8 Feb 2016
‘Pole Tay Pole’ – new exhibition at University
A new exhibition featuring artworks inspired by Dundee's historic connection with polar exploration and whaling will open at the University of Dundee’s D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum this Friday. As the city was a major centre of the European whaling industry, Dundee men sailed regularly to the Arctic seas, bringing back not just whale product but specimens for museums and Inuit artefacts traded with the native people they met. The city’s expertise in building whaling ships led the Discovery and many other Antarctic exploration vessels to be built in the city, while former Dundee studen...
5 Feb 2016
Managing Antibiotic Resistance returns after early success
According to the World Health Organisation, antimicrobial-resistant infections currently claim at least 50,000 lives each year across Europe and the US alone. Tackling this growing health problem requires education of healthcare professionals on a global scale, which is why the University of Dundee has launched a course which can be studied anywhere in the world. The Antimicrobial Stewardship: Managing Antibiotic Resistance MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) will be launched on Monday 8th February. This is the second time the course has run – last year nearly 1500 people from countries as varied as ...
4 Feb 2016
€2million to investigate DNA damage and repair
A University of Dundee researcher has been awarded a prestigious €2million grant to investigate how DNA becomes damaged, leading to ageing and disease. Dr Helen Walden, of the University’s School of Life Sciences, has been awarded the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant. The highly competitive awards are given to the best and most creative researchers working in Europe. The funding will create four new research posts at the University’s Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC-PPU). Dr Walden and her team will look to discover how to re...
4 Feb 2016
`We can, I can’ – Scottish Cancer Prevention Network on World Cancer Day
Scotland’s leading experts on cancer will are gathering on World Cancer Day today (February 4th) to outline how everyone, from governments and health authorities to individuals, can take action against the disease. Experts say around one-third of the most common cancers in the UK could be prevented by changes in diet, physical activity and body weight. The Scottish Cancer Prevention Network’s fifth annual World Cancer Day conference takes place in the Merchants’ Hall in Edinburgh with the theme of `We Can, I Can’. “The theme this year is ‘We Can, I Can’, designe...
2 Feb 2016
Commission to discover University’s widening access successes
The University of Dundee will this week welcome a high-level delegation keen to hear about its sector-leading work in widening access to higher education. The Commission on Widening Access (CoWA), a group set up by the Scottish Government to help realise its ambition that children from the most deprived communities should have the same chance of going to university as those born in the least deprived, will visit Dundee on Wednesday, 3rd February. Staff and students will meet with Commissioners and deliver presentations outlining the University’s innovative and pioneering approach to widening access...
