The EBS Cycle Centre offers bike sales, hire and repairs on campus, with discounts for UoD students and staff!

Find them on campus next to the Dalhousie building (75 Old Hawkhill, Dundee, DD1 5EN) or, for more information, please call 01382 884414 or email info@ebscyclecentre.co.uk.

The Health Service, Student Funding, Counselling Service, Disability Services and Occupational Health now make up the Student Support Hub, located within the Old Technical Institute (OTI) Building, behind the Tower Building. 

The University is holding its annual Volunteering Awards and Celebration on Monday 22 February 2016 and nominations for awards are now open! To see the categories, and to nominate, visit the Careers website. Deadline Wednesday 26 January 2016.

Chara Voulgarakis is a fourth year psychology student recruiting native English speakers for an eye-tracking experiment for a psychology of language dissertation. Participants will take part in one fun-filled 30 minute session.

People with known cognitive / visual / language impairments (e.g., dyslexia, colour-blindness), or with hard contact lenses are unable to take part in the study. If you are interested or would like more information please contact Chara at h.voulgarakis@dundee.ac.uk.

Saint Andrew’s Society of the State of New York Scholarship Fund 2016/17

For the academic year 2016-17 the Society will offer Scholarships to the total value of $60,000 to enable Scottish graduates to study for a year in the United States. Up to two Scholarships will be offered of not less than $30,000 each.

Preference will be given to candidates who have no previous experience of the United States and for whom a period of study there can be expected to be a life-changing experience. Selection will be on the basis of an all-round assessment, including personality and academic achievement.

For further information email c.a.mackay@dundee.ac.uk. 

Closing date: Monday 29 February 2016

Carnegie Trust Vacation Scholarships 2016

The Vacation Scholarship Scheme is intended for Scottish students undertaking an undergraduate degree course at a Scottish university, 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.

For further information email c.a.mackay@dundee.ac.uk. 

Closing date: Tuesday 15 March 2016

Would you like to actively make a positive impact on campus? Then this may be an opportunity for you; Nightline is currently recruiting volunteers to join their team next semester. 

Nightline is a student service that provides listening support every night of the semester from 8pm-8am. As a fully trained volunteer, you will gain exceptional listening skills in order to provide an anonymous, confidential, non-judgemental and non-advisory help to fellow students.

If you are passionate about helping others and making an impact on campus, apply online. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact nightlinerecruit@dundee.ac.uk.

Nominations open today (Wednesday 20 January) for various vacancies across your student executive team.

Launch Your Postgrad Career/Take a Paid Year Out

By nominating yourself for a DUSA Executive position you will learn to lead, innovate and motivate whilst being paid. (Sabbatical only, Non-Sabbatical are not paid.)

Represent your Students’ Association at the highest level and influence real change on campus and throughout the city.

Become a Trustee of a £6 million pound charity and run DUSA's services; from academic support, media to societies and welfare.

Apply for: President, Deputy President, Vice President of Representation, Vice President of Communications & Campaigns, Vice President of Student Welfare and Vice President of Student Activities at www.dusa.co.uk/elections.

Gain Real Work & Management Experience

Run for a Non-Sabbatical (unpaid) position, Media Manager or as a Student Representative and you could work alongside your studies and gain invaluable leadership skills.

From organising major events on campus to running our student TV station or our monthly magazine. Start a movement and change culture on campus by applying and running now.

Apply for Vice President of Fundraising, Vice President of Engagement, one of seven School Presidents, Student Representative Council Chairperson, Independent Member of Court or one of the four Media Managers at www.dusa.co.uk/vote.

The Great War Dundee (GWD) Commemorative Project  won the Stephen Fry Award for Excellence in Public Engagement with Research 2016, and was presented at the Discovery Days last week.

Historians Dr Billy Kenefick and Dr Derek Patrick co-founded the GWD project and, alongside partner groups, are coordinating the city-wide approach to commemorate the conflict. Their research has led to startling discoveries about Dundee’s contribution to the war effort as well as a greater understanding of the conflict’s impact and legacy in the city.

Pictured from left - Derek Patrick, Billy Kenefick and their colleagues Matthew Jarron (Museum Services) and Caroline Brown (Archive Services).

Read more

We've been named among the world’s 'most international’ universities by the Times Higher Education.

To compile the new table, THE examined the diversity of a university’s student body and the extent to which its academics collaborate with international colleagues, to give a picture of how global an institution really is - and Dundee was placed at 123rd in the Top 200 of the rankings!

The University was also recently placed in the Top 200 of Times Higher Education’s (THE) latest overall World University Rankings.

Read more.

University of Dundee student, Jean Tina Lui, took part in The Enterprise Gym (TEG) Enterprise Challenge in 2012-13 and 2013-14 (and was subsequently named the TEG Champion 2013-14) has been shortlisted for the Women Ahead Young Woman of the Year Award! Tina will be interviewed for the award in February. She and her team (also current students) have started their social enterprise, VisConn following their experience at The Enterprise Gym. Find out more about VisConn and The Enterprise Gym.

On Monday 18 January, DUSA hosted a packed debate between the Scottish Party Leaders, in advance of this May's elections to the Scottish Parliament.

You can watch some of the live streamed event on the DUSA TV YouTube channel, starting about 46 minutes into the video.

The Saturday Evening Lecture Series (SELS) is back for 2016 with an exciting programme which includes Professor Mike Ferguson, author Christina Lamb and menswear fashion designer Patrick Grant. Find out more on the brand new SELS website.

Do you want to learn Chinese this year? Languages for All (School of Humanities) offer various classes for all levels, from complete beginners to improvers and intermediate - there even courses for kids! 

Not on campus? There's a new (credit bearing) intensive beginners distance learning course (via MyDundee and Skype) starting in February. 

Find out more about learning Chinese.

Fore more information or to book email Fiona Woodward at f.s.woodward@dundee.ac.uk.

An introduction to the basics of this highly expressive art! Learn about the complex rhythms through clapping (palmas), fluid arm and hand movements and the intricate sequences of percussive footstamps. Beginners Flamenco course runs from 21 January to 24 March, 5.45-7.00pm at ISE.

Wear loose, comfortable clothing and hard soled shoes with a solid heel (no stilettos). Over the duration of the 10-week course you will learn a short piece of choreography. For more visit the ISE website. ISE members £70 / non-members £75.

The British Sign Language course (run by Languages for All, School of Humanities) has been confimed and will start on Monday 1 February (6-7pm) for six weeks, at a cost of £75.

If you're interested, please contact Fiona Woodward by email or on 01382 384535.

If you practice Nicherin Buddhism or would like to find out more please come to the Quiet Room, Chaplaincy on Thursdays at 12.30pm to chant and talk about Buddhism. For more information contact Elspeth Barker at e.c.z.barker@dundee.ac.uk. Staff and students very welcome.