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November 2005 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
30 November 2005	Students indulge in global feast	Around 150 students from all over the world will be given the chance to sample each other's culture and food at one of the most popular evenings in the University of Dundee's calendar of events for international students.
29 November 2005	Faculty of Life Sciences prize giving	Forty-one students from the University of Dundee’s world-famous School of Life Sciences who have demonstrated outstanding academic performance will be congratulated at the annual prize-giving ceremony on Tuesday, 29th November.
28 November 2005	Academics retire after more than 100 years service	More than a century of academic endeavour will be celebrated at the University of Dundee today when three long serving members of staff at the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences mark their retiral.
24 November 2005	Enterprise chief is second supercoach	Sharon Bamford, CEO of the Scottish Institute for Enterprise, will deliver the second `Supercoach' session to the University of Dundee's successful Enterprise Gym project.
22 November 2005	Sports star wins top award	A young student at the University of Dundee has had her sporting prowess recognised with one of the top awards in Scottish athletics.
17 November 2005	Lister Research Prize Lecture	A leading biomedical scientist from the University of Dundee will present the Lister Research Prize Lecture on Monday November 21st.
17 November 2005	Queen's Anniversary Prize for Dundee	The University of Dundee has won a prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher Education for its work in drug discovery.
14 November 2005	Scottish Institute Launches 'The Learning Exchange'	The Learning Exchange, the world's first interactive library of digital learning resources for social work education, is launched today (November 14th) by the Scottish Institute for Excellence in Social Work Education.
11 November 2005	Dundee Joins in National Mouth Cancer Awareness Week	The terrible toll reaped by mouth cancer will be illustrated in a number of events staged by University of Dundee Dental School to mark National Mouth Cancer Awareness Week, which runs from November 13th to 19th.
11 November 2005	Hospitals at War Exhibition Opens at Ninewells Hospital	A fascinating new exhibition exploring the life of Tayside's hospitals and medical services during the Second World War is set to open at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School in Dundee on Monday 14 November.
10 November 2005	Brian Callison Appointed Writing Fellow at Dundee	Internationally renowned best-selling author Brian Callison has been appointed a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at the University of Dundee.
10 November 2005	Dundee Youngsters Urged to 'Go for It'	A day filled with fun, music, sport, culture and health is on offer to young people from across Dundee today (Thursday November 10) at a special event hosted by the University of Dundee.
10 November 2005	University and City Schools Join in Groundbreaking Collaboration	Headteachers and senior staff from four Dundee secondary schools attended a leadership conference on pupils' learning and performance.
10 November 2005	New Exhibition of Work of Joseph Lee, Dundee's First World War Poet	Ranked alongside Owen, Brooke and Sassoon, Joseph Lee was once regarded as one of Scotland’s finest First World War poets.
5 November 2005	Dundee University Best in Europe Again	The University of Dundee has been named the best place to work in Europe for the second year running in an international poll of scientists.
3 November 2005	Bottle fountains and giant jumping beans at playful exhibition	A spectacular fountain built from bottles of soft fizzy drinks and giant jumping beans making their wobbly descent down a purpose-built slope show off a sense of playful subversion at a new exhibition opening at the University of Dundee.
3 November 2005	Dundee University Student selected for Scotland Squad	Ross Clark, a first year student at the University of Dundee, has been selected to swim for Scotland at next year's Commonwealth Games in Australia.
1 November 2005	Dundee Graduates 18 new nurses under an African sun	The University of Dundee today (Tuesday Nov 1st) bestowed degrees on eighteen new graduates, bringing a shining ray of hope to a country still suffering the effects of a long and bloody war.