attend the University of St Andrews today to learn about the latest developments in the world of chemistry and how they can take them back to their classrooms
The Courier 30.05.03
Staff bullying 'rife' at St Andrews
A lecturer claimed yesterday that bullying was rife among senior staff at St Andrews University
The Herald 28.05.03
£1.5m boost for St Andrews biological chemist
A University of St Andrews biological chemist has been awarded funding of over £1.5 million to continue his work in the investigation of disease-causing organisms, one of them isolated from a fatal infection
The Courier 26.05.03
Dundee jeweller has natural touch
A Dundee jeweller who has displayed her work all over the world has returned to her home city
Press & Journal 30.05.03
Architect to attend centre launch
World-renowned architect Frank Gehry will visit Dundee for the official opening of the cancer centre he designed
The Courier 27.05.03
Rise in student numbers 'creating skill shortage in Scotland'
Student numbers in higher education have risen by a third in the space of just seven years, new figures reveal
The Scotsman 23.05.03
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