25 Jun 2014
Willow Dome proves a hit with Grange pupils
An outdoor classroom designed by University of Dundee architecture students has proved such a hit with pupils that their school had had to ration the time they spend in it to make sure everyone gets their fair share. The classroom was specially designed for Grange Primary School in Monifieth by the architecture students as part of their second-year coursework. A total of 68 students submitted designs, before voting to select the five best proposals put forward by their peers. The entire cohort of students was then split into teams to work with the original designers to further develop the ideas. They cre...
25 Jun 2014
Cabinet Secretary visits DUAL Access Summer School
Michael Russell MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, visited the University of Dundee today to see how students whose academic progress has been impacted by adversity are being offered a sector-leading route into higher education. Mr Russell met students, staff and alumni from the University of Dundee’s renowned DUAL Access Summer School to find out how the intensive 6-week programme prepares students whose personal circumstances have prevented them from attaining the required entry grades for University. The Cabinet Secretary, who was keen to gain an understanding of how the...
25 Jun 2014
New Investigator grant to support research in skin disorders
A University of Dundee scientist has been awarded a prestigious Medical Research Council New Investigator grant to pursue her work on understanding and developing treatments for skin disorders. Dr Deena Leslie Pedrioli, of the College of Life Sciences at the University, has been awarded £450,000 by the MRC to support her work for the next three years. The grant will also create an additional research assistant post. Dr Leslie Pedrioli’s work is focused on keratinizing skin disorders, a large group of highly debilitating, genetically diverse hereditary diseases that cause skin fragility and ha...
24 Jun 2014
‘Shifting Sands’ exhibition to open in Montrose
Photo opportunity: 2pm on Friday, 27th June at Montrose Museum. A team from the University of Dundee will next week open an exhibition charting the loss of Angus coastline. ‘Shifting Sands’ opens at Montrose Museum on Friday, 27th June and features poetry, art work and geography by children from South Esk Primary School and Montrose Academy. They have been working with the University team of Jean Duncan, artist-in-residence at the Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience (CECHR), Geoscientist Dr Fraser Milne, and Tracey Dixon, from the School of the Environment. Jean said...
23 Jun 2014
Braeview’s wearable technology designs win them Strathmore Trophy 2014
A team of pupils from Braeview Academy have won the University of Dundee’s Strathmore Trophy 2014 after impressing judges with their designs for wearable technology. They beat off competition from 14 schools across eastern Scotland at the event, which took place at the University’s Queen Mother Building on Monday, 23rd June. Teams of four from the S2 age group competed against each other in a challenge set by staff at the University’s School of Computing. This year’s teams were asked to create wearable technology using Arduino, an open-source electronics prototyping platform based ...
