by Grant Hill | Oct 7, 2019 | Also on the blog
“Oh dear me, the world is ill-divided, Them that works the hardest are the least provided.” So wrote Dundee poet, songwriter and activist Mary Brooksbank in The Jute Mill Song, her most celebrated work. The words are a fitting epitaph to this fearless champion of the...
by OneDundee | Jul 10, 2019 | Also on the blog
If your office space is anything like ours, it’s emptying fast. Many staff are taking their leave, whether that be to return to their native homeland, take a break in the sun, or otherwise. As the University continues to wind back into its summer slumber, remember...
by Cara Longmuir | May 3, 2019 | Also on the blog, Meet
Meet ... Jon Fitzpatrick - Managing Director of Gneiss Energy Jon Fitzpatrick has graduated from the University of Dundee three times. We caught up with him to find out more about his career since graduating, and how he is giving back to the University. Who are...
by OneDundee | May 1, 2019 | Also on the blog, Home page feature
Dr Daniel Cook, senior lecturer in English, marks the 300th anniversary of the publication of “Robinson Crusoe”, with a look at the inventive ways authors have attempted to rewrite the story. The story of the seventeenth-century shipwrecked sailor Robinson...
by OneDundee | Apr 25, 2019 | Also on the blog, Campus News
The foundation stone of the University’s Tower Building was laid 60 years ago on the 28th April 1959. To commemorate the diamond anniversary of our 140 foot Tower, Caroline Brown, University Archivist, shares the story of its beginnings. Campus before construction,...
by Hilary McNally | Apr 16, 2019 | Also on the blog, Staff news
University employees are being offered discounted bus travel after an analysis of this year’s Travel Survey revealed it was one of the top suggestions for improving bus travel. More than 1000 members of staff completed the survey earlier this year. Of those taking...
