19 Mar 2015
12-hour volleyball marathon to bring about ‘spike’ in coffers
The University of Dundee’s volleyball club will this week be setting, serving, digging, spiking and blocking for 12 hours straight. Members will be holding a 12-hour marathon volleyball fundraiser at the University’s Institute of Sport & Exercise (ISE) from 8am-8pm on Friday, 20th March. The funds raised will be split between the club and Dundee Disability Sports Centre. Club President Jamie Shannon said, “Ten committee members are forming a team that will be playing for the full 12 hours so we’ll need to be careful about our rotation of who is out there at any one time. We&rs...
18 Mar 2015
DJCAD graduate wins £14,000 Fleming-Wyfold Bursary
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD) graduate Edward Humphrey’s burgeoning career has been handed a massive boost after being named as the winner of the £14,000 Fleming-Wyfold Bursary. Edward was announced as the second recipient of the annual Fleming-Wyfold Bursary at the opening ceremony of this year’s Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) New Contemporaries exhibition. He will receive a bursary of £10,000, plus £4,000 production costs for the next year. His winning video installation Another Fiction is on display at New Contemporaries until 8th April, alongside...
18 Mar 2015
Jamie slaloms past the competition to win £5000
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) graduate Jamie Kunka has been named one of the three winners of this year’s £15,000 Sports Innovation Challenge. The Sports Innovation Challenge is a business development programme and competition, run by the University of Stirling, for entrepreneurial students and recent graduates across Scotland. The winners will each receive £5000, desk space at Stirling University Innovation Park and a year’s access to a business mentor. Since graduating in 2013 with a degree in Product Design, Jamie (26) has developed his final year proj...
16 Mar 2015
Vitamin D not effective for lowering blood pressure
A wide-ranging review of clinical trial data led by researchers at the University of Dundee has found that the use of vitamin D to lower blood pressure is ineffective. In an article published online by JAMA Internal Medicine the research team led by Dr Miles Witham, of the School of Medicine at Dundee, conclude that vitamin D should not be used to treat hypertension or to lower blood pressure. Intervention studies have produced conflicting evidence on the blood pressure-lowering effect of vitamin D. An increasing number of clinical trials of have studied vitamin D and cardiovascular health, according to ...
16 Mar 2015
Judges for Dundee International Book Prize 2015 announced
A prestigious judging panel will bring expertise from all corners of the publishing industry to bear on this year’s Dundee International Book Prize. Writer and television/radio presenter Danny Wallace, award-winning author Denise Mina, broadcaster Fred MacAulay, literary agent Ed Wilson and Creative Scotland’s Jenny Niven will cast their eyes on the labours of aspiring novelists from across the globe. The entrants are competing for a publishing deal with Cargo Publishing and £10,000, the largest cash prize for unpublished work in the UK. Now in its 11th year, the Prize attracted almost ...
