University of Dundee. Scottish University of the Year 2017.
 

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Wednesday 20 December 2017

Staff Newsletter Issue 59


 

Contents

  • Announcements
  • University news
  • What's on
  • Blogs
  • From the editors

 

Announcements

 
 

Got your copy of Contact?

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Contact is out now! If you've received a bundle please distribute or display them. If not, let us know and we'll add you to the mailing list - email press@dundee.ac.uk.

 

 

Book a stall at the Refreshers' Fair in January

Want to book a stall at the Refreshers' Fair on Saturday 20 January? It's a great way to introduce your service to our students. Submit your request online.


 
Brexit update – continued access to Horizon2020

Brexit update – continued access to Horizon2020

Brexit negotiations are moving onto their next phase, and UK-based individuals and organisations remain eligible to bid for funding, participate in, and lead consortia in the Horizon 2020 programme - worth €30 billion in 2018-2020.

Research and Innovation Services have produced extensive factsheets to help you navigate the H2020 funding options, and they are on hand to answer questions and help with any new bids. Take a look: Funding for Research.

 

 

Tayforth Universities Military Education Committee

This committee liaises between four universities and the armed services – especially in respect of the Officer Training Corps and the Universities Air Squadron. 

A vacancy has arisen on the committee for a Dundee academic member of staff. Further information is available from the Secretary to the Committee, Gordon Campbell (g.a.campbell@dundee.ac.uk), and expressions of interest should go to the University Secretary and Chief Operating Officer, Jim McGeorge (j.mcgeorge@dundee.ac.uk).


 

University 2018 Calendars

Need a last-minute Christmas gift? University 2018 calendars are for sale in the online store


 

University news

More news stories and press releases at www.dundee.ac.uk/news

 
 

Jenna’s marathon year in memory of mum

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Jenna Maudin, a third-year Digital Interaction Design student, has undertaken a mammoth task this year as she aims to complete 17 marathons in 2017.

Jenna had never run further than 10k before this year. So far she has completed 14 marathons in memory of her mother, Carolyn, who sadly died due to breast cancer in 2007. Jenna ran in Dundee on Tuesday 12 December (the anniversary of her mum's birthday) and will cross her last finish line on Saturday 30 December.

Read the full story.

 

 

Research to put bite on liver disease

A form of liver disease which threatens to become a modern epidemic due to its association with obesity and type 2 diabetes – both major health issues for modern society – may be stopped in its tracks thanks to a research breakthrough by scientists at the Universities of Dundee, St Andrews and Stony Brook.

They found that the liver disease know as NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) could not only be stopped but that the damage it causes could be reversed. 

Read the full story.


 

Alumnus establishes bursary to help students

An alumnus of the University has set up a bursary to help current students who are following in his footsteps.

David Peattie graduated in 1976 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Economics. He is now the Chief Executive of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and has spent his career tackling complex commercial and engineering challenges throughout the world.

David has chosen to give back to a student who is studying Mechanical Engineering and wants to ensure that money is not a barrier to accessing the opportunities a university education offers. Recipients will receive £1,000 per year for all four years of their undergraduate study.

The first recipient is 18-year-old Cameron Majcherek from Arbroath.

Read the full story.


 

What's On

For all University events, visit www.dundee.ac.uk/events

 
 

Activemate at ISE (3 - 28 Jan)

It’s Activemate time again! From 3 to 28 January  members of the Institute of Sport & Exercise can take friends or family members for free.  This includes all sport and swimming, plus the gym and exercise classes for anyone over 15 years old.

There will be events held throughout the month and if you take a friend you'll be entered into a prize draw. 

Motivate someone you know to get more active, helping you both to stick to your New Year resolutions. What a great way to feel good, try something new, and catch up with your mates! 

For more information, contact ISE on 384122, ise@dundee.ac.uk or visit www.facebook.com/isedundee.


 

Save the date: Discovery Days 2018

This year's Discovery Days take place over Thursday 11 and Friday 12 January at Dalhousie, and will feature fifteen minute talks from our newest professors, award-winning teachers, and students about the ideas that inspire them.

Thursday 11 January 2018, 13:30-16:45

Friday 12 January 2018, 09:00-16:45


 

Exponential Growth - a DJCAD exhibition (until 13 Jan)

For this special exhibition, Graphic Design and Illustration students from DJCAD celebrated the centenary of D'Arcy Thompson's landmark book On Growth and Form. Don't miss it - the exhibition is on until Saturday 13 January. Find out more.


 

7th Annual Burns Supper for PAMIS (Sat 27 Jan)

Join charity PAMIS to commemorate Scotland's best loved bard with a Burn's Supper to include live music and fundraising. Find out more.


 

Blogs

A snapshot of blogs from around the University

 
 

Lord Naren Patel: Fate and Good Fortune

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Former Chancellor Lord Naren Patel met up with Josephine Andrews to discuss how chance first brought him to Dundee and why he never left. Read the blog post.

 

 

From the editors ...

 
 

If you wish to communicate around the University, this fortnightly newsletter is just one way to do that. Please check our Methods of Internal Communication webpage, and feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.

The next newsletter will be distributed on Wednesday 17 January - the deadline for information to be included is 16:00 on Friday 12 January.


 

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