25 May 2006

Dundee Guildry present awards to students

Five post-graduate students at the University of Dundee’s School of Town and Regional Planning will be presented with travel bursaries by the Guildry Incorporation of Dundee this evening. (Thursday May 25).

The MSc students in European Urban Conservation will receive awards totalling £2000 from the Lord Dean of Guild Mr Alex Murdoch, during a reception for Guildry members to mark the 15th anniversary of the EUC programme.

The awards will enable the students to fund fieldtrips in preparation for their final dissertations.

Mr Murdoch and members of the Guildry will have the opportunity to meet students and staff involved in the EUC programme and see examples of student work which will be exhibited at the reception.

Until 1947, the Lord Dean of the Guild acted as the planning authority in Dundee.

A direct descendant of Dundee's Merchant Guild, the Guildry is over 800 years old. Its charter was granted to the merchants of Dundee by King John, giving the merchants the right to trade, free of all dues, with any port in England except London - and - is the first document to refer to the City of Dundee.

NOTES TO EDITORS

The names of the winning students will be announced at the reception.

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