Yesterday (with thanks to Dr Iliyan Stefanov for organising!) we held a thank you party – at the University of Dundee Chaplaincy Centre in the West End – for our superb team of helpers for the Dundee LibDem council election campaign. In challenging times, I was delighted to be re-elected by such a wide margin [...]
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Today, I took part in a tour of the City Chambers with a group of University of Dundee students. See right. The Council Officer gave them a really entertaining and informative talk about the city’s civic history. It was a very enjoyable afternoon and great to see the interest in [...]
University of Dundee Volunteering Fair
Posted: February 23, 2012 in Liberal Democrats, University of DundeeYesterday, Dundee Liberal Democrats took part in the 2012 University of Dundee Volunteering Fair - it was a great event and here’s a couple of photos from the day: With some of the Dundee LibDem Team Official Volunteering Fair opening
University of Dundee Volunteering Fayre
Posted: February 12, 2012 in Liberal Democrats, University of DundeeI’ll be participating along with Dundee Liberal Democrats in supporting the University of Dundee Volunteering Fayre later this month : You can download the above poster here.
Future of post-16 education
Posted: November 5, 2011 in Dundee College, University of Abertay, University of DundeeMeeting at the University of Abertay Dundee Last night, along with representatives from the University College Union (UCU) at the University of Dundee, the University of Abertay Dundee and London Metropolitan University and a UCU national representative, the National Union of Students (NUS), Abertay Students’ Association and parliamentary representatives from Labour and the SNP, I [...]
Dundee’s universities – an update
Posted: September 30, 2011 in University of Abertay, University of DundeeAs readers of www.dundeewestend.com are aware, I have made clear my opposition to the merger of the University of Dundee and the University of Abertay Dundee, and I therefore welcome the apparent reassurance made by Alex Salmond at First Minister’s Questions yesterday that there would be “no forced merger” of our two universities. Let [...]
Call to stop any merger of Abertay University with the University of Dundee
Posted: September 24, 2011 in University of Abertay, University of DundeeI am quoted in today’s Courier indicating my concerns that the SNP government is trying to bulldoze Dundee’s two universities into a merger and there are significant detrimental implications from such a merger in terms of course availability and staffing. It would indeed be a sad day if the number of universities in the [...]
20th November, 2010 : 6pm (event lasts for one hour), Dalhousie Building, Old Hawkhill. Perfect place to buy your Christmas gifts -get a signed copy of Conn Iggulden’s book! SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS READING FROM HIS SUCCESSFUL BOOKS, THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS AND THE EMPIRE SERIES £3 / £2 Genghis Khan was the [...]
Last couple of days …
Posted: September 10, 2010 in Education, NHS Tayside, Tayside Police, University of DundeeYesterday, as well as attending the latest meeting of the West End Schools’ Project Board and my weekly surgery at Blackness Primary School, I had the pleasure of attending a civic reception at the City Chambers to highlight Dundee’s support for the Perth 800 celebrations and for Perth’s bid for city status. Both Dundee Lord [...]
With the permission of Marianne Dee at the University of Dundee’s School of Computing, here’s an update on the SiDE project and a request for participants : “SiDE is a research project which is being conducted at four universities across the UK. Here in Dundee, in the University’s School of Computing, SiDE Dundee is building [...]
Concerns about the University of Dundee’s Book & Paper Conservation Studio
Posted: April 28, 2010 in Uncategorized, University of DundeeThe Book & Paper Conservation Studio at the University of Dundee is an essential regional centre, providing a range of conservation services for paper-based and related materials (documents, art on paper and books). It has worked for museums, libraries, archives, higher education institutes, trusts, churches and countless members of the public both in Scotland and [...]
At the request of the University of Dundee’s here’s details of their new video competition! “The University of Dundee is currently running a video competition, asking entrants to create a short video detailing the discoveries they have made in the city. If you would be able to mention this on your blog, we would be [...]
Possible new home for “The Bridge” sculpture
Posted: March 2, 2010 in Botanic Garden, Hunter Street, University of DundeeAs reported in tonight’s “Evening Telegraph“, I have welcomed news that the University of Dundee is proactively looking at a new site in the West End for “The Bridge” sculpture that used to be located in Hunter Street at the university campus but was removed at the time of construction of the Dalhousie Building. “The [...]
Last night I attended – along with a very large audience that filled a lecture theatre at the Dalhousie Building at the University of Dundee (see below – and there were two overflow lecture theatres) – a superb public lecture by Charlie Cook on “The New US Presidency – 100 Days after inauguration.” Charlie Cook [...]
With thanks to Sheena Wellington, here’s news of a couple of upcoming events: 7TH FEBRUARY On Wednesday, 7th February, Barbara Dymock one of Scotland’s most respected singers is the guest at the Friends of Wighton Lunchtime Recital. The recital in the Central Library’s Wighton Heritage Centre starts at 1.15pm and admission is free. A doctor [...]
