13 Feb 2014
Dundee International Book Prize judges announced
A judging panel featuring some of the literary world's most influential figures has been announced for this year's Dundee International Book Prize. Broadcaster Kirsty Lang, writer Neil Gaiman, publisher Scott Pack, literary agent Felicity Blunt and writer and critic Stuart Kelly will cast their eyes over the work of aspiring novelists from across the globe. The entrants are competing for a publishing deal with Cargo Publishing and £10,000, the largest cash prize for unpublished work in the UK. Now in its 10th year, the Prize attracted more than 350 entries in 2013 with In The Rosary Garden, Nicola ...
13 Feb 2014
D-Lighted to lead the way
A unique study is being launched in Scotland to test whether Vitamin D can enhance treatment of Hepatitis C. The study is a partnership between researchers from Dundee University, key Scottish Hepatitis services and Hepatitis Scotland and could have significant implications on the cost and effectiveness of available Hepatitis C treatments. The study team has used international research findings as the basis for a trial that will test whether Vitamin D can enhance Hepatitis C cure rates when used in combination with currently available treatment therapies. New Hepatitis C treatments will soon be availabl...
12 Feb 2014
Bright Club Dundee set for another sell out
Academics from across Scotland will attempt to discover the properties of rib-tickling jokes when they take part in the next Bright Club event to be held in Dundee. Marouan Zarrouk (University of Dundee), Lydia Jones (University of St Andrews) and Richard Brunner, Natasha Yapp and Gabriele Rossi (all University of Glasgow) will challenge preconceptions about academia by delivering two hours of fresh and inventive stand-up at Braes, Perth Road from 7.30pm on Tuesday, 18th February. Bright Club is a movement established by scholars whose thirst for knowledge led them to hypothesise what might happen if res...
12 Feb 2014
Satellite image shows storm threatening UK
A dramatic satellite image received by the University of Dundee today shows the scale of the storm threatening to batter the UK. The image, received at 11.45am today at the University's Satellite Receiving Station, shows a storm system covering the entire western side of the UK and Ireland. For media enquiries contact: Roddy Isles Head, Press Office University of Dundee Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4HN TEL: 01382 384910 E-MAIL: r.isles@dundee.ac.uk MOBILE: 07800 581902...
11 Feb 2014
Commemorating the great Tay flood of 1814
Many residents of Perth will still remember the disastrous flooding of January 1993, which left many hundreds of families with flooded homes and memories which they would rather forget. But this week sees the bicentenary of a flood which was recorded as being half a metre higher. On February 12th, 1814, an ice-jam flood occurred as ice floes gradually blocked the arches of Smeaton's Bridge and constricted the flow. The peak water level marked on the bridge is 7.0 m above sea level, compared with 6.48 m for the 1993 peak[i]. Dr Andrew Black, Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Dundee and an ...