2 May 2014
Professor Blair Smith appointed national clinical lead for chronic pain
Professor Blair Smith, of the University of Dundee and NHS Tayside, has been named as the new national clinical lead for chronic pain in Scotland. Professor Smith, a consultant in pain medicine at NHS Tayside and a Professor of Population Health Science at the University of Dundee, will replace Dr Steve Gilbert. He will begin his new role on 1st May. “Chronic pain affects hundreds of thousands of people in Scotland, causing distress to sufferers, their carers, society and the health service,” said Professor Smith. “The Scottish Government and NHS have done a lot in recent years t...
2 May 2014
Prestigious international prize for Dundee academic
Professor Nicholas Fyfe, Director of the Scottish Institute of Policing Research (SIPR), based at the University of Dundee, has been named as the joint winner of a prestigious international award for crime policy. The Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy (CEBCP), based at George Mason University in Washington, have named Professor Fyfe as the winner of their Distinguished Achievement Award, along with Jeremy Travis, President of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, University of New York. Professor Fyfe is only the second British recipient of the award, the other being former Chief Constable of Th...
2 May 2014
Trio of big-hitters to set out their referendum case
The University of Dundee’s Five Million Questions (5MQ) initiative will continue its examination of September’s independence referendum when three heavyweight campaigners visit the campus to make their case over the next few weeks. Former Secretary of State for Scotland Douglas Alexander will be in conversation with 5MQ Associate Director David Torrance on Friday, 9th May, while similar events with Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney and Alistair Darling, leader of the Better Together campaign, take place on 14nd and 22nd May. The trio are the latest big names from both sides of the debat...
2 May 2014
Stimulating Scotland’s rural economy
How can design help boost Scotland’s rural economy? Business, communities and the public across the country are being invited to give their views and hear from some of the country’s leading experts at a Design In Action event at the University of Dundee next week. Rural Scope: Rural Stimulation takes place at the University on Tuesday May 6th. The day will explore and exchange knowledge starting with a series of talks from international speakers including researchers from dot.rural (RCUK Digital Economy), the University’s Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience, and Mission ...
1 May 2014
‘Enlightenment and Education – 300 years of Innovation in Scotland and America’
The legacy of the Scottish Enlightenment and its powerful influence on education in the United States of America will be discussed at global seminar at the prestigious Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC today (Thursday, 1st May). ‘Enlightenment and Education – 300 years of Innovation in Scotland and America’ will feature an international line up of speakers from the Universities of Dundee and Strathclyde, the US-UK Fulbright Commission, The Smithsonian and the US Patent and Trademark Office at the National Museum of American History In a message to delegates, Alex Salmond MSP, Fir...