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V&A and the University of Dundee
The story of our role in the creation of the V&A Dundee
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From DJCAD to dynamic director, alumna Rose Hendry is a successful and fastidious filmmaker who aims to hone in on details which tell a bigger story.
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From moving from Florida to Scotland at the end of high school to graduating at DJCAD with a BDes in Animation. We spoke to Faith McConnell to find out about her experience at DJCAD and what she’s enjoyed most about living in the City of Discovery.
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With climate change affecting our soil and extreme weather events becoming more frequent, having data that can influence where and how we grow crops, as well as validating satellite models for climate change, have become increasingly important.
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Find out from alumna Dr Maria Maclennan how her lifelong passion allowed her to explore crime, death and disaster through the investigative lens of jewellery.
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From Shanghai, to Dundee, down into England, and now to India and Singapore, Alumna Ding Wang’s time at the University has led to a superb international journey.
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From Illustration student to author and quirky jigsaw puzzle creator, alumna Zoe Sadler has used her love of books and fairy tales to release her inner magic.
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Carla talks about why she chose Dundee and what made her course stand out
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Graduate Li Huang recently scooped an award for his oil on canvas painting of his mother
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DJCAD support specialist Adam Lockhart is set to appear on a BBC Four show discussing the history of video art
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Fourth year Textile Design student Jasmine Cook has had her work transformed into a limited edition cashmere jumper for Scottish cashmere brand Brora
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Molly McCammon recently graduated in Illustration, and is now studying a prestigious MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge
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We spoke to Sean Gooravin about his Masters Show work, which is inspired by the Cambridge Analytica scandal
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We spoke to Forensic Art & Facial Identification student Danielle Elizabeth Adair about her Masters Show project, which she hopes will change people’s lives in the near future
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The face of a Scottish woman persecuted for witchcraft more than 300 years ago has been reconstructed by forensic scientists at the University of Dundee
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Although attempts were made to establish an art school in Dundee as far back as the 1850s, it was not until 1888, following the creation of the Dundee Technical Institute, that a full-time art school become a possibility