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Education students learn from Torbain Primary School pupils
Pupils from Torbain Primary School in Kirkcaldy recently attended the University of Dundee to lecture to Education students based on what they have learned in the past year. Torbain is one of a number of schools that ESWCE has built a relationship with in recent years as it looks to share learning and teaching practice. Small groups of pupils have visited the University on a number of occasions to show how they have responded to various classroom activities, enabling students to gain a deeper understanding of effective teaching methods but this visit gave students from across the whole Education progra...
Zoe's first book gains eight prize nominations
Zoe Colley, lecturer in post-1945 American History, launched her first book, Ain't Scared of Your Jail: Arrest, Imprisonment, and the Civil Rights Movement, in 2012. It has been nominated for eight awards: Southern Historical Association (SHA) Frank L. and Harriet C. Owsely Award for a distinguished book in southern history published in 2012 Society of American Historians (SAH) Francis Parkman Prize for work “distinguish...
Kirsty Gunn shortlisted for James Tait Black prize
| English, Creative Writing, Humanities
Professor of Creative Writing, Kirsty Gunn, has been shortlisted for the UK's oldest literary award - the James Tait Black prize, for 'The Big Music', which tells the story of John Sutherland of 'The Grey House', a world-famous piper who has come to the end of his life and is writing one final tune that tells us the story of his family and history- one that is full of secrets and stories that up until now have always been kept private. Kirsty Gunn is Convenor for the University's Creative Writing Programme, which includes both undergraduate & ...
Attend a lecture by Dundee’s youngest ever lecturers!
A group of primary school pupils will turn the tables on their elders on Monday when they visit the University of Dundee to become lecturers for the day. Primary 7 pupils from Torbain Primary School in Kirkcaldy will visit the School of Education, Social Work and Community Education (ESWCE) to deliver a lecture to Education students based on what they have learned in the past year. The lecture will take place in Lecture Theatre 3 in the Dalhousie Building at 1pm on Monday 20th May and all staff and students are invited to attend! Torbain is one of a number of schools that ESWCE has built a rel...
CASS welcomes 350 school pupils for 'Engage Dundee'
| CASS
On Wednesday 15th May the College of Arts & Social Sciences welcomed more than 350 primary school children to learn about mobile technology, creating comics, and the experiences of street children growing up in extreme poverty through an interactive programme designed to give them a flavour of what goes on at the University of Dundee. Primary 4-6 pupils from Ancrum Road, Barnhill, Claypotts Castle, Clepington, Hillside and St Clements schools engaged with academic initiatives and projects though a series of fun workshops and exhibitions. Workshops included being a science teacher, storytelling and lear...