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31 January 2011 |
Dundee Literary Salons 2011 |
The 2011 programme of the popular Dundee Literary Salons series will be launched at a brand new venue later this week.
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30 January 2011 |
'Showing the Unseen' - 2011 Saturday Evening Lecture Series |
The ways in which visualisation of complex theories and information bring science to life will be explored when the 2011 Saturday Evening Lecture Series is launched next week.
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28 January 2011 |
Oscar recognition for Animation graduates |
More than 30 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design graduates and staff members worked on The Illusionist, the Scottish animated film nominated for an Oscar earlier this week.
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28 January 2011 |
Dundee lecturer to help reverse Orientalism in international exhibition |
A University of Dundee lecturer is to have work that explores his experiences of visiting Yemen unveiled at a major exhibition in Paris next week.
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27 January 2011 |
Precious win for jewellery students |
Jewellery students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design have scooped five prizes at the Goldsmith’s Precious Metal Bursary Awards 2011.
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27 January 2011 |
Developing the Creative Economy - lecture, Glasgow School of Art, Feb 1st |
Professor Jeremy Peat, Director of the David Hume Institute, will deliver a public lecture on the prospects for and importance of the creative sector in Scotland, at an event to mark the arrival in Glasgow of the V&A at Dundee architectural exhibition.
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26 January 2011 |
Animation students to be put through The Mill |
Representatives from one of the world's most exciting visual effects companies will visit the University of Dundee later this week to meet with some of the UK's top young animators.
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26 January 2011 |
Consent still an issue for intimate medical examinations |
Medical students need to learn how to perform intimate examinations and procedures in order to conduct them competently and safely for the benefit of future patients. However, medical students are still being asked by senior clinicians to conduct or observe intimate examinations without valid patient consent, new research from the Universities of Dundee and Cardiff suggests.
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25 January 2011 |
Professor Iain Stewart to discuss natural hazards - CECHR Global Futures Lecture |
Professor Iain Stewart, presenter of the TV series Making Scotland's Landscape and Men of Rock, will visit Dundee next week to discuss complex issues relating to natural hazards such as earthquakes and tsunamis.
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25 January 2011 |
Dundee energy expert advises Duke on controversial agreements |
The expertise in global energy issues at the University of Dundee's Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy has been tapped into by the Duke of York, the UK's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment.
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24 January 2011 |
Last chance to see the weird and wonderful with Mark Carwardine |
Renowned conservationist, zoologist, writer, presenter and photographer Mark Carwardine will share his experiences of making the popular BBC television series ‘Last Chance to See’ when he appears at the University of Dundee next week.
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21 January 2011 |
Special Burns Night Offer - For A' That - A Celebration of Burns |
The words of Robert Burns have crossed hearts, minds, time and the globe, meaning something different to every one of us.
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20 January 2011 |
Chance to influence plans for Scotland's marine regions |
Organisations and individuals in Tayside will be given the chance to register their views on legislation affecting Scottish marine regions at an event in Dundee next week.
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19 January 2011 |
Dundee leads the way in EU-Australia environmental collaboration |
The University of Dundee is at the forefront of a cultural and academic exchange programme to promote environmental sustainability which is set to lead to the first degrees jointly awarded by universities in Europe and Australia.
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17 January 2011 |
Visualising the problem may help to improve antibiotics |
Researchers from the Universities of Dundee and Oxford have made a significant breakthrough in understanding how resistance to antibiotics might be overcome, by producing the first ever 3D molecular image of a key drug target and showing how drugs bind to it.
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14 January 2011 |
Green Map to encourage staff and students to do their bit for the environment |
The University of Dundee has developed a 'Green Map' to help students and staff do their bit for the environment.
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13 January 2011 |
It takes two for improved control of blood pressure |
New British-led research shows that starting treatment of blood pressure with two medicines rather than the one produces better and faster results and fewer side effects - findings that could change clinical practice world-wide.
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12 January 2011 |
Down payment for Dundee's V&A |
Funding has been committed that will enable the V&A at Dundee project to get under way in 2011.
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06 January 2011 |
Eating Disorders Network: Support for change |
A support group for adults experiencing any kind of eating disorder will be relaunched in Dundee next week in response to requests from individual service users and care providers.
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06 January 2011 |
Discover the worlds of research and teaching - Discovery Days 2011 |
The University of Dundee will next month open its doors and showcase the exceptional research and teaching taking place within the institution.
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04 January 2011 |
Are too many coronial autopsies unnecessary? |
The number of coroner autopsies carried out every year in England and Wales could be reduced by over 60% - or 80,000 dissections - if a system of post-mortem examinations used in Scotland was adopted, say the authors of a paper published in the January issue of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
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