Exam results will be issued on Friday 13 January in a phased manner. Please keep checking the IT Status webpage to find out if your results are available in eVision on the day, and keep an eye on the One Dundee Twitter for live updates on which School results are released.

2017 will see us celebrate our 50th anniversary as an independent university. As part of our celebrations, we'll be sharing weekly podcasts about the University and the city. Stay tuned to the University Twitter page for the launch of the first podcast this Friday. #dundeeuni50

Language courses start again from Monday 16 January 2017 for beginners, but if you have prior knowledge of a language that you'd like to develop, you can join the existing classes.

Post intermediate English classes for mixed levels start on Thursday 19 January for 10 weeks. 

Contact Fiona Woodward on 01382 384535 or by email for more information. 

The University welcomes applications for fully-funded PhDs to eight disciplinary pathways, as part of the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (a Doctoral Training Partnership funded by ESRC).

The disciplines and Dundee contacts are:

• Human Geography, Environment and Urban Planning – Ed Hall
• Psychology – Nick Hopkins
• Linguistics – Yuki Kamide
• Health, Families, Relationships & Demographic Change – Tim Croudace / Lorraine van Blerk
• Economic and Social History – Graeme Morton
• Education – Divya Jindal-Snape
• Socio-Legal Studies and Criminology – Jacques Hartmann

There is an open competition, plus four focused competitions – Advanced Quantitative Methods; ESRC Datasets; Interdisciplinary with another Research Council; and Skills Development Scotland. In addition, there is a Collaborative competition, where the PhD is a partnership with an external organisation.

Further details and deadlines can be found on the SGSSS website.

The University main contact is Dr Ed Hall, and the internal deadline is Friday 3 February 2017.

A mountain of homemade tablet - quite literally, because if you stacked it up it would be taller than Ben Nevis - has helped raise almost £60,000 for breast cancer research.

Fiona Edwards (formerly staff at the University) has been selling her homemade tablet since 2003 to support breast cancer research at the University.

Read the full story and watch the video.

Researchers at Dundee and Bath have uncovered new functions of an enzyme called Dual-specificity phosphatase 5 (DUSP5), which will help scientists to better understand how tumours develop. One day, it might even be used to manipulate enzyme activity in order to control the development and treatment of cancer.

Read the full story.

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

Digital media consultant and former BuzzFeed Editor Richard Beech will be on city campus to give the low down on digital media. Find out more.

The 2017 SELS programme kicks off with a behind-the-scenes view of the Oor Wullie Bucket Trail from two Dundee graduates; David Cunningham, Chief Executive of ARCHIE, and the Bucket Trail’s Art Coordinator Suzanne Scott, who will discuss how Dundee's biggest ever public event captured the imagination of countless children of all ages and culminated in an auction viewed by hundreds of thousands of people from every corner of the globe. 

Book tickets and see the full SELS programme.

Join PAMIS for their 6th annual Burns Supper on Saturday 28 January at the Apex Hotel. Find out who's speaking this year and buy tickets.

PAMIS is local charity based in the University of Dundee, and is the only organisation working in Scotland solely with people with profound and multiple learning disabilities and their families for a better life.

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.

The Library and Learning Centre is committed to improving your service, so understanding your expectations better will help them to tailor their services - please share your thoughts by completing the annual survey.

From Monday 16 January until Friday 3 February, the Main Library will host a Blackwell's pop up bookshop on the ground floor in Wolfson Room 1. The shop will be open Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm.

Digital January launched on Monday and runs until Friday 3 February. Each day (Mon-Fri) a digital application or tool will be featured online, which can assist with teaching, assessment, or can just help to make life easier. So get organised, get creative and be more digital in 2017!

The Leadership in Practice programme offers students a fantastic opportunity to develop key skills in a fun and intellectually challenging environment.

The programme is run by Tayforth Universities Officer Training Corps (TUOTC) and has been designed to develop you personally as a leader and team member. It comprises six modules - Positive Personal Impact, Followership, Leadership, Effective Communication, Time Management and Planning - and none of the course content or practical exercises are overly physical or demanding. All we ask is that you commit to attending all six sessions.

All of the Leadership in Practice modules will be conducted on city campus in the Dalhousie building on Tuesday evenings from 5.30pm to 7.30pm.

More information / apply for a place.

In an increasingly competitive jobs market, it has never been so important to secure evidence of skills development. The Careers Service offers the opportunity to apply for the Dundee Plus Award, a great way to boost your CV by getting recognition for activities you do out with your academic life, such as part-time work, volunteering, student representation and participation in societies and sports clubs.

If you have participated in relevant extra-curricular activities then it’s time to get some recognition! All successful applicants will receive the Award and their application considered as a potential prize winner.

Contact Careers to find out more.

There are lots of events happening at the Careers Service over the next few weeks, including a presentation from Handelsbanken on internships and an Americamp information stand on their popular summer camps, among others. See the full listing online.

This year, make your new year’s resolution about helping someone else to get more active! At ISE all members can bring a friend or partner for free right through January by using the ACTIVEmate promotion. This includes access to swimming, sport, the gym and most exercise classes.

All members who bring someone along will be entered into the prize draws - so everyone’s a winner! For more info please call 01382 384122 or email ise@dundee.ac.uk.

Smokers in Tayside are being asked to help answer this vital question by taking part in a study by the School of Medicine which will compare the effects of e-cigarettes and tobacco cigarettes on blood vessel function, which is a key health indicator.

The study is looking for volunteers aged 18 years and over who have smoked 15 cigarettes a day for a minimum of two years and are prepared, if randomly allocated, to switch their regular cigarettes to e-cigarettes for one month. 

If you're interested in joining the study or finding out more, contact trial manager Pippa Hopkinson on 07850540230 or by email.

Disabled PhD students at universities across the UK are being encouraged to share their experience by a researcher at Heriot-Watt University, Dr Kate Sang. If you wish to participate, please contact Dr Sang at: k.sang@hw.ac.uk or 0131 451 4208.

Visiting postgraduate student (female) from France requires accommodation for six weeks during February and March 2017. West end Dundee or Invergowrie area preferred. Please email Floriana if you can help.

Visiting postgraduate student (female) from Germany requires accommodation for three months during April-June 2017. West end Dundee or Invergowrie area preferred. Please email Magdalena if you can help.

Find out what happened when a Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine went to Westminster with a Dundee MP. Read the blog.

International student, Simran, blogs about her Dundee dining experiences - read the blog to discover her favourite eateries in the city.