17 May 2017
Giant Clydesdale ready to rock Degree Show crowds
An 8 ½ foot-tall, 47-stone steel rocking horse depicting oppression and class tension within Scotland is one of the star exhibits at this year’s University of Dundee Art, Design and Architecture Degree Show. The giant Clydesdale was created by Ulrika Kjeldsen, a final-year student at the University’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, for the exhibition. It forms the centrepiece of Ulrika’s display at the 2017 Degree Show, which opens this Friday. Twenty-three-year-old Ulrika, originally from the Aland Islands, an autonomous region of Finland, was inspired to stud...
16 May 2017
New Code of Practice for investigators of fire and explosions
A new code of practice for the investigation of fires and explosions within the criminal justice system was launched today, May 16th 2017. The new Code of Practice is supported by the National Fire Chiefs Council, the Institution of Fire Engineers and the UK Association of Fire Investigators, the three leading organisations representing the profession across the UK. The Code has been developed by a multi-agency team led by the University of Dundee, one of the world’s foremost centres for research in forensic sciences. The Code was presented at the Scottish Fire Symposium taking place at the Scottis...
16 May 2017
University of Dundee gets ready to welcome back its Alumni
Hundreds of graduates of the University of Dundee will return to the city from all over the world this weekend to join celebrations marking the University’s 50th anniversary. Former students, and their families from as far afield as Australia and the USA will be flooding back to the campus where many of them started their academic careers. The returning alumni will add to the buzz in the city on a weekend when the University’s annual Art, Design and Architecture Degree Show also opens. Celebrations for the alumni weekend will include visits to the Degree Show and a host of other events co-ord...
16 May 2017
Dundee continues climb in Guardian University Guide
The University of Dundee has continued its climb in prestigious national league tables after being ranked 24th in the UK in the Guardian University Guide 2018, topping the table in Dentistry and Design & Crafts. This result represents a rise of four places on last year’s rankings, meaning Dundee has jumped 23 places since 2015. The University is now ranked 3rd in Scotland having overtaken Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt in this year’s Guardian table. In addition to being placed top nationally for Dentistry and Design & Crafts, Dundee is in the top ten in Fashion & Textiles (3rd UK), Med...
15 May 2017
From operating table to Degree Show in six painful weeks
The annual Degree Show is always a special time for art and design students, the culmination of several years of hard work and the opportunity to showcase the fruits of their creative labours to an audience of thousands. For Amy Crawford, this year’s University of Dundee Art, Design and Architecture Degree Show takes on special significance as it comes just six weeks after she nearly died of sepsis. After several days’ illness, Amy was in such severe pain that she was unable to stand by the time she arrived at the out-of-hours doctor service in Dundee at the start of April. The 22-year-old fr...
