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The Rt Hon. Baroness Clark of Calton shares how the University sparked her interest in law reform and how she encourages students to think of the bigger picture.
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Professor Iris Grunwald, Chair of Neuroradiology, shares how the University is improving patient care in Dundee and around the world.
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One of the University of Dundee’s central aims is to transform lives locally and globally. Achieving that is not always easy, and there are few more difficult tasks than addressing one of the most pressing health challenges our world faces.
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Esther Mabedi aims to transform the lives of people in her home country by improving safe access to Malawi’s ‘invisible’ resource – groundwater. A fully funded PhD from the University of Dundee is helping her do just that.
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It is a beautiful place to visit, but the Botanic Garden is also increasingly a hub of research, design, art, craft and science, with a focus on making us think about the world we live in and how we can do that more sustainably.
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The University of Dundee wants to change the world. It’s a big ambition but two major projects led by Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) are doing just that.
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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.
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She may be the golden girl of British athletics, but Eilish McColgan has a secret.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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There may be few certainties in life, but one unavoidable experience that we will all deal with is death.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.