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October 2008 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
30 October	Scottish researchers to develop electronic 'passport' for disabled patients	Capability Scotland and Dundee University are joining forces to develop an electronic "passport" to improve hospital care for disabled people.
29 October	Come to your senses! - from Smell-O-Vision to seeing colour in Gaelic	The University of Dundee's fourth annual culture day takes place on Wednesday 5th November, and promises to be a unique sensory experience, taking the audience on a journey that covers everything from the sights and sounds of Old Dundee to cinematic gimmicks such as the infamous Smell-O-Vision.
29 October	Dr Mairi Scott appointed to General Medical Council	Dr Mairi Scott, Director of the Professional Development Academy (PDA) at the University of Dundee and an Honorary Consultant with NHS Tayside, has been appointed to the revised General Medical Council. The Council, which will be established on 1st January 2009, will be made up of 12 medical and 12 lay members.
22 October	MRC Unit at Dundee to establish national centre	The Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation Unit at the University of Dundee has been awarded almost £1million to set up the UK’s National Centre for Protein Kinase Profiling, a unique service which will widen academic access to one of the fastest developing areas of the pharmaceutical industry.
22 October	NCR 'Voice of the Future' competition	Computing students at the University of Dundee are being challenged to envisage what life will be like in 2020, in a competition sponsored by NCR Corporation.
20 October	Dundee professor to receive prestigious Rolf Luft Award	Professor Grahame Hardie, of the University of Dundee, has been selected for the prestigious 2008 Rolf Luft Award, which he will receive later this month at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.
17 October	Statement for launch-Early Dispute Resolution (EDR) Initiative	On 20 June 2008, the University Court approved a Strategy to address an early dispute resolution initiative within the University Community for both staff and students.
17 October	Aspirin does not prevent heart attacks in patients with diabetes	Taking regular aspirin and antioxidant supplements does not prevent heart attacks even in high risk groups with diabetes and asymptomatic arterial disease, and aspirin should only be given to patients with established heart disease, stroke or limb arterial disease, according to a study published today on www.bmj.com.
16 October	Granny passes on her knitting skills	A Granny, a wood carver and a book binder will be among the experts passing on their traditional skills at the University of Dundee this week.
16 October	Capital letters bring multi-million pound joy to Scottish Universities	Two of Scotland's leading universities have received multi-million pound awards to help create new, internationally-competitive research facilities under the Wellcome Trust's Capital Awards in Biomedical Sciences initiative.
14 October	Opera day makes web sing for Dundee students	The growing importance of mobile browsing of the internet will be laid out by world leaders in the field to computing students at the University of Dundee later this month.
13 October	Dundee doctors to train Chinese health workers	Chinese health workers are set to become better at spotting attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) children after funding was awarded to a University of Dundee expert to develop a training programme in China.
10 October	Innovation Showcase to bring industry leaders to Dundee	High profile representatives from industry, government and the world of research will be converging on Dundee next month for a brand new business event being held around the theme of innovation.
9 October	'Watson-Watt: Battle of Britain - Three Steps to Victory' New exhibition - October 16th to November 20th, University of Dundee	'Watson-Watt: The Battle of Britain - Three Steps to Victory' is an exciting new exhibition at the University of Dundee celebrating one of the UK’s great technology pioneers.
9 October	Students have the answers - staff despair!	The inaugural staff v students University Challenge ended in victory for the younger generation at the Dalhousie Building last night.
8 October	Prize winning writers to be included in New Writing Dundee	New Writing Dundee, Dundee's première literary anthology, would like to announce that this year's publication will be honoured to feature work from the prize-winning poet Douglas Dunn as well as poetry and poems from Tom Bryan, Cynthia Rogerson, Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Andrew Murray Scott. This fourth issue will also include an interview with the author of The Short Day Dying, Peter Hobbes.
8 October	Personal safety lessons encourage students to speak out	A four-year study has shown that children are far more likely to speak out about experiences ranging from bullying to verbal and physical abuse if they have taken part in personal safety lessons.
8 October	£1.7million to strip the coat off African sleeping sickness	Researchers at the University of Dundee have been granted £1.7million by the Wellcome Trust to try and find the chink in the armour of one of the world’s most neglected tropical diseases.
3 October	University Challenge - Dundee-style!!	Students vs Vice-Principals, Dalhousie Building, Wednesday 8th October 2008 - 6pm So who are the brightest of the bright - students or academics?? University Challenge comes to Dundee next week with University of Dundee Principal Sir Alan Langlands posing the questions to opposing teams of senior academics and students.
3 October	Cabinet Secretary to open £6million library extension	Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, will open the £6million extension to the main library at the University of Dundee on Monday October 6th.
2 October	Former Chief Constable appointed to Honorary Professorship	Mr Peter Wilson, former Chief Constable of Fife Constabulary, has been awarded an Honorary Professorship in the School of Social and Environmental Sciences at the University of Dundee.
1 October	Designers come face-to-face with disabled users	The users of everyday devices supplied to people with disabilities will have the chance to tell the designers of such products exactly what they could be doing to make them better, at an innovative face-to-face session at the University of Dundee next week.
1 October	Careers advice turns to commission for students	A visit to the Careers Service at the University of Dundee has led to a job very close to home for two art and design students.