by Hannah Adams | Dec 3, 2019 | Also on the blog, Student news
Scott Sheldrick, School of Life Sciences, reports from the Undergraduate Awards 2019 in Dublin. Several weeks ago, I received the exciting news that my Honour’s thesis, entitled “An Investigation into Lodicule Identity and Development in Barley”, was highly commended...
by | Oct 7, 2019 | Also on the blog, Public Engagement Stories
“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 Hannah Adams | 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 Hannah Adams | 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 Hannah Adams | 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 | Jan 28, 2019 | Also on the blog, Public Engagement Stories, Student news
Dental students from the University of Dundee are taking the fight against rotten teeth to local schools. Toothy Tigers is a student-led initiative that warns youngsters of the perils of not looking after their pearly whites. Despite high-profile public health...
