4 Feb 2015
Impact of environmental research to be explored at symposium
Ways of increasing the impact of research into climate change and other environmental challenges will be explored at the University of Dundee next week. The University’s Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience (CECHR) will hold its annual symposium at the West Park Conference Centre on Wednesday, 11th February. Dundee researchers and visiting academics will host a series of talks and facilitated discussions around the topic of the ‘Impact Agenda’. The issue is vital in academia as funding bodies and policymakers seek to ensure the maximum benefit is derived from research by...
3 Feb 2015
Climate change experts to launch SELS 2015
Climate change will be on the agenda at the University of Dundee this weekend when a panel of international experts on the subject launch this year’s Saturday Evening Lecture Series (SELS). The flagship series will begin its 2015 run on Saturday when Professor Karen O’Brien (University of Oslo), Professor Laura Lindenfeld (University of Maine) and Paul Ryan (Director of the Australian Resilience Centre) join Dundee’s Professor Ioan Fazey to discuss the ways in which societies can respond in order to deal effectively with climate change. SELS is Scotland's oldest continuous free public l...
3 Feb 2015
DUSA TV Launches Customer Safety Documentary
Dundee University Students’ Association (DUSA) has produced a short film documenting the work carried out by its Customer Safety team. Since the start of September, DUSA TV, the student-led online television channel, has been following and filming the organisation’s evening staff as they help keep students safe on nights out. The 11-minute documentary shows the work that goes into ensuring that DUSA remains the safest venue in the city. DUSA TV Manager Gillian Howieson said, “This short documentary was made to show that the Customer Safety team, which is made up almost entirely of stude...
3 Feb 2015
Cancer experts challenged to make meetings healther
Scotland’s leading experts on cancer will be challenged to make meetings healthier and help practice what they preach when they meet for the annual Scottish Cancer Prevention Network conference on Wednesday February 4th, World Cancer Day. The SCPN is launching the `Healthy meetings in 10 lines’ initiative at the conference, which aims to encourage meetings organisers in all walks of life to make meetings healthier. “We want people to promote healthier meetings and demonstrate that there is no need to sit for hours on end and then be presented with sausage rolls and crisps for lunch...
2 Feb 2015
ALFIE asking for over-65s to boost research
Over-65’s in Tayside are being asked to help researchers aiming to find out if a commonly used drug, normally given for treating gout, could boost muscle strength and give a better quality of life in later years. Allopurinol is a medicine which doctors have been prescribing for over 50 years, normally for the treatment of gout. However, research has indicated that allopurinol may also be able to improve the amount of oxygen available in leg muscles. A research team at the University of Dundee want to see if allopurinol does offer a significant boost for muscle strength. They are looking for around ...