24 Jul 2015
Records broken at 23rd Summer School
A summer of hard work ended this week for a record breaking 170 students who graduated from the DUAL and OSS Access Summer Schools at the University of Dundee. The University’s Summer School programme is now in its 23rd year, having first been offered in 1993 as a means of encouraging able students from all backgrounds and circumstances to prove their ability to qualify for study through a special targeted course. Since then, around 2000 students from a diverse range of backgrounds have taken part. Whilst some arrive having just left school, others are making a return to study, including talented c...
21 Jul 2015
Peto Collection in focus at the Scottish Parliament
Unseen photographs of some of the world’s most iconic figures – including Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill and Indira Gandhi – taken from the University of Dundee’s Michael Peto Collection are going on show at the Scottish Parliament this summer. `Michael Peto: Politics in Focus’ includes photographs by Michael Peto – the celebrated Hungarian-born photographer who witnessed some of the most historic moments of the 1950s and 1960s. The exhibition includes a number of unseen photographs of some of the world’s most iconic figures. People who have shaped...
20 Jul 2015
Immune system ‘on switch’ breakthrough could lead to new targeted drugs
A crucial ‘on switch’ that boosts the body’s defences against infections has been successfully identified in new scientific research. The breakthrough made by researchers at the University of Aberdeen and the University of Dundee could lead to the development of new drugs to enhance the body’s immune responses to attack, which could benefit people suffering from cancer and other serious conditions. Their findings have been published in the Journal of Molecular and Cell Biology http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26063615. “We have shown that the cells which turn on our immun...
20 Jul 2015
Professor Irwin McLean awarded Buchanan Medal by Royal Society
Professor Irwin McLean of the University of Dundee has been awarded the prestigious Buchanan Medal of the Royal Society. The Buchanan Medal is awarded by the Royal Society, the world’s oldest scientific academy in continuous existence, for distinguished contributions to the medical sciences. Irwin McLean is Professor of Human Genetics and Scientific Director of the Centre for Dermatology and Genetic Medicine at Dundee. He is a world renowned expert in the genetics of skin diseases, and his research group has identified the causative genes for more than 20 human diseases. Professor McLean said, &ld...
17 Jul 2015
Dundee a winner in Herald Higher Education Awards
The University of Dundee was last night named the winner of the Innovation Technology Excellence Award at the inaugural Herald Higher Education Awards at a glittering ceremony in Glasgow. Dundee picked up the award for a project in the School of Medicine which has that enables undergraduate students to complete coursework using their own mobile devices and tablets in the classroom, an approach that has not only transformed the way that students learn, but also enhanced the way that teachers teach. Dr Shihab Khogali, a Senior Lecturer in Medical Education who was academic lead on the project, said, &ldquo...