30 Apr 2015
New comic created in Dundee set for launch
A new comic strip created by a University of Dundee lecturer and graduate will next week make its debut in comics legend David Lloyd’s digital anthology. Bantah Six was conceived by Phillip Vaughan, MSc Animation & VFX Course Director at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, and produced with his former student Rossi Gifford. It will appear in the next edition of Aces Weekly, the digital comic launched by Lloyd, the celebrated illustrator of V for Vendetta. The seven-part strip tells the story of a rogue underground graffiti gang and is set in the futuristic world of New Terra, whe...
29 Apr 2015
Dundee enters World Top 20 of the under-50s
The University of Dundee has been named one of the world’s top 20 universities founded in the last 50 years. Times Higher Education’s `100 Under 50’ rankings for 2015 place the University of Dundee 19th= in the worldwide rankings. It is one of only two UK universities in the top 20, and the top ranked Scottish institution. The University has also been awarded a Gold Award for Citations. Gold badges are awarded to only the top 10%of Universities ranked in the core indicators. Citations are a key measure of impact particularly in the medical and biological sciences, areas in which Dundee ...
29 Apr 2015
New Scottish Artists 2015
Nine graduates from the University of Dundee will next month be among the first to take part in an exciting new exhibition in London showcasing the best young artistic talent Scotland has to offer. Calum and Fraser Brownlee, Edward Humphrey, Jeppe Nielsen and Alan McIlrath, Ellis O'Connor, Moira Watson, Samantha Wilson, and Craig Wright, who all studied at the University’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, will exhibit their work at ‘New Scottish Artists 2015’ at the Fleming Collection from 12th May. The exhibition is part of the partnership between the Fleming-Wyfo...
29 Apr 2015
Dundee forensics experts join `Waterloo Uncovered’ project
Waterloo Uncovered, a landmark archaeological project to explore the battlefield of Waterloo has broken ground in its exploration of the historic site. The team, which uniquely includes international archaeologists, British veterans and, some still serving in the Coldstream Guards, has been working on site at Waterloo on the project’s first excavations. Through a combination of Geo-physical survey work by the Ghent University’s Department of Soil Management, metal detecting and a series of test trenches, the Waterloo Uncovered team has started to explore the area of a former wood that dominat...
28 Apr 2015
University of Dundee receives Leaders of a Living Planet Award from WWF
The University of Dundee has received the Leaders of a Living Planet Award from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The award was made at the 7th World Water Forum in Deagu, South Korea, and recognises the contribution to conservation of the natural world and sustainable development made by the University’s Centre for Water, Policy and Science. The actions of institutions and individuals recognised as Leaders for a Living Planet are intended as inspiring examples of environmental leadership and as having demonstrated responsibility to protect the environment. Other winners of the award include Kof...
