September 2004

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Dundee named Scottish University of the Year 2004

The Sunday Times Good University Guide has just named the University of Dundee Scottish University of the Year 2004.

Rated top in Scotland for teaching excellence and achieving the highest graduate salaries in Scotland and north of Oxford, Dundee graduates can expect to earn an average of £18,884 six months after graduating, nearly £2,000 more than the UK average, according to the Sunday Times league tables taken from Hesa data.

The University was also short-listed for UK University of the Year alongside Durham, University College London, Kingston and Manchester - only the second time that a Scottish University has been short-listed for this title.

Dundee is ranked 30 this year, climbing six places from last year and 18 places since the guide was first published in 1998. Since then, the University of Dundee has never dropped a place, a feat matched only by Cambridge and Oxford.

The Sunday Times Good University Guide is known in the sector to be one of the most consulted guides to universities by school leavers. With high circulation in many countries it is a key resource for international students considering studying in the UK.

The award was welcomed by Principal Sir Alan Langlands, "This is an excellent way to start the new academic year. The most important ingredient in any first class University is the contribution of the staff and students. This latest accolade is down to their - your - dedication, hard work and professionalism. Our philosophy is a very simple one - striving for excellence in teaching and learning, excellence in research and a belief in creating the right environment in which staff and students can develop to their full potential."

A feature in the Sunday Times Good University Guide highlighted a string of excellent teaching assessments, new campus developments, ambitions for the most IT-literate students in the country, our highly successful access programme, the highly rated medical and art schools and the new flexible modular system.

The Sunday Times tables 2004 can be viewed at http://www.timesonline.co.uk

Principal's Column
Dundee book prize
DUSA refurbishment unveiled
Innovative awards for teaching 2004
Prestigious fellowship award
Freshers' welcome
Building links overseas
Campus development update
Green travel plan and car parking strategy
£2m Wolfson award for CIR
Student scoops biochemistry award
University cancer expert appointed to committee
Lanes' move to Singapore
Medal for outstanding achievement
Accountancy appointments
New court appointments
New Deans and Heads of Schools
Inspiration and Discovery
Bringing DJCAD design to Zambia
TICR Ball Carnaval de Cuba
Top award for student conservator
Court report
Electronic portfolios and digital asset management
The Greenhouse effect
Books
Deputy Principal revisits Walden
Caribbean event
Research Grants
Improving research overhead recovery
Body memory
Solving a murder mystery
Myth and memory
Central Timetabling Service
Double success for Dalziel+Scullion
Developing research concepts
Medical history archives
Tributes to Neil Glen and Ian Durajczyk
Water, water everywhere
Digest
Culture & Arts Forum
Farewells to University academics
New staff development handbook
Music update
Walk in to work out
David Foggie - the painters' painter