by Grant Hill | Jan 24, 2019 | Home page feature, Staff news
It has been dubbed ‘Scotland’s silent killer’ and urgent action needs to be taken to help the 1.3 million adults in the country estimated to be living with the condition, according to a major new report. High blood pressure is a major cause of heart attack and stroke,...
by Grant Hill | Jan 22, 2019 | Home page feature, Staff news
Like all archaeologists, Dr Alice Watterson spends her days with one foot in the past but when she was asked to join an excavation in the Alaskan tundra it was the start of a journey into a lost world of war, peace and dance. As well as being an archaeologist, Alice...
by Dominic Glasgow | Jan 4, 2019 | Home page feature
This academic year you, our students, have the opportunity to nominate and vote for the next Rector of the University of Dundee. The election for a new University Rector happens every three years and potential candidates are suggested by the students themselves....
by Jonathan Watson | Dec 18, 2018 | Home page feature, International
John Anyam is a trainee at the University of Dundee’s Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research. A lecturer at Nigeria’s University of Agriculture in Makurdi, he is three months in to an 11-month placement at Dundee. Here he speaks about how his time...
by Dominic Glasgow | Dec 10, 2018 | Home page feature, International
For most of us, a good night’s rest is something we take for granted. For three international human rights campaigners who have recently undertaken a fellowship at the University of Dundee, it is a luxury. The very real possibility of would-be jailors, torturers and...
by Dominic Glasgow | Dec 7, 2018 | Home page feature
The first weekend in December is often spent planning for the festive period, but for three students from the University of Dundee there was even more reason to celebrate after being were invited to Saturday’s Young Scot Awards. The trio, Rhys Greig, Alyssa...
