17 Mar 2014
QAA report confirms 'robust arrangements for academic standards and quality enhancement' at the University of Dundee
The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) has confirmed there are robust arrangements for academic standards and quality enhancement at the University of Dundee. Following an Enhancement-led Institutional Review (ELIR) that took place in October and November last year, QAA reviewers judged that the University has effectivearrangements for managing academic standards and enhancing the student learning experience. This is the most positive judgement given by ELIR Panels and means the University has robust arrangements for securing academic standards and for enhancing the quality of the student...
17 Mar 2014
Law students seeking support to make their moot point
A group of University of Dundee Law students set to compete in Europe’s most prestigious legal debating competition are appealing for help to get them to The Hague. The team of Carlotta Bruessel, Sanjana Swaroop, Kevin Burns and Aislinn Logan will represent Scotland in the semi-finals - and hopefully the final – of the Telders International Law Moot Court Competition at the Peace Palace in The Hague at the end of April. They will be competing against teams from across Europe at the event, which has been running for almost 40 years. Student teams are presented with a case involving a fictitiou...
14 Mar 2014
Dundee’s universities secure lion’s share of innovation funding
The University of Dundee and Abertay University are among only nine in the UK to secure funding for technology and digital innovation projects in the 2014 Fast Forward competition run by the Intellectual Property Office of the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. More than £660,000 was awarded to nine projects by the Intellectual Property Office to help businesses take their innovative ideas off the drawing board, and into the marketplace. Thanks to the city’s two universities, more than £150,000 – almost a quarter – of this investment is coming to Dundee.&nbs...
14 Mar 2014
Geology’s “rock star” to go underground- Saturday Evening Lecture on 22nd March
Renowned geologist and broadcaster Professor Iain Stewart will take his audience on a tour beneath the surface of the UK during the next Saturday Evening Lecture at the University of Dundee. Professor Stewart’s talk, entitled ‘Underground Britain: The new geological front-line’ takes place at the Dalhousie Building on Saturday, 22nd March, and will see him outline how geology is increasingly intruding into the everyday lives of ordinary people. The East Kilbride-born scientist is Professor of Geoscience Communication at the University of Plymouth, a Fellow of the Geological Society of L...
14 Mar 2014
Dr Helen Walden awarded prestigious Colworth Medal
The Colworth Medal, the most distinguished award that a biochemical researcher in the early stages of their independent research can receive in the UK, has been awarded to Dr Helen Walden of the University of Dundee. Dr Walden, a principal investigator at the University of Dundee MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, has been awarded the 2014 Medal. She is the tenth principal investigator at the University’s College of Life Science to be awarded the medal. The Colworth Medal is sponsored by Unilever and presented by the Biochemical Society. In addition to the medal, Dr Walden will r...
