Announcements
Minister visits Dundee to hear about social prescribing News
11th March, 2016
Mr Jamie Hepburn, Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and Mental Health, visited The Crescent in Dundee on Tuesday (8 March) to hear about the impact of the Sources of Support (SOS) social prescribing scheme on the wellbeing and mental health of the people of Dundee. The integration of health and social care has resulted in a partnership approach to how best link patients and clients to servic...
Dundee named among Europe’s top 100 universities News
11th March, 2016
The University of Dundee has been placed within Europe’s top 100 universities in the latest edition of the Times Higher Education European University Rankings. Dundee was ranked 94th in the table, which measured institutions on their teaching environment, research environment, citations (research influence), industry income and international outlook. The ranking is drawn from data used to c...
Collaboration to develop new treatments for tuberculosis News
9th March, 2016
World-leading medicinal chemistry and biology at the Universities of Dundee (Scotland) and Cape Town (South Africa) have been allied to the industrial expertise of the Pharmaceuticals Division of Bayer (Germany), one of the world’s leading pharma companies, in an effort to develop critically needed new treatments for tuberculosis (TB). The collaboration combines some of the world’s be...
Chemical probe brings new insight into Parkinson’s disease News
9th March, 2016
Pioneering chemical technology developed at the University of Dundee is giving scientists the clearest insight yet into crucial biochemical processes that are active in many diseases, including Parkinson’s disease. Dr Satpal Virdee, leader of the research team, said their findings could 'revolutionise’ research capability. Working in collaboration with Dr Miratul Muqit, the Dundee te...
Group identifications affect likelihood of teenagers smoking, drinking and taking cannabis News
8th March, 2016
Teenagers who interact positively with their family, school and friends are far less likely to smoke, binge drink and use cannabis than peers who fail to identify with these social groups, according to research from the University of Dundee. The research team, led by Psychology PhD student Kirsty Miller, surveyed more than 1000 high school pupils aged 13-17 from the Fife area. The results showed...
Four new RSE Fellows for University of Dundee News
8th March, 2016
The Royal Society of Edinburgh has announced today that four people from the University of Dundee have been elected as Fellows of the RSE. The new Fellows from the University are: Wendy Alexander, Vice-Principal (International) Paul Birch, Professor of Plant Pathology and Deputy Head of the Division of Plant Sciences Andrew Hopkins, Professor of Medicinal Informatics and SULSA Research Profe...
Secondary school pupils get sneak peak into nursing News
4th March, 2016
The University of Dundee recently hosted an event at the School of Nursing for S4-6 pupils from around Tayside and Fife. Working with LIFT OFF, a programme set up to give school children advice and support about higher education, the University gave six pupils the chance to become nursing students for the day. Katie Hardie, Karis Penman (S4 from Braeview Academy); Cally Waugh, Kaitlyn Bell (S6 f...
Your information is safe with us News
4th March, 2016
The University of Dundee's Health Informatics Centre (HIC) has been awarded a sought-after information security certification. The ISO27001:2013 certificate is an internationally recognised ‘gold standard’ in information security. Organisations hoping to achieve the certificate are required to pass an intensive audit of their data management process, hardware, computer systems and sec...
University of Dundee dentists going global News
4th March, 2016
The first group of students to study the University of Dundee's innovative Orthodontics MSc in Cairo will graduate this summer. The new alumni will then take what they've learned back to practices in countries like Egypt, Sudan and Saudi Arabia. First taught in 2013, the Orthodontics MSc is aimed at qualified dentists from the Middle East and North Africa who wish to specialise in orthodontics,...
Lorraine Kelly becomes 100,000th volunteer to join SHARE News
2nd March, 2016
Television presenter – and former Rector of the University of Dundee – Lorraine Kelly has become the 100,000th volunteer to join a Scotland-wide effort to help shape the medicines of the future. SHARE (The Scottish Health Research Register) is a unique initiative which aims to make it easier for researchers to identify suitable recruits from Scotland to carry out ground breaking medic...
