16 Nov 2016
‘Research in Film’ award for Kieran
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design PhD student Kieran Baxter has won an award for his stunning visual reinterpretation of two prehistoric Angus hill forts. ‘The Caterthuns’ won Kieran the 2016 Arts and Humanities Research Council 'Research in Film Awards' Doctoral Award. The film saw Kieran recreate the White and Brown Caterhun hill forts near Edzell more than 2,000 years after they were populated. It formed part of his PhD project at Duncan of Jordanstone, part of the University of Dundee. Kieran’s work explored how aerial photography and creative visualisation technolog...
16 Nov 2016
Male fertility research boosted by Gates Foundation grant
The University of Dundee announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The project will enable a unique collaboration bringing together expertise at Dundee in male fertility and drug discovery to help identify possible new male contraceptive drugs. Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) supports innovative thinkers worldwide to explore ideas that can break the mould in how we solve persistent global health and development challenges. The Dundee project, led by Professor Andrew Hopkins (Chair of Medicinal Informatics), Dr Pa...
15 Nov 2016
Busking, bars and blackboards
Primary teacher Adam Fortune will graduate from the University of Dundee this week – just a couple of hundreds of yards from where he used to busk during his student days in the city. Adam (27), originally from Campbeltown but who now lives in Perth, will receive his Postgraduate Diploma in Primary Education (PGDE) at the University’s Winter Graduation ceremony on the morning of Thursday, 17th November. During his undergraduate days in Dundee, Adam would spend the weekends playing his guitar and singing to crowds of shoppers who passed by his pitch by the popular dragon statue on High Street....
14 Nov 2016
University and LJR+H Architects’ work stars in ‘Grand Designs’
Flagship architecture show Grand Designs is this month shining the spotlight on a rural dwelling designed by the University of Dundee’s Professor Graeme Hutton which it has named as one of the best homes in Britain. ‘Zinc House’, near Monikie, is in the running for the 'Grand Designs/RIBA Best House in Britain 2016' award. As such, an extended segment extoling its many virtues will feature on the Channel 4 show, which attracts audiences of up to three million for each episode, on Thursday 24th November at 9pm, The building is also the subject of a six-page spread in the latest edition of...
10 Nov 2016
Dental nurse who travelled 6495 miles to study at Dundee
The University of Dundee has welcomed one of its newest students, Michelle Green, a resident of the remote island Tristan Da Cunha. Michelle will eventually be Tristan’s onsite dental nurse and has come to the University to improve her skills. She said, “I was really nervous and scared about making the trip to Dundee, it’s a lot bigger than what I’m used to. “I’m here to learn everything I can about dental work, from children to dentures. Hopefully I’ll be able to match up to the Hygienist back home, though she’s got 30 something years on me.” Tri...
