Digest

honour
Marion McMurdo, Professor of Ageing and Health, has been appointed Chair of BGS Scotland, the organisation which represens 150 hospital consultants specialising in the medical care of older people.

prize
Dr Miles Witham, Lecturer in Ageing and Health, has been awarded the Ferguson Anderson prize for the best poster presentation at the Derry UK BGS scientific meeting plus the Taylor Brown prize for the best oral presentation at the Dumfries BGS Scotland meeting.

conference
Over 50 delegates from all over the world attended Dundee's biggest and most successful philosophy conference for several years, which was held in May. The theme, "Values and Virtues: Aristotelianism in Contemporary Ethics", was addressed in more than twenty seminars, many of which will be published in an Oxford University Press collection.

award
Steve McGillivray, of the Division of Community Health Sciences, was lead author of a paper which recently won the award of John Dunne paper of the year. The paper was published in the Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine.

leverhulme
The Leverhulme Trustees offer annually approximately 30 Emeritus Fellowships. Application details are available after 1 September from the Trust's website www.leverhulme.ac.uk

conference
The Social Dimensions of Health Institute is hosting its first conference entitled "What have we learned since the Black report?". Full details can be found at www.sdhi.ac.uk/Plannedconferences.htm

enterprise
The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion is a new Award for people making outstanding contributions to the promotion of an enterprise culture in the UK. Up to ten Awards will be granted each year and a single Lifetime Achievement Award may also be awarded.

The closing date for nominations is 31 October. For more information see www.queensawards.org.uk/individual/Home.htm

languages
The Centre for Applied Language Studies offers University staff and students the chance to study French, German, Spanish and Italian at various levels for two hours per week at a discounted rate.

Classes start week commencing
27 September and run until the end of March. For further information about the classes, see: www.dundee.ac.uk/languagestudies/olp/olhome.htm or contact Liz Campbell, ext 4385, email e.c.campbell@dundee.ac.uk

vision
All staff are invited to attend a presentation by the Principal on Wednesday 6 October between 12-2pm in the Ustinov Room, Bonar Hall. The Principal will be providing an update on the University's strategic plan, the vision: towards 2007. For more information see: www.dundee.ac.uk/principalsoffice/towards2007.htm

lecture
Rabbi Nancy Morris, Scotland's first female Rabbi, will present the annual Margaret Harris lecture at 5.15pm on Tuesday 2 November in the Chaplaincy.

The title of her lecture is 'Sexuality, law and Leadership: Pushing the boundaries of Orthodoxy.'