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Art & Design Masters Show

Metal sculpture showcasing intricate design and craftsmanship

Discover and celebrate the outstanding work of our students during this nine-day showcase of creativity

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Art & Design Undergraduate Degree Show

cow horns

The Undergraduate Degree Show 2024 celebrates the achievements of our graduating students from University of Dundee’s  Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design.

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Cooper Gallery

Large words are written in charcoal on a gallery wall. An artist is in the space without clothes working on the drawn lettering. The charcoal soot is everywhere in the space.

A distinctive platform in Scotland for challenging practices and critical discourse in contemporary art, design and culture

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University culture blog

2 birds sitting on a branch

View and celebrate the cultural activity that our staff and students participate in across the University (image credit Lucy Southwell, MSc Medical Art).

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Past events

Event

Tuesday 18 February 2020, 09:00 - Wednesday 20 May 2020, 15:00

Details of our 2020 seminar series

Seminar | Free | No booking required

Event

Friday 20 November 2020, 14:00 - 15:00

Jacqueline Nicholson, Mental Health Policy Adviser, University of Aberdeen presented 'Why Disabled Staff Networks Matter', which drew on the National Association of Disabled Staff Networks (NADSN) Experience.

| Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 25 November 2020, 11:00 - 12:00

This workshop raises many questions and answers, such as: The Equalities Act stipulates the requirement for employers to make 'reasonable adjustments' for employees with protected characteristics.

Workshop | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 9 December 2020, 12:00 - 13:00

Integrating Tacit Knowledge into Students' Learning: good practice from the Schools of Computing and Education & Social Work - Rolf Black, Susan Levy and John Dow

Presentation | Free | No booking required

Event

Tuesday 16 March 2021, 16:00 - Thursday 20 May 2021, 17:00

Details of our 2021 seminar series

Seminar | Free | No booking required

Event

Monday 7 June 2021, 08:45 - 14:00

Our 2021 research Symposium will offer advice and discuss best practice with publishing in top business journals. It will also contain the 'Ronald Coase Lecture', delivered by Professor Orley Ashenfelter

Conference | Free | No booking required

Event

Monday 21 March 2022, 11:00 - Saturday 16 April 2022, 16:00

Cooper Gallery hosts the 2021 edition of prestigious annual open call drawing exhibition

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Event

Thursday 14 April 2022, 18:00 - 19:30

In-person drawing workshop led by artist Zoe Gibson

Gallery event | Free | Booking required

Loose line drawings of people and groups and their routines, eating together, painting nails, shopping. The characters features are elongated and stretched and wobbly.
View Streaky Bacon

Event

Wednesday 20 April 2022, 17:00 - 18:00

We are excited to invite you to TCELT-INTR's 'Transitions Community Compass' series. Each session will involve a number of guests who will share how they have navigated their transitions journeys.

| Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 25 May 2022, 17:00 - 18:00

We are excited to invite you to TCELT-INTR's 'Transitions Community Compass' series. Each session will involve a number of guests who will share how they have navigated their transitions journeys.

| Free | No booking required

Event

Tuesday 7 June 2022, 12:00 - 13:00

Identity transitions of people with dementia and their future needs: a narrative portrait approach.

| Free | No booking required

Event

Monday 4 July 2022, 09:30 - Saturday 1 October 2022, 16:00

How do you make a comic? This exhibition is designed to strip away some of the mysteries surrounding the process.

Exhibition | Free | Booking required

A hand-painted Rupert the Bear image that features in the new exhibition
View Comics Stripped!

Event

Monday 8 August 2022, 09:30 - Saturday 29 October 2022, 16:00

An exhibition of creative responses to the University's archive and museum collections for Scotland's Year of Stories

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Comic of two dogs in suits stacking a shelf
View Tales of the Unexpected

Event

Wednesday 7 September 2022, 12:00 - 13:00

Young men's experiences of residential childcare transitions in Egypt: Cross analysis of three case studies.

Online event | Free | No booking required

Event

Friday 30 September 2022, 12:00 - Saturday 10 December 2022, 17:00

An exhibition of new and existing works by Nashashibi/Skaer – the joint practice of Turner Prize nominated artists Rosalind Nashashibi and Lucy Skaer.

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

film still. a black washy painted outline of a bear is overlaid onto a lamb in a barn
View Nashashibi/Skaer: Chimera

Event

Saturday 1 October 2022, 00:00 - 00:00

The University of Dundee's Dr. Michael Morris led a walk and talk that highlighted a more difficult context to the statues in Glasgow's George Square

Walk | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 12 October 2022, 12:00 - 13:00

Evaluation of a longitudinal primary-secondary school transition support intervention

Online event | Free | No booking required

Event

Tuesday 25 October 2022, 00:00 - 00:00

In this talk Marcia covered the importance of Black History Month, the importance of equity, and shared her experiences of being a black woman who has lived on both sides of the Atlantic.

Talk | Free | No booking required

Event

Thursday 27 October 2022, 00:00 - 00:00

To celebrate Black History Month 2022 and promote Show Racism the Red Card, DUSA and the University of Dundee hosted the return of the annual football match between staff vs students.

Sport or activity | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 9 November 2022, 12:00 - 13:00

Exploring University of Dundee medical students' diverse experiences across the multiple transitions from school to work.

Online event | Free | No booking required

Event

Saturday 12 November 2022, 11:00 - Saturday 4 February 2023, 16:00

Bacchanal explores the history of carnivals. How did a harvest celebration for slaves become the world’s most iconic street party?

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Dancing a Peripheral Quadrille by Ashanti Harris
View Bacchanal - Le We Be Free

Event

Wednesday 16 November 2022, 17:00 - 18:00

Sarah Hulme and Daniela Mercieca will be talking with their children about their experiences during lockdown around homeschooling

Online event | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 7 December 2022, 12:00 - 13:00

Place histories and forced relocation: transitional experiences of aging-in-place

Online event | Free | No booking required

Event

Thursday 12 January 2023, 09:30 - 10:45

Lecture delivered by Professor Jeff Blackford - Dean of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

Lecture | Free | No booking required

Event

Thursday 12 January 2023, 11:15 - 12:30

Lecture delivered by Professor Jacques Hartmann - Chair of International Law and Human Rights

Lecture | Free | No booking required

Event

Thursday 12 January 2023, 11:15 - 12:30

Lecture delivered by Dr Mike MacDonald - Chair of Biomedical Photonics

Lecture | Free | No booking required

Event

Thursday 12 January 2023, 11:15 - 12:30

Lecture delivered by Gill Milner - Winner of the Best Advisor or Personal Tutor award and the Outstanding commitment to student welfare award — 2022 Student-Led Teaching awards

Lecture | Free | No booking required

Event

Thursday 12 January 2023, 13:30 - 14:45

Lecture delivered by Professor Peter Hoskins - Chair of Biomedical Engineering

Lecture | Free | No booking required

Event

Thursday 12 January 2023, 13:30 - 14:45

Lecture delivered by Dr Sucharita Nanjappa - Winner of the Innovation in Teaching awards — 2022 Student-Led Teaching awards

Lecture | Free | No booking required

Event

Thursday 12 January 2023, 15:15 - 16:30

Lecture delivered by Dana Leslie - Overall winner in the Visual Arts category of the Global Undergraduate Awards 2022

Lecture | Free | No booking required

Event

Friday 13 January 2023, 09:30 - 10:45

Lecture delivered by Professor Natasha Lushetich - Chair of Contemporary Art, Media, and Theory

Lecture | Free | No booking required

Event

Friday 13 January 2023, 09:30 - 10:45

Lecture delivered by Professor Thomas Boysen Anker - Chair of Social Marketing

Lecture | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 8 February 2023, 12:00 - 13:00

Co-designing a child self-report measure to understand children’s transitions experiences and emotional wellbeing

Online event | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 8 March 2023, 12:00 - 13:00

How higher education and social mobility, in relation to Socioeconomic status, is fraught with tension

Online event | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 19 April 2023, 17:00 - 18:00

Professor Jonathan Glazzard, Edgehill University, will explore his own educational, professional and life transitions using an LGBTQ+ lens

Online event | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 3 May 2023, 12:00 - 13:00

Ready or Not to Adopt a Pedagogy of Play for Children Starting School in Scottish Primary Schools: Is this a Major Transition for Teachers?

Online event | Free | No booking required

Event

Saturday 13 May 2023, 11:00 - Saturday 29 July 2023, 16:00

An exhibition exploring the power of graphic design to change your life!

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Piriton leaflet c1957
View Got the Message?

Event

Saturday 20 May 2023, 14:00 - 16:00

Join us for an afternoon of creative music making inspired by the University of Dundee Museums' collection of iconic Design Chairs.

Music performance | Free | Booking required

image of 4 chairs from the University of Dundee Museums' design chair collection, floating on a pale blue background with white music score overlaid.
View Musical Chairs Workshop

Event

Wednesday 7 June 2023, 13:00 - 14:00

The UNECO Centre for Water Law, Policy & Science hosted this event.

Talk | Free | No booking required

Event

Saturday 24 June 2023, 12:00 - 23:59

Internationally renowned contemporary art festival Art Night to take place in Dundee in 2023

Gallery event | Free | No booking required

Art Night logo reads ART NIGHT DUNDEE in bubble writing
View Art Night Dundee

Event

Wednesday 28 June 2023, 17:00 - 18:00

Professor Divya Jindal-Snape, who undertakes educational and life transitions research, will be in conversation with Dr Jenny Preston.

Online event | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 5 July 2023, 12:00 - 13:00

Exploring the transitions of Neurodivergent access students to level one study: Narratives of study skills and support

Online event | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 5 July 2023, 13:00 - 14:00

The potential for restorative climate justice in deglaciating environments

Talk | Free | No booking required

Event

Saturday 5 August 2023, 11:00 - Saturday 4 November 2023, 16:00

An exhibition exploring pattern in art, design and science

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

detail from a textile sample by Molly Marshalsey, 2019
View Pattern Play

Event

Wednesday 6 September 2023, 12:00 - 13:00

Undergraduates’ perceptions of how post-secondary education characteristics shaped their transition to university.

Online event | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 6 September 2023, 13:00 - 14:00

The UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy & Science hosted this event by Dr Sarah Halliday.

Talk | Free | No booking required

Event

Tuesday 3 October 2023, 11:00 - 16:00

Reflecting emergence through productivity, cost and management control discourse.

Seminar | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 4 October 2023, 12:00 - 13:00

Supporting the wellbeing of the school community in the recovery phase of Covid-19

Online event | Free | No booking required

Event

Thursday 5 October 2023, 18:00 - 19:00

In this session, Visiting Professor, Ollie Folayan, will describe the Diversity and Inclusion landscape and define the place of race and ethnicity within that landscape. The nature of racism will be described through the lens of history. Folayan will provide a summary of disparities within the engineering sector, and he will provide tips for becoming an ally of Ethnic Diversity. Folayan will also highlight the many ways in which technological innovations have always relied on diversity.

Talk | Free | Booking required

Ollie Folayan wearing a suit and waistcoat standing in front of a harbour.
View The Ethics of Ethnic Diversity

Event

Thursday 12 October 2023, 19:00 - 22:00

Join us for an evening of fun and knowledge at Liar on Thursday 12 October. Organised by DUSA, expect engaging content covering topics such as populations, maps, flags, and recognizing famous names and faces. Quiz starts at 19:30

| Free | Booking required

A stylised illustration of a person wearing a white suit
View Black History Month Pub Quiz

Event

Friday 20 October 2023, 17:30 - 18:30

An evening of fascinating talks from researchers around the University on the importance of pattern in their work

Talk | Free | Booking required

x-ray diffraction pattern
View Presenting Patterns

Event

Wednesday 8 November 2023, 12:00 - 13:00

Sam Ross gives a presentation about Followers and Following: Experiences of Succession in UK Universities

Online event | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 8 November 2023, 16:00 - 17:00

After their transition, Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries became liberal democracies and capitalist systems, but not without great effort.

Seminar | Free | No booking required

Event

Saturday 11 November 2023, 11:00 - Saturday 3 February 2024, 16:00

An exhibition showcasing art, design, science and technology from the 1950s

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Detail from a design for a machine-printed fabric by John Symington
View Back to the Future

Event

Wednesday 29 November 2023, 16:00 - 17:00

Leadership involves coordination strategies evolved within human society to accomplish collective goals.

Seminar | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 6 December 2023, 12:00 - 13:00

Conceptualising the Primary to Secondary School Transition within the Theoretical Framework of Ecosocial Theory

Online event | Free | No booking required

Event

Thursday 14 December 2023, 17:00 - 18:00

A talk on Transitioning to Retirement: A Middle Eastern Adventure by Dr Susan Atkinson

Online event | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 10 January 2024, 11:30 - Friday 12 January 2024, 16:45

Join us at Discovery Days to listen to short talks from our award-winning researchers, teachers and communicators.

Talk | Free | Booking required

A pink blue and red background with soft colourful circles. Text on the image reads "Discovery Days 2024"
View Discovery Days 2024

Event

Saturday 13 January 2024, 11:00 - Monday 1 April 2024, 19:00

This exhibition showcases some of the most recent additions to the University of Dundee Museum Collections, including art, design, medicine and life sciences.

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Detail from a photo-collage birthday card published by Valentine & Sons, c.1960
View Recent Acquisitions

Event

Friday 26 January 2024, 12:00 - Saturday 6 April 2024, 17:00

A group exhibition featuring moving image works by Saodat Ismailova, Grace Ndiritu and Margaret Tait

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Event

Friday 2 February 2024, 09:30 - 10:30

Gain insights into the journal's scope, the publication process, and manuscript preparation

Seminar | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 7 February 2024, 10:00 - 11:00

Join us for a talk about young people with autism with Marie Huska from the University of Melbourne.

Seminar | Free | No booking required

Event

Saturday 10 February 2024, 11:00 - Saturday 27 April 2024, 16:00

An exhibition of art and artefacts exploring our connections to the land

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Ingress by Heather McNab, 2019
View Un-Earthed

Event

Monday 26 February 2024, 11:00 - 16:00

Join us for two presentations by Professor Stelios Zyglidopoulos

Seminar | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 6 March 2024, 12:00 - 13:00

Transition preparation and transition planning in Irish special schools: capturing the views of students, parents, teachers and school leaders

Seminar | Free | No booking required

Event

Thursday 7 March 2024, 18:00 - 19:30

A reading event by Daisy Lafarge

Gallery event | Free | No booking required

Lovebug by Daisy Lafarge book cover on a swampy green background. Book is toxic yellow with a red heart
View Lovebug

Event

Wednesday 20 March 2024, 10:00 - 11:00

MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Seminar by Professor Sandhya Visweswariah Honorary Professor and National Science Chair Department of Developmental Biology and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Provost’s Visiting Professor Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London

Seminar | Free | No booking required

photograph
View Gut reactions and gut instincts: the role of cGMP

Event

Thursday 28 March 2024, 14:00 - 15:00

Joint MCDB & CB External Seminar Prof. Mattia Serra, Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego

Talk | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 3 April 2024, 12:00 - 13:00

A talk about the research "Involving Young People with Disabilities in Post-school Transitions through Reflecting Teams”

Seminar | Free | No booking required

Event

Tuesday 9 April 2024, 13:00 - 14:00

A presentation on the impact of social media

Seminar | Free | No booking required

Event

Saturday 4 May 2024, 11:00 - Saturday 3 August 2024, 16:00

Celebrating ten years of Dundee’s UNESCO City of Design status with an exhibition showcasing a decade of design created at DJCAD

Exhibition | Free | No booking required

Light Above by Lorna Romanenghi
View A Decade of Design

Event

Wednesday 15 May 2024, 12:00 - 13:00

Understanding multiple and multi-dimensional transitions: Using insights from research with university students

Seminar | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 12 June 2024, 12:00 - 13:00

Designing, implementing, and evaluating the Talking about School Transition 5-7 curriculum.

Seminar | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 12 June 2024, 14:00 - 16:00

Presented by Professor Werner De Bondt from DePaul University, Chicago, US

Seminar | Free | Booking required

Event

Thursday 13 June 2024, 14:00 - 16:00

Presented by Professor Werner De Bondt from DePaul University, Chicago, US

Seminar | Free | Booking required

Event

Wednesday 19 June 2024, 17:00 - 18:00

Join the conversation about how a game was developed to support the primary-secondary transition process for children from very small, remote schools.

Online event | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 3 July 2024, 12:00 - 13:00

Talking Transitions / Trafod Pontio - Sharing Conversations / Rhannu Sgyrsiau

Online event | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 28 August 2024, 16:00 - 17:00

Dr Steven Threadgold will give a talk on Youth Transitions in an Era of Financialised Futures

Seminar | Free | No booking required

Event

Saturday 7 September 2024, 10:30 - 16:00

Join us for complimentary refreshments and meet our student services team, DUSA, and sports representatives. We'll also have some great giveaways

Drop-In | Free | No booking required

Event

Sunday 8 September 2024, 13:00 - 15:00

Upcycle your accomadation with unique finds! Free preloved homeware is waiting to be discovered and repurposed from this sustainable living treasure trove. Don't forget to bring a bag!

Drop-In | Free | No booking required

Event

Tuesday 10 September 2024, 15:00 - 16:00

Come join us for a panel discussion with current students who will share insider tips and answer your questions about student life in Dundee. With free gourmet hot chocolate stall!

Talk | Free | No booking required

Event

Tuesday 10 September 2024, 19:00 - 21:00

Join us for an evening of traditional Scottish music and dance - it's the perfect way to celebrate, meet new people and have fun! Book now to get your ticket as this event will sell out fast. Remember and bring your booking confirmation with you on the evening to gain entry

Music performance | Free | Booking required

Event

Wednesday 11 September 2024, 12:00 - 16:00

If you love the planet, come along, and find out more about sustainable living…we’ll have freebie stalls, wildlife orgs, grow your own herbs giveaways and a pop up fairtrade climate café serving delicious chickpea curry from Malawi and a selection of artisan salads

Fair | Free | No booking required

Event

Wednesday 11 September 2024, 12:00 - 16:00

Find your team, find your fit! Connect with over 45 sports clubs and discover your place in the Dundee campus sports community

Sport or activity | Free | No booking required