• Is your student loan not quite up to your financial needs?
• Needing some help paying for your books?
• Do you need help paying for your childcare?
• Or, are you struggling with your travel costs?

Student Funding may be able to help you with these, if you apply for Discretionary Funds. Visit their webpage for more information, eligibility, and how to apply.

If you need any more information about financial matters, please don’t hesitate to contact Student Funding - they can be found on ground level of the Support Hub (OTI Building next to the Tower Building) on the city campus.

If you are interested in finding out about Nicherin Buddhism or are practicing Nicherin Buddhism then you are very welcome to come along on Thursday lunchtimes (12.30-13.30) in the Chaplaincy Quiet Room.

For more information please contact Elspeth e.c.z.barker@dundee.ac.uk

Student weekend parking permits cost £5, and allow you to park on City Campus for free at the weekend. Weekday student parking permits are issued on the basis of need.

For full information, including how to apply visit the Car Parking webpage

As part of the University's Languages for All programme, we run a course to help you to learn how to hold or follow a conversation, and understand or make requests in BSL.

Starting Mon 12 Sept 6-8pm - find out more, including costs and options

Keep up to date with What's On at the University at www.dundee.ac.uk/events and stay tuned to the weekly What's On email every Friday.

A project that aims to dramatically change the way people with no speech and complex disabilities can converse with others has been launched by colleagues in Computing in conjunction with the University of Cambridge.

Read the press release, and hear from the research team.

US Ambassador to the UK, Matthew Barzun talked about the enduring nature of the ‘special relationship’ between the two countries and its vital importance in the future at a public lecture on city campus last week.

Read the full press release.

History and American Studies lecturer Dr Peggy Brunache will be featured on ‘A Black History of Britain’, which will be aired on BBC Two in the autumn.

She will be providing her expertise on African-American Abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass.

Read the full story.

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

A ‘Getting Started’ for new (& not so new) students with everything they need to know about how to use the libraries and other resources. Visit http://libguides.dundee.ac.uk/gettingstarted

Subject Resources are available for many subjects, listing key resources, databases and search tools, tips on finding journal articles, guidance on referencing and other subject-specific information. Visit http://libguides.dundee.ac.uk/

• With automatic renewals, fines are no longer charged for overdue standard loan books. You can keep them for up to 12 months without the need for any action on your part.
• Shorter loan types, such as 7 day loan or 1 day loan books will not automatically renew and should be returned on the due date as before. Fines will be charged if they are overdue.
• If somebody else requests a book you have on loan, we will notify you by your University email and ask you to return it by a new date.
• If the book you want is not available on the shelf, it is important that you place a request on it so that we can recall it. Otherwise it could be unavailable for up to a year.
• Please note that fines will be charged if you fail to return a requested book by the new date.

From 3 October, fines will increase to £1 per day to encourage the prompt return of books in demand.

The JobShop advertises an extensive range of vacancies, both locally and across the UK / worldwide.  This includes part-time work, work experience, volunteering as well as graduate positions.

Register for the JobShop now.

The School Tutoring Programme (STP) offers you the opportunity to gain work experience in the classroom setting to help you make an informed decision as to whether teaching is a career for you.

Places are generally half a day a week for 8-10 weeks in Angus, Dundee City, Fife and Perth & Kinross. This is a very popular programme and places are limited so if you are interested, early applications are recommended.

For more information and to apply visit http://www.dundee.ac.uk/careers/stp/

Dundee Law Fair - Thu 22 Sept 11am-2.30pm Bonar Hall, an opportunity to talk with law firms about their training contracts and vacation placement schemes, and to talk to training providers about their law courses. Open to students & graduates of all disciplines, and all Universities. Find out more & sign up now.

Dundee Careers Fair - Thu 6 Oct 10.30am-2.30pm Bonar Hall, meet local and national employers, from a wide range of sectors, and organisations with further study and professional training opportunities. Open to students & graduates of all disciplines, and all Universities. Find out more & sign up now.

For University of Dundee undergraduate and postgraduate international students - find out how to search and apply for part-time work during your studies from our international student advice experts.

Tue 27 Sept 1-2pm, Careers Seminar Room 1

Book your place

Are you looking to have an unforgettable experience and add an international dimension to your CV? Then the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme may be for you.

Come along and find out how you can promote international understanding and improve foreign language teaching in Japanese schools.

Thu 29 Sept 1-2pm Careers Seminar Room 1

Book your place

Looking for a fun term-time job that builds great skills? The Alumni & Development Office is recruiting student callers for their autumn telethon. No previous experience is necessary -  comprehensive, mandatory, training provided. 

All you need is enthusiasm, willingness to develop yourself, and a love of being a student at Dundee!

For more info email Sophie MacKenzie at s.s.mackenzie@dundee.ac.uk or apply online – closes midnight on Fri 23 Sept.

If you are interested in joining a group bringing together staff and students from all faiths and no faiths to work together on projects to benefit the local community, email Jill at the Chaplaincy Centre j.webster@dundee.ac.uk

Would you like to work with others to organise fun events and celebrations throughout the year to bring more fun into everyday life? For example – food festivals, cultural days, dance exhibitions and more!

Contact Jill at the Chaplaincy Centre j.webster@dundee.ac.uk

Ultimate is a fast-paced sport, played in male and female divisions.  Follow them on Facebook & Twitter for more information and regular updates, and meet them at the Sports Fayre on Fri 9 Sept.

If you want to feature here, send a short piece of text (with optional photos) to internal-comms@dundee.ac.uk by Fri 4pm for the following Wednesday (each fortnight). 

You'll find some coverage of Fresher's Week, including the Principal's Welcome address, and a feature on the student who piped in the new students.

We also said goodbye to Dr Manhattan at the front of the Tower, and hello to the new Director of UoD IT, Jonathan Monk.

Catch up on these stories, and more, at blog.dundee.ac.uk/one-dundee