26 Jan 2017

Duncan of Jordanstone students set for Venice

Three students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design will have the chance to develop their practice at the world’s largest and most prestigious visual arts exhibition. Jo Hanning, Laura Gray and Nicola Donaldson are among 14 students from across Scotland selected for the Scotland + Venice 2017 Professional Development Programme. The scheme gives them the opportunity to learn and develop new skills within the context of the 57th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia. Scotland + Venice activity will be led by a solo show of new work by the artist Rachel Maclean....

26 Jan 2017

High School of Dundee pupil reaches finals for cancer research

A cancer research project carried out at the University of Dundee by a local school pupil has reached the final of a prestigious competition. Maria Pisliakova, an S6 pupil at the High School of Dundee, has been selected to present her findings at the Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Competition in March. The 17-year-old, who conducted her research in the lab of Professor Victoria Cowling in the School of Life Sciences at the University, has discovered new possibilities of preventing some cancers by inhibiting the ‘mRNA capping’ of the c-Myc, an oncogene present in 50 per cent of a...

24 Jan 2017

Dundee to provide Graduate Apprenticeships

The University of Dundee has been announced as one of the providers of a major new programme of Graduate Apprenticeships launched by Skills Development Scotland (SDS). The University is the only institution in Scotland offering places across all four strands of the apprenticeship programme. Working in partnership with businesses, up to 70 places on four different Graduate Apprenticeships will be available: IT Management for Business IT Software Development Engineering, Design & Manufacturing Civil Engineering Graduate Apprentices will be employed by organisations working in each of these sect...

24 Jan 2017

Second instalment of exhibition inspired by ‘feminist thinking’ opens

Film, photography, dance, performance and sculpture feature in the second instalment of a contemporary art exhibition and event programme at the University of Dundee. Of Other Spaces: Where Does Gesture Become Event?takes place at the University’s Cooper Gallery and off-site venues in Dundee. It takes feminist inspiration as its starting point and features work by seminal artists from the past four decades including Anne Bean, Rose English, Linder and Georgina Starr amongst others. Chapter One of the programme took place between October and February, and Chapter Two runs until March. Of Other Space...

17 Jan 2017

‘The Untold Story of Oor Wullie's Bucket Trail’ – 21st January

One of Scotland’s most successful ever public arts events will be relived this weekend when ‘The Untold Story of Oor Wullie's Bucket Trail’ is told at the University of Dundee. The event, taking place at the Dalhousie Building, Old Hawkhill, on Saturday, 21st January, will celebrate last summer’s Bucket Trail, the hugely successful mass-participation event in Wullie’s hometown of Dundee. Over the course of July and August, more than 70,000 locals and visitors are estimated to have taken part in the trail. The streets of Dundee were abuzz with civic pride as enthusiasts, youn...