Have you taken part in this year's DUSA surveys, which 4th year students are carrying out? There are cash prizes available.

Click through to the surveys here:

• Events
• Representation
• Advertising
• Student values
• Summer time

And you can read more about their projects on the One Dundee blog: https://blog.dundee.ac.uk/one-dundee/your-fellow-students-need-you-now/

Interested in getting involved in student politics and the impact students have on the running of the University? Nominations are now open for roles on the DUSA Executive. Why not put yourself or a friend forward to run?

Nominations close on Friday 3 February. Find out more on the positions available.

It is Cervical Cancer Awareness Week. Cervical cancer affects 1 in 100 women, with Tayside having the highest incidence in Scotland. However, precancerous changes precede cervical cancer by 10-15 years and screening by smear tests can detect these.

Staff will be on hand all week in the Ninewells Hospital foyer to answer any questions you may have surrounding cervical cancer or about having your smear test. There are also additional clinics being held at Ninewells throughout the week for you to come and get your smear if you are due.

Find out more information on the Medical School website.

Could this be your favourite Archive item? Celebrate the University of Dundee's 50th anniversary by helping us choose our favourite 50 items from the University Archives.

Come and see us (Tower Basement), visit our website or email archives@dundee.ac.uk

The old Biological Sciences Institute (BSI) will be demolished over the next few months. From 1 Feb until 21 Jul there will be no pedestrian access between Perth Rd and Millers Wynd (alongside Tartan Café). Replacement routes from Perth Rd through campus are available between the Matthew and Crawford Buildings, Airlie Place, and Smalls Wynd (step free).

Take a look at the map to see the areas being mentioned.

We have been ranked 1st in Scotland, 3rd in the UK and 14th globally for overall average student satisfaction in this year’s International Student Barometer (ISB).

With feedback from over 2.5 million students worldwide across all student types, levels and years of study, the ISB is the world's largest annual survey of international students.

Read the full story.

Stephen Fry has praised University of Dundee academics for their efforts in communicating their research to the public and helping transform lives from Scotland to southern Africa.

The winner of the Public Engagement Project of the Year award is ‘Growing up on the Streets’, led by Professor Lorraine van Blerk. It is a project seeking to improve the lives of vulnerable and marginalised street children in Africa. Professor Jennifer Woof has been named Engaged Researcher of the Year in recognition of her outstanding work with schools and the public to raise awareness of science.

Read the full story and watch the video here.

Read all of the University news at www.dundee.ac.uk/news.

Interested in alcohol alternatives? Come to the Mocktail Party: Drink Awareness Event from 10am on Thursday 26 January at the Enquiry Centre. Find out more.

Bumblebees are amongst the most important of wild pollinators. Concerningly, many bumblebees are in decline, with 3 species now extinct in the UK. Bee expert, Dave Goulson from the University of Sussex, will discuss the drivers of these declines, and the many things we can all do to halt and reverse them. Find out more.

The celebration of the most important Chinese festival for everyone is taking place at Caird Hall on 4 February. Join us and enjoy singing and dancing in the Caird Hall.

Discounted tickets will be available on city campus soon, full price ones are on sale from the City Box Office (City Square). For more information contact Lucy y.z.lu@dundee.ac.uk WeChat ID: cindy_454619647

These are just a few of the events around the University - keep up to date with all of them at www.dundee.ac.uk/events and stay tuned to the weekly What's On email on Fridays.

Make sure you're connecting to the right thing in the right place. You might just be in a superfast hotspot and not know it…

Go to your online email, click “Set it up now” and make sure your password reset is ready to use just in case. Can't see it? Great, you must have set it up already!

Get Word, Excel, Powerpoint and more Microsoft Office Suite apps at no cost on up to 15 devices. Find out how.

CASTLE offers students advice on writing for academic papers. They provide 1-to-1 guidance on all aspects of academic writing, from planning all manner of written assignments to approaching essay writing under exam conditions. Book here.

The Carnegie Trust is offering a Vacation Scholarship for undergraduate students who have shown exceptional merit at university, and who would like to devote some portion of the long vacation to undertake a programme of independent research of direct benefit to their academic work.

Also on offer is their St Andrew's Society Scholarship, open to Scottish 2017/18 graduates to study for a year in America.

For more information on either scholarship, email Alison Mackay.

Market yourself to potential employers: how to write effective tailored CV’s and cover letters for job applications.

At this session you will be able to:

• Analyse what makes an effective CV
• Understand and identify CV formats and contents
• Understand how to target a CV to specific job applications
• Be able to identify the correct layout, content and structure for a cover letter.

Book here

Applications for this year's spring telethon are now open.

Alumni and Development are looking for student fundraisers who enjoy working as park of a team, love the University and have a strong attention to detail. This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in marketing, business, psychology or philanthropy. Training will be given.

Fill out this application form.

Student Support Services are looking for a Student Support Assistant.

They will help with the pastoral care of students and engage them with the wider University. Apply now.

Applications are open for new Student Ambassadors. Want to have fun while you earn money, meet lots of new people and work as part of a university-wide team to promote the University of Dundee?

If so, please contact studentambassadors@dundee.ac.uk for more information and to request an application.

Shake off those January blues and stretch those vocal chords by becoming the University Choir's newest member.

They're looking for new singers for their performance of Carmina Burana in March. Rehearsals are on Tuesdays at 7:30pm in Bonar Hall. All welcome - staff, students & members of the public.

Contact Graeme Stevenson for more information.

Do you know your Kon'nichiwa from your Bonjour? If not, sign up for a six week language course at the University.

These courses are for complete beginners and give you the basics in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish.

Classes start on Monday 6 February. For more information contact Fiona Woodward.

Looking for a new sport in 2017? Then Judo might be for you. Contact Stephen for more information.

The School of Life Sciences has launched the first round of the Public Engagement Seed Fund. The aim is to provide funding to researcher driven projects to develop novel public engagement ideas that fosters cross-disciplinary activity within the Wellcome Trust remit.

This is open to all staff and students. Find out more.

Find out what happened when Alumni Officer, Pam Lawrence took a trip to Asia. Read the blog.

The new semester is now in full swing, student blogger Eilidh tells us what it's like to be back. Read the blog.