Wednesday 2 August 2017

Student Newsletter Issue 49

Contents

• Announcements
• News
• What's On
• Blogs
• Get in touch

My Dundee

With the successful update of My Dundee, the team would like to tell you a little bit about the changes that have been made and to give you some information about the ongoing plans to improve digital learning services across the institution. Read their blog for more details on the update.

Study on balancing aesthetics and accessibility online

MSc student Xiaozhe, is conducting a study aiming to enhance a web designer’s ability to balance aesthetics and accessibility of a website. To take part in this study please contact Xiaozhe Zhang

Do you suffer from Asthma?

The Scottish Centre for Respiratory Research is looking for smoking and non-smoking asthmatics to take part in studies. If you would like to help, please call 01382 383902, email scrr@dundee.ac.uk or visit www.scrr.co.uk for more information.

Museum Exhibits as an event: a virtual reality investigation

This study will include two sessions (one approximately 25 minutes, one 15 minutes). Staff member Elaine is looking to recruit participants, who will be asked to navigate around a virtual reality museum exhibit and to later discuss their experiences. If you would like to take part in the study contact Elaine Pauley.

GROW Observatory: volunteer citizen scientist (Aug - Oct)

GROW are currently seeking a volunteer citizen scientist to support a discreet lab based project. The project will be testing and validating a consumer level nutrient testing kit on existing lab soil samples from agricultural sites across Scotland for the GROW Observatory. The proposed length of the volunteer role is 2.75 months, with volunteers expected to work 35 hours each week. To find out more please check the volunteer description.

Lord Naren Patel to step down as Chancellor

Lord Naren Patel has announced he is to stand down as Chancellor of the University of Dundee after 11 years in the post. Lord Patel was appointed Chancellor in April 2006.  The role is the most senior in the University and involves acting as its ceremonial head, presiding over Academic Ceremonies and acting as President of the Graduates’ Association. Over the years, among his other duties, Lord Patel has conferred degrees on thousands of students at the University’s graduation ceremonies and been an outstanding advocate for the University and its interests. Read the full story here.

#MenDoCare – Raising awareness for males in the care professions (Sat 2nd Sep)

Staff and students from the School Nursing and Health Sciences will be raising awareness about males in care professions. Currently, less than 10% of nursing students and applicants to nursing courses are men. This shortage of men applying to nursing means that we are losing out on many talented future nurses. The role of the nurse has changed dramatically in the last few decades and offers fantastic opportunities in clinical, research, education and management roles.

The School of Nursing and Health Sciences want to get out there and speak to men who may not have considered nursing as a rewarding and dynamic profession. If you know anyone who may be interested, spread the word and pop down and to the Overgate between 11am and 1pm to see them!

You can quiz the team about a career in nursing and get all of the information you need. Find out more.

THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR… (preview 2 Aug)

The title of this exhibition comes from Marikki Hakola piece The Time is Right For… (1984). The show features works from the 1970s & 1980s by several European women artists that engage with the concept of the artist as a promoter of dialogue, openness, cultural exchange and peace.  The exhibition is a collaboration between Summerhall and EWVA (European Women’s Video Art in the 1970s and 1980s), an AHRC funded research project, based at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee (Scotland). The exhibition runs to 24 September.

The ARCHIE Mountain Challenge book launch (Thu 21 Sep)

Join Paul Fettes for the launch of The ARCHIE Mountain Challenge book in the Dalhouise building from 7pm.

The ARCHIE Mountain Challenge in aid of The ARCHIE Foundation took place over 16 days in 2015. There will be a talk and some short video clips of the challenge from The Adventure Show. Find out more by visiting the event.

Student Blog: Discovering the UK- Part 1

Now that the summer break has begun and all submissions have been submitted, it is time to go on vacation! While there are so many things to do within Dundee and Scotland, as an international student Simran wanted to take the opportunity to travel to the other parts of the UK. Read part 1 of her adventure here.