24 May 2019

Pupils plant seeds of partnership with Malawian plot

Scotland’s ties to Malawi will break new ground this week when a new garden celebrating the links between the two countries is revealed to the public. Dundee pupils from the Law Nursery, St Ninian’s Primary and Rosebank Primary will help plant the first seeds of celebration on Tuesday 28th May, as their schools announce new partnerships with five Malawian schools. The idea to create the new patch was developed by students from the University of Dundee and staff from NHS Tayside. Catriona Grant, a fourth-year medical student from the University of Dundee, said that Ninewells Community Garden ...

23 May 2019

Dundee graduate makes Disney movie magic

A University of Dundee graduate hopes to leave moviegoers spellbound this week, as his own magical touch transports them to the fantasy world of Aladdin. Jonathan Macintosh, a Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design graduate and a Lead Animator for Disney’s latest live-action film Aladdin, says he can’t help but feel like a kid again when a movie he works on hits the big screen. “Our work can take several months or even years to get right but you still get those butterflies in your stomach when the opening sequence begins,” said Jonathan. “I love the challenge of ta...

23 May 2019

Chinese architects among host of international exhibitors

More than 350 students from 21 countries spread across three continents are exhibiting at the 2019 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design and Architecture Degree Show, which runs until Sunday. China is one of the most highly represented countries at the exhibition, thanks in part to a pioneering partnership between the University of Dundee and Wuhan University, one of the top higher education institutions in China. This agreement sees dozens of students from Wuhan complete the final year of their architecture degree at the University with many opting to remain at Dundee for a further year to ob...

22 May 2019

Law in Dundee history celebrated in new book

Pioneering female academics and Polish ‘soldier students’ are among those who feature in a new book celebrating the teaching of Law in Dundee. ‘Dundee Law 1865-1967: The Development of a Law School in a Time of Change’ is written by Robin M White, a former Senior Lecturer in Law and currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Dundee. The book is published by the Abertay Historical Society, who will be launching it at a special event at the University’s Scrymgeour Building on Friday 24 May. Dundee Law begins with the earliest recorded classes in the 1860s befor...

22 May 2019

Former GP doctors DNA into dazzling jewellery display

A former doctor will provide a different type of diagnosis for the human race this week as her jewellery, which depicts thousands of years of human genetic code, is showcased at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and Architecture Degree Show. Motivated by her own personal illness which forced her to retire after more than 30 years of practising medicine, Dr Allison Meighan turned her attention to surgically digitalising thousands of mitochondrial DNA components and using modern 3D printing techniques to fuse them into jewellery. The former GP, now Jewellery and Metal Design student, said it ...