30 May 2018
‘Daily Mile’ round campus aims to improve staff health
University of Dundee staff are being encouraged to step away from their desks, slip on suitable footwear and ramble round their beautiful campus as part of a new initiative to improve health and wellbeing. Professor Sir Pete Downes, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University, will lead staff members on a walk to launch the Daily Mile scheme tomorrow lunchtime. The initiative aims to promote the many benefits of walking to members of the University community and inspire them to build physical activity into their day-to-day routine. The inaugural Daily Mile walks take place at any time between 12noon ...
29 May 2018
Suicide battle requires older role models
Famous faces like Prince Harry and Ryan Reynolds can play a key role in reducing suicide rates among men, a researcher into the subject has said. Charlotte Starkey, a postgraduate Psychology student at the University of Dundee, says that famous faces of yesteryear could also contribute towards curbing the number of males taking their own lives. With suicide the largest killer of UK men under the age of 45, she says that while younger males living in the public eye are more inclined to open up about their difficulties, those outwith the so-called ‘Instagram generation’ are still looking for re...
28 May 2018
Stop and search report leads to policy change
Police Scotland has changed the way it carries out stop and search following a series of recommendations made by researchers at the University of Dundee and Edinburgh Napier University. Dr Megan O’Neill, from Dundee, and Edinburgh Napier’s Dr Liz Aston had previously evaluated a new approach to stop and search piloted by the Fife Division of Police Scotland. Their report, published by the Dundee-based Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR), highlighted elements of the pilot that can be regarded as good practice while also making 19 recommendations for improvement. Police Scotland has...
25 May 2018
Degree Show on course for record-breaking year
Temperatures are set to soar in Dundee this weekend but the hottest ticket in town remains the city’s biggest celebration of culture. This year’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design and Architecture Degree Show is expected to have welcomed a record-breaking number of visitors by the time it closes its doors on Sunday evening. Thousands have already flocked to view the work of more than 300 exhibiting students, with many more expected to take in the spectacle this weekend. More than 15,000 visitors took in last year’s Degree Show and Professor Paul Harris, Dean of Duncan o...
23 May 2018
Dundee student’s Degree Show celebration of life and loss
A courageous University of Dundee student has used the trauma of loss to inspire her artwork. Janine Getty was just 16 when her mother Catherine passed away, an event that would seem unlikely to inspire her in years to come. However, the Time Based Art & Digital Film student from Glasgow admits that she has since used the experience to transform her life, a turnaround that has culminated in her exhibiting at this year’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design and Architecture Degree Show. After spreading her mother’s ashes around an Oak Tree on the banks of Loch Katrine in...
