7 May 2014
Lecturers see excellence and innovation rewarded at ceremony
The excellence and innovation displayed by University of Dundee lecturers has been recognised at the College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) Teaching and Good Practice Awards for 2014. Professor Trevor Harley, from the School of Psychology, won the Excellence in Teaching: Promoting Good Practice Award, while the School of Humanities’ Dr Daniel Cook received the Creative Teaching: Recognising Innovative Practice Award. Barbara Illsley, of the School of the Environment, and Susan Buckman, from the School of Education, Social Work and Community Education, shared the Transformational Teaching: Creat...
7 May 2014
Dundee students scoop prestigious scholarships
Five University of Dundee students will each undertake month-long study tours in Florence after winning John Kinross Scholarships worth £2500 from the Royal Scottish Academy. Uist Corrigan, Abigail Dryburgh, Anna Hughes and Ellis O’Connor are all fourth year Fine Art students at Duncan of Jordanstone College Art and Design (DJCAD), while Benjamin Whitney is studying on the postgraduate MFA Art & Humanities programme operated jointly between DJCAD and the University’s School of Humanities. Half of this year’s John Kinross Scholars are Dundee students. They will travel to Italy ...
7 May 2014
Study of DNA and datasets gives fresh insight into cancer
Researchers from the University of Dundee have used knowledge of an ancient evolutionary leap to reveal new patterns of DNA mutations in thousands of cancer patients and raise the possibility of developing new treatments. A team led by Carol MacKintosh, Professor of Molecular Signalling and Associate Dean of Research at the University’s College of Life Sciences, has examined the issue through the prism of knowledge of man’s evolution and, in particular, a leap made 500 million years ago. At that time, our ancestor was a simple animal with cells controlled by linear command pathways. Via drama...
6 May 2014
‘Concerning Dragons’ slays Tolkien fans
An animation created by postgraduate students at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) telling the backstory of one of the characters in The Hobbit has proved a hit with fans across the globe. Eleven students on the MSc Animation & Visualisation programme recently worked on a project in which they explored the mysterious origins of the dragons of Middle Earth. The resulting video has been viewed almost 20,000 times in Vimeo and has earned praise from The Tolkein Society. The brief was set by the award-winning Axis Animation, who create animations for some of the world’s leadin...
6 May 2014
Peter Randall-Page to give lecture and unveil sculpture
One of the UK’s foremost sculptors will next week deliver a public lecture about his work before unveiling a sculpture at the University of Dundee. Peter Randall-Page has been highly acclaimed for large sculptural works sited in galleries and public spaces around the UK and in many other countries including the USA, Australia, Japan, Germany and the Netherlands. His practice has always been informed and inspired by the study of natural phenomena, and particularly with the underlying principles determining growth patterns in nature, having been greatly inspired by his discovery of the work of Dundee...