The next generation of professional digital artists, computer game developers and audio engineers launch their careers this weekend at the 2013 Abertay Digital Graduate Showcase. Details >>
A Ukrainian Professor has been visitng Abertay University under the auspices of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science. Details >>
Computing staff and students will tomorrow (Friday 24 May) put on display the future of computing – from tackling the major cyber-security threats facing the nation to using mobile phones to support an ageing population. Details >>
The emotional potential of computer game design will be explored tomorrow (Friday 24 May) at the opening of the biggest ever Abertay Digital Graduate Showcase. Details >>
A new-look, flexible Master of Business Administration (MBA) course was launched today (Thursday 23 May) by the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
The next instalment of this year’s Tayside Space School will take place at Abertay University this Saturday (May 18). Details >>
An Abertay engineering student will be representing Dundee at the Scottish Regional Final of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Graduate and Student Paper Competition this Monday (May 20). Details >>
The winners of a new business challenge set by Scotherbs and the University of Abertay Dundee were announced this week at Morgan Academy in Dundee. Details >>
The prestigious international games companies that will mentor students on Dare to be Digital 2013 have been announced, weeks before the contest kicks off. Details >>
The Creative Scotland Student Media Awards will tomorrow (Thursday 9 May) see a guaranteed University of Abertay Dundee winner – as all three nominees in the computer games category are from Abertay. Details >>
Two academics from the University of Abertay Dundee will be speaking at the Scottish Mental Health Nursing Research Conference in Aberdeen today (Friday, May 3). Details >>
Dr Joe Akunna, from the University of Abertay Dundee, will be taking part in The Courier’s debate about Dundee’s proposed biomass plant tonight (Wednesday, May 1). Details >>
Mental health nurses and student nurses from across Tayside will gather at the University of Abertay Dundee on Tuesday (April 30) to discuss the concept of recovery in mental health. Details >>
A free event will take place in Angus this weekend to showcase renewable energy and energy efficiency options for homes, small businesses and the farming community. Details >>
The online campaign for Dundee to be the UK City of Culture 2017 has been backed by the Principal of the University of Abertay Dundee, Professor Nigel Seaton. Details >>
A new project aimed at reducing carbon emissions in Scotland launched today (Wednesday, April 24) at the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
Ethical Hacking students at the University of Abertay Dundee have been selected to speak to a major international conference in London today (Wednesday 24 April). Details >>
A pioneering innovation centre that will support start-ups in the digital, technology and creative media sectors is launching in Dundee. Details >>
The University of Abertay Dundee is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Batho as its new Vice-Principal (University Services). Details >>
A new project aimed at reducing carbon emissions in Scotland will launch at the University of Abertay Dundee this Wednesday (April 24). Details >>
Space Cadets from primary schools across Tayside will descend on Abertay University this Saturday, for the next instalment in their Tayside Space School odyssey. Details >>
Secondary school pupils from Dundee’s Braeview Academy have completed a three-month mentoring scheme at the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
An Abertay academic is set to discuss whether learning languages is indeed more difficult for adults than it is for children – a complicated issue surrounded by many pre-conceptions. Details >>
Forensic scientists at the University of Abertay Dundee have recovered latent fingerprints from foods – publishing the UK’s first academic paper on this subject. Details >>
A new project to connect computer games students with business investors launches today (Wednesday 10 April) at the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
The next Café Science Extra talk in Dundee will hear how multi-tasking simplifies tasks, and how thinking about the world in this way helps us make sense of both natural and man-made wonders. Details >>
The campaign to bring a Sistema Scotland orchestra to Dundee will be launched tonight (Friday 5 April) at a sell-out concert in an art gallery at the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
An Abertay student has been selected as the Scottish Representative for the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Graduate and Students Network (GSNet). Details >>
A talented team of students from the University of Abertay Dundee will this week take part in the finals of Make Something Unreal Live at the Gadget Show Live. Details >>
Aspiring computer game developers now have just one week to apply for Dare to be Digital 2013, the world’s leading computer game design competition for students. Details >>
For the first time, all our Biomedical Sciences students who completed an NHS placement as part of their course, have been awarded Certificates of Commendation by Roche Diagnostics for the high standard of their work. Details >>
Students at the University of Abertay Dundee will today (Friday 29 March) pitch their proposals for a direct marketing campaign for Leisure & Culture Dundee to industry experts. Details >>
A school pupil from Grove Academy in Dundee has had a research paper published in the leading peer-reviewed American eye journal “Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science”. Details >>
The future economic success of Scotland as a small nation rests on adopting a new approach to management, according to former Scottish Government Minister Jim Mather. Details >>
Psychology students from across Scotland will gather at the University of Abertay Dundee this Saturday for the Scottish Branch of the British Psychological Society’s annual Undergraduate Conference. Details >>
Dundee is to get its very own Academy of Sport, thanks to a unique university and college joint venture. Details >>
The Food Innovation team at Abertay University have got Scomac’s popular Whisky Butterscotch Sauce back on shop shelves. Details >>
Pupils from Primary Schools across Tayside will gather at the Dundee Science Centre this Saturday (March 16) for the first of a series of events which mark the welcome return of the Tayside Space School to Dundee. Details >>
If you’ve ever wondered how giant Jenga, computer games, nuclear disasters and secret codes fit together, the University of Abertay Dundee’s female scientists have got the answer. Details >>
Tomorrow’s business leaders take a major step forward this week with a week-long innovation event – bringing major companies into the University of Abertay Dundee to work directly with students. Details >>
In a paper in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Professor Wilfred Otten argues that the solution to the antibiotic resistance crisis does not lie with the pharmaceuticals industry alone. Here explains the key role the environment, and soils in particular, play in bringing antibiotic resistance under control. Details >>
Computer games and interactive media companies based in Scotland – or planning to start up north of the border – can access up to £25,000 per project from the University of Abertay Dundee’s Prototype Fund. Details >>
The Finnish and Scottish team behind Starcrossed, one of the Dare to be Digital winning games from 2012, won a BAFTA Ones to Watch Award last night at the British Academy Games Awards. Details >>
Students taking part in the major Scottish work placement project Education into Enterprise will now have support from graduate mentors to assist in their successful employability project experience. Details >>
Families should play computer games together, and more young girls need to be encouraged to make games, according to young BAFTA winners launching their first game today. Details >>
As part of the inaugural Print Festival Scotland, the University of Abertay Dundee and the art collective Yuck ‘n Yum are teaming up to offer an artist-in-residency opportunity within the university’s ground-breaking forensic science department. Details >>
The University of Abertay Dundee will be hosting a debate on the topic of equal marriage this Wednesday (February 27th). Details >>
Our Sports Development Officer Ali Bell plays hockey for Scotland and, as part of the team’s preparation for the Commonwealth Games and World Cup next year, she is off to Brazil for a two week tour starting this Tuesday (February 26). Details >>
A unique concert set in an art gallery at the University of Abertay Dundee will raise funds for Dundee’s appeal to set up a Sistema Scotland orchestra in the city. Details >>
Nursing staff at the University of Abertay Dundee are appealing for more information about the owner of a mystery suitcase. Details >>
Students from the University of Abertay Dundee jet off today (Wednesday 13 February) to the finals of the European Business Masters Cup in Stuttgart. Details >>
The University of Abertay Dundee will host the two winners of the BAFTA Young Game Designers competition today (Monday 11 February) as they turn their ideas into playable games. Details >>
Dr Robertson will take up his new post in April, and will be joining the University from the Higher Education Academy (HEA), where he is currently Assistant Director Scotland and Head of Research and Policy. Details >>
One of the most enduring myths that has slipped into public consciousness has been debunked by a sports science professor at the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
Fans of Forensic Anthropologist Nikki Alexander in Silent Witness may be interested in a talk to be given by visiting Professor Sue Black this coming Wednesday (February 6th). Details >>
Unseen paintings from the prolific Dundee artist Vincent Rattray go on show for the first time this week, at the Hannah Maclure Centre gallery in the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
A new paper published in Current Biology has shown that female quail “know” what the patterning on their eggs is going to be before they lay them. Details >>
Clare Brennan, Curator of the Hannah Maclure Centre at the University of Abertay Dundee, will discuss ‘Performance within Portraiture’ when she leads the next Dundee Arts Café event. Details >>
The V&A, London, V&A at Dundee and the University of Abertay Dundee announce an exciting opportunity for Games Designers to spend a six-month research period at the V&A, London followed by a period at Abertay University. Details >>
The Scottish Game Jam has expanded to the University of Abertay Dundee for the first time in its five-year history after demand outstripped the places available. Details >>
Dare to be Digital, the world’s leading computer game design competition for students, is now open for entries – a unique opportunity for aspiring professionals to win their very own BAFTA. Details >>
The Securi-Tay ethical hacking conference returns to the University of Abertay Dundee on 16 January 2013. Details >>
