Stories from the University of Dundee in 2023 - July to December
Press releases, features, and news from 2023 - July to December
July to December
![View over campus rooftops to the River Tay](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020-12/campus-2016-28.jpg?itok=NFdyyO2d&h=8106dffe)
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The University of Dundee is creating a new Sustainability Institute which will attend to the critical need for contemporary societies to confront the climate crisis and to facilitate ways of living in environmentally sustainable ways.
![A group of staff from MCh Orth group](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/MCh%20Orth%202022-2023%2001.jpg?itok=I7S4tnHA)
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It is with immense pride that UDOTS can announce that all Master of Orthopaedic Surgery (MCh Orth) candidates were awarded their degrees on 23 June 2023.
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On the 10th anniversary of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), six panellists reviewed the initiative's impact on the way research is assessed
![Professor Shane O'Neill, Councillor Lynne Short and Dr Jim McGeorge outside of the University's Tower Building with a sign to promote Dundee as a Living Wage city](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/L-r%20-%20Professor%20Shane%20O%27Neill%2C%20Councillor%20Lynne%20Short%20and%20Dr%20Jim%20McGeorge%20outside%20of%20the%20University%27s%20Tower%20Building.jpg?itok=0CBUhPzg)
Press release
The University of Dundee has been accredited as a Real Living Wage employer.
![Barley grass growing in a field](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/Barley%20image%20-%20Best-Crop.jpg?itok=zi7B0LW0)
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It may be known as the basis of whisky but scientists at two of Scotland’s leading scientific institutions have been tasked with distilling a new future for barley.
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The report highlights ongoing efforts to ensure UK research is trustworthy, ethical, and responsible, and identifies areas for further work.
![Three fire fighters sit with water houses outside a burning testing facility for training purposes](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/20230705_134756080_iOS.jpg?itok=Tya8iLAd&h=71976bb4)
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On the 5th of July 2023 a new Fire Investigation Training & Research Facility was opened in Aberdeenshire
![Cornelis Weijer](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-01/cornelis_weijer-1.jpg?itok=xvhfEgSR&h=baecfb74)
Press release
Professor Kees Weijer has been chosen to join the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO), an organisation of leading researchers that promotes excellence in the life sciences in Europe and beyond.
![Lesley-Anne Pearson, Melissa D’Ascenzio and Gopal Sapkota with the 2023 Athena Swan award](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/Athena-Swan-Silver-Award-2023.jpg?itok=RwPJGTDK&h=2f83cd36)
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University of Dundee School of Life Sciences was awarded an Athena Swan Silver Award under the new Athena Swan charter.
![A drawing showing the Eden project building structure, people milling around underneath grassy rooftops and sprawling gardens](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/Eden%20Project%20Dundee%201.jpg?itok=DqucI2TO)
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A planning application for Eden Project Dundee is due to be submitted this autumn, following an extensive consultation process
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Congratulations to all our graduands and to our undergraduate students who have been awarded prizes by the School of Science and Engineering
![Blair Smith](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/Blair-Smith_0.jpg?itok=_nyTqegl&h=274fe16c)
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The University of Dundee Careers Service is proud that we have several students away on international and Scotland based placements after they were successful in their applications to the Saltire Scholar Internship Programme.
![RCS England logo](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/RCS%20England_Accredited%20By_RGB_Mono.png?h=7fb2e0cf&itok=MdKYr5GW)
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Two UDOTS degree programmes have been re-accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSEng).
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The University’s Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification has a long and rich history, dating back to 1889. Join us as we look back on how teaching Anatomy has changed over the years.
![Tricia and Philip stood in front of water and mountain view behind](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/Tricia3.jpg?itok=fLh9zyEp&h=8d051fa8)
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A 'smelly old chemistry lab' might seem an unpromising location for romance, but it was in such a place that Professor Sir Philip Cohen met his future wife, Tricia. The couple would go on to develop what was an underappreciated field of research.
![Tara wearing a royal blue outfit](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/Tara_Graduation.bak__1.jpg?itok=bOKyNval&h=11e35bc7)
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Tara Mansell graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD) in 2020 with a degree in Jewellery & Metal Design amidst the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
![An example iPlacenta plate held in the hand of a Dundee researcher](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/iPlacenta%20-%20an%20example%20plate%20utilised%20by%20the%20Dundee%20team.jpg?itok=H7wWnAMN)
Press release
A placenta on a chip developed at the University of Dundee has the potential to transform research into life-threatening conditions in pregnancy.
![Tim Eicke wearing blue gown](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/Tim%20Eicke%20KC.png?h=524a5471&itok=KipSNKgv)
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English Law LLB alumnus Judge Tim Eicke KC, the UK Judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), returned to the University in February to give a lecture on Crises in Europe: a view from the Strasbourg Court.
![Smiling graduate with long hair, wearing gown and holding certificate tube](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/Erin%20Chalmers%20-%20RT%2001.07.22%20-%202.jpg?itok=IG_106zR)
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As a Robertson Scholar, young Scots can access world-class learning experiences at the University of Dundee with a programme of support based on ability rather than financial capacity.
![Lorena Weepers, pictured with Dr Jim McGeorge stood in the garden holding ribbon](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/Jim%20McGeorge%20and%20Lorena%20Weepers%20cut%20the%20ribbon.png?h=96a96008&itok=Mn6LgDXz)
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There may be few certainties in life, but one unavoidable experience that we will all deal with is death.
![Alumini team holding banner of University of Dundee](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/TW12.jpg?itok=WmSLuAKQ&h=373fcc20)
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From Dundee to New York, tartan is a hot topic of conversation for the University and V&A Dundee this year with a celebration of the Scottish fabric at home and abroad.
![Euan Rutter stood in front of colourful artwork](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/KGM_9932.jpg?itok=Tl7Y0wjV&h=ea95bb15)
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Art can be a real source of therapy for people at any age and stage of life. For 37-year-old Euan Rutter, art helped transform his life and he’s now using it to transform the lives of others.
![David peattie alumni donor smiling](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/UODL4312.jpg?itok=JZbosWTM&h=ea95bb15)
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Scholarships and bursaries are a lifeline for many students who struggle financially during their academic careers. Thanks to the generosity of alumni like David Peattie, students at the University can access these life-changing opportunities.
![Student sat on the grass at welcome week on campus](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/WelcomeWk22-134.jpg?itok=nZFjIERY&h=ea95bb15)
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Rising living costs, the energy crisis and the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic have caused our student community significant challenges in recent years and this continues today.
![Alessio Ciulli wearing a lab coat in the laboratory](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/UODT1027.jpg?itok=GpK2k8tK&h=ea95bb15)
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The University’s new Centre for Targeted Protein Degradation (CeTPD) is not only raising hopes of treating diseases previously thought to be undruggable but is also part of a range of developments helping to transform the city of Dundee.
![Eilish McColgan celebrate with the Scottish flag after winning the gold medal in the women's 10,000m final during the athletics competition at alexander stadium during the Birmingham 2022 commonwealth games.](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/GettyImages-1474881674.jpg?itok=XQay0UHZ&h=ea95bb15)
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She may be the golden girl of British athletics, but Eilish McColgan has a secret.
![Two kitchen staff taking trays of food out of an oven.](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/90630979_3279275062104895_8180402468119642112_o.jpg?itok=wqwUWP2m&h=0a5b6cf3)
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While taking a holiday from her busy role at Spectrum Geo Ltd in London, Tamara Egbedi visited Nigeria, not realising how she was going to change millions of people’s lives across Africa.
![Principle stead with a spade and two other people holding small trees.](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/bot-tree-africa-1122-007.jpg?itok=qmQfR0mk&h=ea95bb15)
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The University launched its Africa Initiative in November 2022, a new long-term commitment to working in equitable partnership in research, education and engagement, to enrich lives both in Scotland and Africa.
![Artist's impression of the Angus Rural Mobility Hub](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/Angus%20Rural%20Mobility%20Hub%20Visualisation.jpg?itok=uFlt5XlD)
Press release
A University-backed study has been awarded £10,000 of funding by the Energy Technology Partnership (ETP) to explore the development of green hydrogen for use in the heavy-duty vehicle sector.
![Two Dundee students and two secondary school pupils pose around a mock-up rocket landing tower build, made out of wood](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/LR%20-%20Leia%2C%20pupils%20Erere%20and%20Jessica%2C%20and%20Hayyaan%20web.jpeg?itok=W0lta9rc)
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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
![masters show 2023](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/24257_DJCAD_Masters_Show_2023_Cooper_Gallery_700x390px_FA.jpg?itok=kauZngWN&h=577fdcb8)
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Work by students from some of the UK’s most exciting postgraduate degree programmes will be on show to the public next month at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design Masters Show 2023
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The University of Dundee’s Bachelor of Finance (BFin) programme has recently achieved Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Affiliation Program status.
![Niamh Nic Daeid portrait](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020-04/Niamh.jpg?itok=zv53HGi0&h=c74750f6)
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A University of Dundee expert will help play a key role how biometric data is used and safeguarded for criminal justice purposes in Scotland.
![Professor Ghulam Nabi](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020-09/Professor%20Ghulam%20Nabi.jpg?itok=HmLakyIt)
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Combining ultrasound and MRI technology can help detect prostate cancer at an earlier stage and potentially save lives, according to new University of Dundee research.
![Three people sitting in a panel, a screen behind them reads: Regional dialogue on private sector engagement in climate action.](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/unesco-climate-conf.jpg?itok=S3x94uuV&h=1de7b298)
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The conference coincided with the Centre’s work on the disaster-resilient net zero house project.
![Four students standing in front of a Dundee Science Centre banner](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/Career-Ready-2023-Katya%2C-Rae%2C-Zuzanna-and-Charlie-.jpg?itok=_1hXtI0T)
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Four Dundee school pupils have taken their first steps into a STEM career by completing internships at Dundee Science Centre.
![Mike Bodkin](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/Mike-Bodkin_0.jpg?itok=mMVH7IOb&h=57ed0292)
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Professor Mike Bodkin has joined the School of Life Sciences to head up computational drug discovery within the Drug Discovery Unit (DDU).
![Red brick building with a little clock tower](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020-03/campus-2016-16.jpg?itok=l-6zKM2J&h=f2fcf546)
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The University of Dundee’s School of Business has joined the world’s elite after attaining accreditation from the sector’s longest-serving body.
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The School of Health Sciences are delighted to launch the Nursing student and staff awards 2023.
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A colony of honeybees is generating a buzz at the University of Dundee Botanic Garden after the installation of a 3D-printed wooden log hive
![A group of summer school students standing in a room in the medical school.](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-08/uodts-story-1.jpg?itok=kBehEqkC&h=b15bf732)
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A group of 16 third-year medical students from the Arab American University, Jenin, spent two weeks at the School of Medicine’s Summer School during August.
![Jamal Hassan](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-08/Jamal-Hassan-16-9.jpg?itok=6OYJZO60&h=c6b531c8)
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Get to know Dr Jamal Hassan who started at the UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy & Science in May 2023.
![A laptop and computer monitor sit on a desk in front of a window. There is a pen and sticky notes sitting to the left on the desk.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-08/beyond-traditional.png?h=e5aec6c8&itok=PF6X_BlK)
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Adam Chudzinski's experience as a remote Intern working for a Chinese-based company.
![A group of students lined up in a row with one person holding a trophy](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-08/Dentistry-Student-blog.jpg?itok=skYNzOTR&h=2f83cd36)
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4th-year Dental students tell of their experience working with Wellbeing Works.
![Poster prize winners holding their certificates](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-08/SLS%20Summer%20School%202023%20-%20poster%20prize%20winners_0.jpg?itok=cpc6DgdS)
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Summer placement students celebrate their achievements
![de3corative](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-08/24282_CampaignMonitor_BLANK.png?h=3bad2da5&itok=t_pKTLl2)
Press release
Leading Malawian experts will address audiences across the UK and Africa next week in the latest event in the University of Dundee’s Africa Lecture Series
![exterior of building with large red letters DJCAD](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2021-06/KGM_0668.jpg?itok=u7o1TF84&h=ff16289e)
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The Triumph of Art, the National Gallery’s commission to round off its Bicentenary year, has today announced the partners it will be working with, to develop, produce and deliver the project.
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He is one of Scotland’s most famous historical figures but more than 200 years after he died, Bonnie Prince Charlie has been given a new lease of life by experts at the University of Dundee
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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.
![South Western University of Finance and Economics sign, with a hedge in the foreground.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-08/swu-finance-economics.png?h=e5aec6c8&itok=VM9tjmVK)
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The University of Dundee representatives at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) based in Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan had an interesting and eye-opening experience in China.
![Leeanne McGurk in a lab with rows of bottles on shelves behind](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-08/Leeanne-McGurk-in-lab---widescreen.jpg?itok=SN16xGNU&h=323fcd33)
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Leeanne McGurk has been awarded ~£800k to fund her research into Alzheimer’s and Motor Neuron Disease.
![Daniel Cook with huge Frankenstein hand](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2019-12/Frankenstein%20large.jpg?itok=1us-nmQx)
Press release
Dundee’s literary past will provide a financial boost to the city’s present as it prepares to host a major event.
![Josh and his exchange student companions pose in front of a Chinese temple](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-08/josh-china-1.jpg?itok=IewpYkwK&h=e5aec6c8)
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Josh Joshua Clark-Herriot, BAcc Accountancy student, has written a blog about his experience as an exchange student in China.
![Working laboratory in The Centre for Targeted Protein Degradation (CeTPD)](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-05/uod-cetpd-o3-23-515.jpg?itok=9Yb2pBOC&h=34bbd072)
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A prestigious audience of policy makers, entrepreneurs and scientists from across the UK will hear about Dundee’s world-leading expertise in drug discovery at next month’s Braemar Summit.
![School of Medicine at dusk](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020-11/UoD%20-%20School%20of%20Medicine.jpg?itok=eWEZXJQY)
Press release
Researchers from the University of Dundee’s Schools of Medicine and Science and Engineering have been working to develop a new device capable of capturing images of blood flow during keyhole surgery.
![An oil painting depicting a coastal city, with boats in the foreground and buildings in the back.](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-08/thank-you-gift.jpg?itok=Me4SmstX&h=71976bb4)
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Professor Arpit Jariwala (Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and UDOTS Director) received a painting from Mr Alastair Faulkner (Orthopaedic Registrar) as a gift of thanks after Alastair’s six-month Upper Limb clinical attachment in Orthopaedics.
![A woman with shoulder length blonde hair smiles at the camera.](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-08/amy-loyd.jpg?itok=o3s4nx__&h=a1e1a043)
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Amy Lloyd has been awarded a £500,000 Race Against Dementia and Alzheimer’s Research UK 5-year research Fellowship to study one of the pre-clinical phases of Alzheimer’s Disease.
![Rosie Clarke in a cell sorting room](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-08/Rosie-Clarke-in-cell-sorting-room.jpg?itok=fLjOtczJ&h=2f83cd36)
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A funding bid led by Dr Rosie Clarke will allow the School to purchase a state-of-the-art spectral flow cytometer to further enhance our research using this technology.
![exterior of building with large red letters DJCAD](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2021-06/KGM_0668.jpg?itok=u7o1TF84&h=ff16289e)
Press release
Research aiming to transform the health ecosystem through design-led innovation, while contributing to the UK’s urgent net zero agenda and sustainability targets, is to be led by researchers at the Universities of Dundee and Strathclyde.
![Data on screen](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020-10/Data%20image.jpg?itok=UqDdHXf8)
Press release
Scotland can position itself as a leading Ethical Digital Nation by adopting new recommendations regarding private sector access to data held by the public sector, according a new independent expert report.
![Campus green showing several of the city campus buildings](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-03/i-XtWZrKM-X3.jpg?itok=lD_Dpbba&h=9491046b)
Press release
The University of Dundee has been named the UK’s best for supporting spinout businesses, according to industry-leading analysis.
![Five people stand on an upper floor of the Life Sciences building, with their backs to a barrier.](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-09/image.jpg?itok=1QSEozEH&h=854a7be2)
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A collaboration between the research laboratories of Dr Mattie Pawlowic and Dr Susan Wyllie in the Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research at School of Life Sciences has generated a new tool that can be used for studying Cryptosporidium.
![blantyre declaration working group gather for malawi summit](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-09/Blantyre%20group%20-%20seven%20unis.jpeg?itok=rM0eVjfO)
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An alliance between the University of Dundee and Malawi’s six public universities celebrates its first anniversary this year, highlighting enormous opportunities for developing the skills and solutions to address global challenges.
![Professor Iain Gillespie with Malawi’s Minister of Education, Madalitso Kambauwa Wirima](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-09/minister-education.jpg?itok=3tKw3Muf&h=c44fcfa1)
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Malawi’s Minister of Education, Madalitso Kambauwa Wirima, has praised collaborations between the country's six public universities and the University of Dundee.
![Three ADF Scholars - Esther, Colleen and Gervasio](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-09/Untitled%20design%20%287%29.png?h=d1cb525d&itok=DMjY81_B)
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The University of Dundee has launched a multi-million pound Doctoral Fellowship scheme that will bring African researchers to Dundee to complete their doctorates
![Illustration of five people in the ocean, all looking surprised and worried. There is a bit of land a blue sky in the background.](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-09/fear-or-flourish.jpg?itok=C8EHhTyY&h=6fbc30ba)
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The challenge asked entrants to pick an environment or building and explain how it could be impacted by climate change and made more resilient.
![Lord Robertson in black suit and blue tie](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-09/Lord%20Robertson.jpeg?itok=8_3Ts9tO)
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The University of Dundee has appointed The Rt Hon. Lord Robertson of Port Ellen KT as its new Chancellor.
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This year’s conference theme: Impact: Changing Lives Through Freedom of Information was held in August at the University of Dundee
![Image of lawyer's desk](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-03/legal%20recruitment%20fair.jpg?itok=gZ0d4X2_)
Press release
The next generation of legal talent will have the opportunity to learn where their skills can take them as prospective employers from around the world gather at the University of Dundee.
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Parliamentarians from across the political spectrum today heard how University of Dundee research could help save millions of lives in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
![Kirsty Bogle](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-09/Kirsty%20Bogle%20-%20-%20Copy.jpeg?itok=EeyGYTNn)
Press release
When Kirsty Bogle set up her easel and drawing tools in the Angus Glens earlier this year, she had no idea that the completed art piece would be displayed at an exhibition featuring works shortlisted for one of the world’s most prestigious drawing prizes
![rail bridge stretching out across the river on a sunny day](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-07/Riverside0618-13%20%281%29.jpg?itok=4j-EQwRs)
Press release
Mouse models with a human drug metabolism have the potential to transform preclinical research, say University of Dundee experts.
![manufacturing equipment](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-09/b_0.png?h=0309ef11&itok=WhDTq3b2)
Press release
A collaboration between the University and Rautomead Ltd has been named as one of nine new regional partnerships between universities and manufacturing businesses across the UK to address industry-driven challenges and develop new technologies
![A student presenting at a design sprint for DJCAD with a tv monitor in the background](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-09/DJCAD-design-sprint--0013.jpg?itok=Cc2ah9rd&h=e5aec6c8)
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Students from Product Design and Digital Interaction Design, joined together last week for a two-day co-design sprint to generate new ideas for an app called ‘Nadiya’ which was launched by the charity Apart of Me in response to the Ukrainian war.
![Portrait images of Ricardo, Keith and Ryan](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-10/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%2821%29.png?h=ab5f34af&itok=-sViP0lq)
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Some of the University of Dundee’s brightest business minds have been named as finalists in this year’s Converge competition, Scotland’s top enterprise awards
![Crowd of environmental protestors, placard with words 'There is no plan B'](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-02/li-an-lim-ycW4YxhrWHM-unsplash.jpg?itok=IxcDAUgU&h=90d10537)
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Student, Femi David, offers some insight into sustainability in the world of business.
![Turing University Network logo, reading 'Member of the Turing University Network'](http://cdn-acquia.dundee.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-10/Turing%20University%20Network.jpg?itok=pTDfOsA6)
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The University of Dundee has become a member of The Turing University Network, which facilities greater connections across the data science and artificial intelligence landscape
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A comic produced by the School of Dentistry and Scottish Centre for Comics Studies (SCCS) is designed to start conversations about microaggressions.
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Companies that can prove their environmental credentials have the potential to appear more attractive to the workforce of tomorrow, a careers expert has said.
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How we respect ourselves, others and the world around us will be explored as part of a flagship event hosted by the University of Dundee.
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Dr Martin Balcerowicz has been awarded ~£540k to study the molecular mechanisms by which plants react to their temperature environment.
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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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Two business concepts from the University of Dundee - a pioneering new platform to aid drug discovery and a revolutionary video stabilisation software - have found success in Scotland’s top enterprise awards
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Ground-breaking research into new forms of contraception have been boosted significantly with new support.
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Student animated film Kitchen Madness receives Gold award at the Domeble Symetri Student Awards in London.
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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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An exhibition that celebrates the work of a living legend of comics has opened at the University of Dundee
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As part of the recent British Orthopaedic Association Congress, two of our orthopaedic trainees/honorary clinical fellows gave a session for high school students with a particular interest in science.
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People across Dundee are being urged to give five minutes of their time next week to learn a potentially lifesaving skill.
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More than 1,000 students and graduates will take the next steps on their career paths when the University of Dundee hosts one of the country’s largest recruitment events this month.
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Professor Paul Birch and collaborators at the James Hutton Institute have been awarded ~£679k to study how the potato blight pathogen suppresses the potato immune system.
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A University of Dundee researcher has been awarded a prestigious fellowship worth £1.5 million to fund her research for the next eight years
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The University of Dundee has today signed new Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with the Hunan Province Department of Education (HPDE) and Xiangtan University.
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University researchers have discovered a new way of identifying ‘zombie’ cells which drive aging and age-related diseases such as cancer, cardiac disease and neurodegenerative diseases
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The Centre for Freedom of Information was invited to contribute to the Maastricht University’s Environmental Law Lecture Series.
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Dundee researchers have received a grant from JDRF, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organisation, to support a clinical trial that could potentially advance new life-saving treatment for people with T1D and heart failure.
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A University of Dundee research centre at the heart of a revolution in drug discovery has been officially opened by the UK’s Science Minister.
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University of Dundee researchers have developed a new molecule that is able to target and bind to a protein class previously considered undruggable by using a masking technique to enter the cell
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Congratulations to all our students who have been awarded prizes by the School of Science and Engineering
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Construction projects of the future could be significantly greener as part of a major new Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) being undertaken at the University of Dundee.
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An inspired journey with a hope to train reproductive medicine professionals and support infertile couples back in Nigeria – a profile of postgraduate student Jemima Chukwu.
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Leaders from the Universities of Dundee and Lagos have strengthened links between the two institutions in a new commitment to working in equitable partnership
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Anna MacDonald shares some advice on how to secure a job after graduation.
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On Monday 9 of October 2023, a room filled with eager and passionate individuals from the University of Dundee, Abertay University, and Dundee and Angus College, came together to explore the exciting world of green careers.
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Scotland’s First Minister has visited a multi-million pound centre that will build on Dundee’s standing as a world leader in health and life sciences research.
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Researchers at the University of Dundee are among more than 60 across the UK to receive a share of £12 million to pursue visionary bioscience research.
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The University of Dundee will celebrate the achievements of more than 1800 graduates next week at its Winter Graduation ceremonies
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Festival of the Future is the University of Dundee's flagship festival programme that celebrates and enhances collaboration between science, arts, and culture.
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Professor Dario Alessi has been awarded the Robert A. Pritzker Prize for Leadership in Parkinson’s Research by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), recognising his exceptional research contributions to the disease
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Five University of Dundee researchers have been named on a “who’s who” list of the world’s most influential academics.
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A new survey that will highlight the lived experience of individuals with chronic pain has the potential to change the lives of those like Antony Chuter, who has lived with chronic pain for more than three decades
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A list of University Department of Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgery (UDOTS) graduates at the School of Medicine graduation ceremony
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Ellie Harrison, Artist, activist and Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Art Practice, tells the story of her award-winning Bus Regulation: The Musical Trilogy and the impact that it has had.
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Ian Coleman, MFA Art & Humanities student at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, speaks of the importance of involving community in artwork.
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The commercial achievements of a University of Dundee spinout have been recognised with a top prize at a major awards ceremony.
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A new University of Dundee design concept can help communities threatened by extreme weather events fight back in the battle against climate change.
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Yogesh Bhatia, Research Contracts Officer at the University of Bath, reflect upon his experience studying at the University of Dundee.
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The impact on children exposed to opioids while in the womb is to be examined following a major award secured by a University of Dundee researcher.
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Chairing the Holyrood Freedom of Information Annual Conference 2023
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Professor Kevin Dunion spoke to BBC Radio Scotland about the Scottish Government’s response its own Access to Information Rights consultation.
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A University of Dundee expert in microbiology has won a prestigious award for sharing her knowledge with local schools.
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Two businesses born with University of Dundee input have celebrated success at a major Scottish awards ceremony.
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Laura McSorley, has been appointed as one of four Assistant Curators by the National Gallery, with support from Art Fund, to work on a commission by Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller for the National Gallery’s Bicentenary year.
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A one day symposium for the Scottish cryo-EM community took place on 30 November 2023
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Cancer Research UK-funded scientists in Dundee have discovered how some cancer drugs can target the disease while sparing healthy tissue.
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After more than a century on the seabed, the secrets of a German submarine have been revealed in new detail by University of Dundee experts.
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A University of Dundee researcher has been presented with an award for his doctoral work that looks at the use of virtual reality in crime scene investigation
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Healthcare staff from around the world are coming to Kirkcaldy to advance their careers.
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The Centre for Entrepreneurship’s Enterprise Challenge came to its conclusion on Thursday 23 November 2023 with the teams pitching their business ideas in front of the audience and a panel of judges.
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The EdenTay Founders Community is all about creating a vibrant network of entrepreneurs, this blog post covers their launch event.
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A team at the University of Dundee and University of York has determined how a highly selective protein bridge allows cells to express a single gene from a large gene family.
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Where you’re going you WILL need roads if you wish to see a celebration of 1950s memorabilia at the University of Dundee.
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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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Dr Sarah McKim and collaborators have been awarded £1.165M from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to study a feature of cereal plants what can help improve crops.
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The world needs to move beyond slogans and take hard decisions based on an honest understanding of what a ‘just transition’ means, a University of Dundee energy expert has warned.
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Two of our final year undergraduate Life Sciences students have been telling us about an exciting and unforgettable internship they had this year at The Francis Crick Institute.
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A barman turned artist’s unique tartan artworks made up of everyday people’s signatures are on display at V&A Dundee
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Inspired by his family history and with a dream to study Reproductive Medicine, Samuel overcame many odds to study in Dundee.
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A collaborative project between the University of Dundee and the Cottage Family Centre in Kirkcaldy, Fife that brought expectant mothers together to explore their journey of motherhood using creative arts.
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The University of Dundee will open its doors to the public and take them on a journey from ancient medicines to the future of justice for Discovery Days 2024
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Andrew Hopkins, an Honorary Professor at the University of Dundee and founder and Chief Executive of Exscientia, the company he spun out from research at Dundee, has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours list.