Scots trio offers staff jobs boost
Dundee, St Andrews and Abertay Dundee universities have begun a joint career development venture that aims to combat the isolation, uncertainty or boredom that non-academic staff can experience
Times Higher Education Supplement 31.01.03
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Dundee University's next Saturday evening lecture will be given by director of the Public Health Institute Scotland Professor Phil Hanlin
The Courier 31.01.03
Fresh approach delights audience
After listening to their concert in Dundee University Chaplaincy last night, the Gliondar Ensemble , a wind quintet formed in Glasgow five years ago, strikes me as refreshingly free from artifice
The Courier 31.01.03
Medics ready instruments to 'operate' on Dundee ears
Three young Dundee University medical students are to debut in a new Scottish orchestra
Evening Telegraph 29.01.03
Sound advice for computing students
Students were given sound advice from the older generation at Dundee University today when a group of elderly women told young web designers they must simplify e-mail systems
Evening Telegraph 29.01.03
Highlighting attitudes over missing persons
A fine art student from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Fine Art in Dundee is highlighting attitudes to missing persons appeals
Evening Telegraph 29.01.03
Exhibitions draws on aspects of identity
As above
The Courier 30.01.03
Cyclacel nets top scientist
Biopharmaceutical company Cyclacel announced that professor Karol Sikora, at present a senior consultant to AstraZeneca Oncology, had agreed to accept an appointment with the company
The Courier 29.01.03
City pupils help girls rebuild after genocide
Teachers and teenagers from the Capital will travel to a genocide-ravaged African country to help boost education for girls. The partnership is the brain-child of Edinburgh-based academic Gerda Siann. The Dundee University professor emeritus in gender locations said: "Following the genocide, there's an enormous need for trained women.
Edinburgh Evening News 24.01.03
Spacecraft technology developed at Dundee University
An innovative communications network for use on spacecrafts and satellites has been developed from research led by Dundee University
Press & Journal 28.01.03
Tech firms share in £2.4m awards
Three technology companies from Tayside have won a share of £2.4 million to help them develop their products
The Courier 28.01.03
Plans to overhaul social work degree
New measures designed to increase the number of social workers and drive up standards in social work were welcomed yesterday. Professor Bryan Williams, vice-dean of the Faculty of Education and Social Work at Dundee University, said, "Graduates from the new social work degree will be equipped to undertake skilful practice in a range of service settings
The Courier 28.01.03
Social work plans welcomed
As above
Evening Telegraph 27.01.03
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Lee Cainer, lights a candle in the Tower Building of the University of Dundee yesterday to mark the third Holocaust Memorial Day
The Courier 28.01.03
Knebel says his Kestrel is ready to take flight
Contract research firm Kinasource is set to launch on the world stage in March when its new technology, Kestrel, will be introduced to the global biotech industry by renowned cancer research specialist Sir Philip Cohen
The Herald 27.01.03
Amateur players
A new orchestra for Scotland will be unveiled when the Northern Scottish Philharmonic Orchestra takes to the stage in Dundee's Caird Hall for its inaugural concert on Saturday, February 15. Fund-raising for charity is also an objective of the NSPO, whose first concert is in aid of the Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Dundee University's medical school
The Herald 27.01.03
Shaken and stirred by 007
Dundee University Orchestra, directed by Graeme Stevenson and led by Simon Carter, gave their lunchtime audience a re-run of part of their successful December concert in the University Chaplaincy yesterday
The Courier 25.01.03
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Professor Mick Aston, one of the archaeologists who appears on the Time Team, will deliver a free lecture on the TV show in Dundee University Tower Extension Lecture Theatre at 7 tonight
The Courier 25.01.03
Journey into Time Team future
As above
The Courier 27.01.03
Abertay appoints renowned academic
A Scots academic who has become one of the world's leading business thinkers has been appointed as Chairman of court at Abertay University in Dundee
The Courier 27.01.03
Strategist to take up role as chairman of Abertay
As above
Press & Journal 27.01.03
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Two men responsible for raising £60,000 for cancer charities were at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, yesterday to hand over more money
The Courier 28.01.03
University funding review ordered
A full-scale review of university funding has been ordered by the Scottish Executive after principals warned that institutions north of the Border were in danger of falling behind their English counterparts
Scotland on Sunday 26.01.03
Bottom of the class
In the university funding furore, Labour has failed to learn its own lessons
Scotland on Sunday 26.01.03
Education on the cheap?
With the introduction of top-up fees in England, Scotland's universities are facing a funding crisis
Scotland on Sunday 26.01.03
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