Emergency responses to natural disasters could be coordinated more quickly and save lives thanks to new software developed at the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
The Court of the University of Abertay Dundee is pleased to announce that it has appointed Professor Nigel Seaton as the new Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University. Details >>
Professor Alex Law, Professor of Sociology at Abertay’s School of Social and Health Sciences, will deliver his Inaugural Lecture tomorrow night (Wednesday 16th May at 6pm) ‘The end of civilisation as we know it? Symbolic violence and the de-civilising process’. Details >>
Professor Vera Kempe, a lecturer in Psychology and Language Learning at the University of Abertay Dundee, has co-authored a new student textbook on language development which is being hailed by her peers as ‘invaluable’ and a ‘vital resource’. Details >>
One of Scotland’s leading journalists and media experts has been made an Honorary Fellow of the University of Abertay Dundee in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the institution’s growth and development over many years. Details >>
Abertay University nursing student Katie Crandall has been presented with a prestigious scholarship award offered by the UK’s leading charity for nurses. Details >>
Dr Ross Lorimer from Abertay's School of Social and Health Sciences has been appointed Sport Science Officer for the Mountaineering Council of Scotland. Details >>
Ros Moore, Chief Nursing Officer at the Scottish Government, visited the University of Abertay Dundee today Details >>
The University of Abertay Dundee is working with BAFTA to develop the winning games entered into the talent-finding competition for 11-16 year olds. Details >>
More students from some of Asia’s most prestigious universities are applying to enrol at the University of Abertay Dundee than to any other institution under an international scheme funded by the European Union. Details >>
Dr Geoffrey Stewart Morrison, an expert in forensic voice comparison from the University of New South Wales, will give a guest lecture at the University of Abertay Dundee this week (Thursday 26th April at 1pm). Details >>
An Ethical Hacking student in his first year at the University of Abertay Dundee has been selected to speak to a major international conference in London. Details >>
The new ‘Jump Cut’ festival of dance and film opens tomorrow (Friday 20 April) at the University of Abertay Dundee’s Hannah Maclure Centre. Details >>
Secondary school pupils from Dundee’s Braeview Academy are to receive awards tonight (Thursday 19 April) for completing a four-month mentoring scheme at the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
More than 200 new postgraduate research opportunities are being offered by the University of Abertay Dundee in response both to increasing demand and to tackle a growing range of urgent research requirements. Details >>
The winners of the TIGA Games Contest, funded by the University of Abertay Dundee’s Prototype Fund, have been announced. Details >>
The winners of the Student-Led Teaching Awards, as voted for by students, were announced last night at the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
There is only a thin layer standing between humanity and extinction, and our salvation lies in soil. This is the claim that soil scientist Professor Wilfred Otten will make at his inaugural public lecture on Wednesday the 11th April. Details >>
New and young companies have just one week to apply for grants of up to £25,000 from the current round of the University of Abertay Dundee’s Prototype Fund. Details >>
Throughout March three teams from the Dundee Business School took part in Rags to Riches, an Apprentice-style challenge in aid of Scotland’s leading children’s charity, CHILDREN 1ST. Details >>
Aspiring computer game developers now have just one week to apply for Dare to be Digital 2012, the world’s leading computer game design competition for students. Details >>
Over 100 students will today (Tuesday 3 April) pitch their ideas for solving business solutions to a panel of local business experts at the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
The most outstanding lecturers at Abertay, as voted for by our students, are competing for a series of teaching awards. Details >>
In today's Budget, Chancellor George Osborne announced a games tax relief would be offered to the UK's computer games industry from next April. Details >>
A team of students from Abertay University has made it through the regional semi-finals of the IBM University Business Challenge and will be the sole Scottish team at the national finals. Details >>
The University of Abertay Dundee conferred four new Honorary Fellowships at a ceremony today (Friday, 16 March 2012). Details >>
The BAFTA and Dare to be Digital ‘Ones to Watch’ award for a new student game was awarded tonight to Swallowtail, a team from Norwich University College of the Arts and the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
Entrepreneurs looking to launch a new digital company or develop a new game or software product can now apply for up to £25,000 from the University of Abertay Dundee’s Prototype Fund. Details >>
The hugely successful Tayside Space School, created and managed by the University of Abertay Dundee, is to expand this year with the help of the Institute of Physics. Details >>
Teams from the University of Abertay Dundee continue their successful record in the IBM University Business Challenge this week. Details >>
The Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont MSP today gave her support to Dundee’s growing computer games cluster during a visit to the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
Experts in computing and psychology are meeting at the University of Abertay Dundee today to discuss how to make virtual characters more real and believable. Details >>
A student at the University of Abertay Dundee has been shortlisted for a prestigious nursing scholarship award offered by the UK’s leading charity for nurses. Details >>
Plans for new flexible office space in Dundee built from shipping containers, for launching computer games and creative start-up companies, have been warmly welcomed by the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
Men with strong immune systems are most attractive to members of the opposite sex according to a new study from the University of Abertay Dundee and partners. Details >>
Abertay University’s Dundee Business School is hosting a series of workshops for systems thinkers in conjunction with the Deming Learning Network. Details >>
The photographs of a Scottish artist who was kidnapped and held captive by an Indian snake charming family are to go on show at the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
New research from the University of Abertay Dundee has found evidence that left-handed people may be better decision makers than their right-handed counterparts. Details >>
Local businesses are being helped to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the forthcoming V&A at Dundee in a series of talks and practical sessions at the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
Four Abertay students have just returned from Stuttgart, having taken part in the finals of the European Business Masters Cup. Details >>
A UK-wide competition to design new games for Samsung’s mobile phone app store has been won by a team from the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
The relationships between people, and the duplicitous tactics sometimes used to gain advantage over others, will be explored by Abertay's Dr Clare Cunningham in the next Café Science event to be held in Dundee. Details >>
Dare to be Digital, the world’s leading computer game design competition, is now open for entries for 2012 – a unique opportunity for students to win industry attention and their very own BAFTA. Details >>
Computer game developers have just one week left to enter the £100,000 TIGA Games Contest, which is funded and managed by the University of Abertay Dundee’s Prototype Fund. Details >>
Abertay Master Class to tackle challenge of interviewing children who have witnessed serious crimes Details >>
