16 May 2014
'Dundee Waterfront - a city in transformation' - Thursday, 22nd May
Ways in which Dundee’s existing streets and buildings can be used to enhance the £1billion Waterfront regeneration will be explored at a public lecture next week. Professor Graeme Hutton, Head of Architecture & Planning at the University of Dundee, will look at ways of ensuring the city’s present and future dovetail as it goes through its biggest construction project for a generation at the D’Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre, Tower Building on Thursday, 22nd May “Dundee’s Central Waterfront is going through a period of dramatic change further emboldened by the imminen...
15 May 2014
Degree Show 2014 set to open
For around 250 of the country’s best emerging artists and designers it is the culmination of four years’ hard work, for Dundee it is the highlight of the city’s cultural calendar, and for thousands of visitors it is a chance to see work of staggering creativity and innovation. The 2014 Degree Show at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) opens tomorrow with the traditional Preview Evening for invited guests. Saturday will see the public opening of a show that features eye-catching and through-provoking art alongside original design with the potential to shape the future...
15 May 2014
Dundee offers Scotland’s best student experience, says Times Higher Education survey
The University of Dundee offers the best student experience in Scotland and is joint 4th in the UK, according to the latest Times Higher Education (THE) Student Experience Survey. Dundee was rated first in the UK for good accommodation, centralized/convenient facilities and cheap shop/bar/amenities, and second for good students’ union. It scored in the UK top ten in another eight of the 21 categories. “There is nothing more important to a University than the quality of the experience enjoyed by its’ students, so to come out top in Scotland and in the UK top five in a major survey like t...
14 May 2014
River Tay celebrated in fiction
Photo opportunity: 6.45pm on Thursday, 15th May at Dalhousie Building, Old Hawkhill. Writers will be available prior to the launch. The story of those whose lives have been touched by the River Tay is told in ‘Watermarks’, the eighth anthology by a University of Dundee creative writing group. Nethergate Writers, the publishing name of the two ‘Continuing as a Writer’ classes offered by the University’s Continuing Education programme, will launch the anthology at the Dalhousie Building at 7pm on Thursday, 15th May. Esther Read, who tutors the two classes and who edit...
14 May 2014
Charity Golf Challenge to support male cancer patients
The University of Dundee’s Institute of Sport & Exercise (ISE) will next month hold its annual Charity Golf Challenge. Teams are invited to enter the event on Monday, 2nd June and help support men with cancer during and after their diagnosis. As a result of last year’s Charity Golf Challenge, ISE has been able to provide male patients with access to a cancer exercise rehab package through the Move More Dundee Programme. ISE Director Brian Ewing said, “Cancer is a disease that touches all of us in one way or another. The effects of cancer and the treatment can cause long-term side ef...