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Reduced Inequalities
Our work and activity in relation to 'Reduced Inequalities', one of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
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Dr Sabir Zazai, Chief Executive of the Scottish Refugee Council, will be awarded an honorary degree by the University of Dundee today on World Refugee Day, Thursday 20 June,
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A 22-year-old budding researcher, who failed his final year exams in high school, will begin a PhD after summer
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Breakthrough research at the University of Dundee may lead to treatments that make two deadly parasitic infections a thing of the past.
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Hundreds of free chemistry kits distributed by the University of Dundee will offer secondary school pupils an insight into life as a forensic scientist
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A photographer’s change of perspective following a multiple sclerosis diagnosis has formed the basis of a new display at V&A Dundee.
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Ground-breaking research into new forms of contraception have been boosted significantly with new support.
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A major new multi-million pound project taking place across Tayside will address the challenges of health inequality using medical technologies developed by partners across Scotland.
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An internship at one of Scotland’s most prestigious cultural venues will prove transformative for the careers of a new generation of artists, a University of Dundee student has said.
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Secondary school pupils have been getting stuck into engineering activities as part of a University of Dundee initiative to raise local aspiration and increase diversity and inclusion in the sector
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Researchers from the University of Dundee have made an important discovery that helps explain why south Asian type 2 diabetes patients are diagnosed at a younger age than Europeans and subsequently experience poorer outcomes.
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The University of Dundee is helping Fife students through the financial squeeze with the opening of a new pantry.
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World-leading and collaborative research undertaken at the University of Dundee has been honoured at one of the Life Sciences sector’s most prestigious award ceremonies.
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A University of Dundee spinout company specialising in diabetes care is helping Muslim people with the condition to fast safely during Ramadan.
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Engrained negative thinking about postsecondary prospects is contributing to high levels of youth unemployment in Scotland’s most disadvantaged communities, according to new research from the University of Dundee and The Kelvin Centre.
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Stephen Fry has lavished praise on University of Dundee staff and students for their success in involving the public in academic research projects.
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A Bangalore student whose mental health experiences have inspired his academic career has won a prestigious scholarship honouring Scotland’s first non-white elected politician.
![Sosten Ciotha, Hannah Wilson and Iain Gillespie at tree planting](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-11/Tree%20planting.jpg?itok=iberayox)
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The planting of two ‘Trees of Hope’ symbolises the University of Dundee’s commitment to equitable working with partners in Africa.
![Swapnaa Tamhane at Jute's Hidden History exhibition](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-06/V_A.Swapnaa%20Tamhane_008.jpg?itok=DwFZzP26)
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The experiences of jute workers in Bangladesh and India will be explored in a new commission at V&A Dundee, developed in partnership with Dundee Heritage Trust and the University of Dundee.
![Social work student speaking to elderly person](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-05/sss-dalhousie-03-17---13.jpg?itok=o4ZF8YXz&h=a130fd67)
Impact case study
Collaborative approaches to policy implementation for social work education and workforce development.
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Bringing the voices of street children and youth to bear on global policy through UN General Comment.
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Bringing about step-change in the diagnosis and treatment of neglected tropical diseases.
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University of Dundee-led research has shown that medical students who declare a disability are just as likely to complete the course successfully as those who do not.
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A University of Dundee project aiming to improve children’s wellbeing through participation in art has received funding to expand its work to art galleries across Scotland.
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A new study led by a University of Dundee researcher has shown that embedding specialist addiction nurses in general practices has the potential to appropriately support people with alcohol problems.
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The University of Dundee has been awarded the Bronze mark of the Race Equality Charter, for a period of five years
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The winner of a scholarship celebrating Scotland’s first non-white local councillor says she is determined to use her time at the University of Dundee to the make the world a better place.
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A University of Dundee expert is attempting to safeguard the rights of older people in the Americas with a new comic.
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Having your art feature on a TV show and in an exhibition is a huge accomplishment for any young artist, but even more so for one University of Dundee student whose eyes are her paintbrush
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A student who spent time on the road with BBC presenter Matt Baker as part of his Great Rickshaw Relay Challenge has talked about her experiences of helping to raise millions for charity and increase awareness of her rare liver condition
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The University of Dundee’s Professor Lorraine van Blerk has been conferred as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in recognition of her work on global social justice
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A University of Dundee student, inspired by her brother, has created a website to bring awareness to inequalities in dental treatment for people with Down syndrome
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The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed more people to the health pitfalls and stigmas associated with poverty and homelessness, University of Dundee experts have told the United Nations.
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A month of events at the University of Dundee will help to promote positive role models from within the LGBT+ community and showcase their impact on the world.
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A charity that has supported some of Dundee’s most vulnerable people throughout lockdown is to benefit from one of the city’s most popular Christmas events.
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A University of Dundee project has been honoured for using Makaton signs and music to bring youngsters together throughout lockdown.
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The life of a local disabled rights advocate will be celebrated as the University of Dundee marks UK Disability History Month.
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The University of Dundee is to bring its expertise in diabetes, precision medicine and machine learning to bear on a project aiming to improve the outcomes for people with diabetes in Malaysia.
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A new course developed by the University of Dundee aims to enhance the learning experience of students facing barriers to their education due to disability.
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University of Dundee experts will attempt to transform the way obesity is treated as part of a €16 million project.
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A University of Dundee student has organised a community-based response to coronavirus in one of the city’s most deprived areas.
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Students at the University of Dundee have come together in an effort to help the city’s vulnerable during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Graduate Apprenticeship opportunities at the University of Dundee offer “the best of both worlds” for staff and employers, the director of a Scottish software company has said.
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A University of Dundee midwifery expert will begin the New Year by calling for improved care for mothers and babies to help save tens of thousands of lives around the world each year.
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The University of Dundee is one of the international partners in a major new research project examining how technologists can learn from people with disabilities – and support them in the future
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Music and sign language are bringing children around the world together in harmony thanks to an eTwinning project conceived at the University of Dundee.
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The University of Dundee will help to inspire the next generation of female scientists when it welcomes around 80 local youngsters to campus tonight
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