No idea what to buy your loved ones this Christmas? A new Dundee-based company can solve your problems – and is doing so with the help of students from the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
Proposals to form a Cross-Party Group on the Computer Games Industry in the Scottish Parliament represent a positive move that deserves widespread engagement, the University of Abertay Dundee said today. Details >>
Colin Macdonald, a member of the University of Abertay Dundee’s governing Court and a computer games industry expert, has been appointed by Channel 4 as its first Games Commissioning Editor. Details >>
The welfare system encourages dependency, costs too much and needs to be fundamentally reformed. That is the motion that will be argued at the Annual Dundee Schools and Colleges Modern Studies Debate which is hosted by Abertay today. Details >>
What makes someone attractive? Is beauty only skin deep? And what type of body odour is appealing? What about the animal kingdom - why do some monkeys prefer a brightly coloured backside? School pupils will find out the answers to all these questions and more at the Abertay Psychology Christmas lectures tomorrow. Details >>
Willie Rennie MSP, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, will today (Friday 2 December) visit the University of Abertay Dundee to speak to business students and staff about the major potential of tourism for Dundee and Scotland. Details >>
The UK Government has made “a positive step forward for computer science” in its official response to the Next Gen report, the University of Abertay Dundee said today. Details >>
Hundreds of University of Abertay Dundee students graduated today in the University’s winter graduation ceremony, launching their careers in a wide range of industry-relevant subjects. Details >>
Dozens of students and former students gathered at the University of Abertay Dundee this evening (Thursday 24 November) for the annual Prizegiving Ceremony, held on the eve of the November Graduation Ceremony. Details >>
A class of Accounting & Finance students from the University of Abertay Dundee have been generating new ideas for children charity CHILDREN 1ST to boost the charity’s Kilts for Kids Day. Details >>
The £100,000 TIGA Games Contest will be launched tomorrow (Friday 25 November, 2011), offering four £25,000 prizes to games developers to build a prototype and use it to secure further development funding. Details >>
One of Scotland’s best-known broadcasters and a leading figure in the UK student accommodation sector will be recognised by the University of Abertay Dundee with the award of honorary degrees later this week. Details >>
Football can play a crucial role in improving the physical health and mental wellbeing in the 55+ age group. That is the message that Lecturer Dan Parnell from the University of Abertay Dundee told delegates at a British Heart Foundation conference yesterday. Details >>
Following a meeting held to discuss the potential for closer collaboration within the context of the Scottish Government’s proposals for reform Details >>
Major Mark Griffin and his recruiting team from the Armed Forces Careers Office in Dundee provided a guest lecture for forensics students at the University of Abertay Dundee this week. Details >>
Major advances in the research and teaching of computer games technology and environmental science were shown today to the Convener of the Scottish Parliament’s Education and Culture Committee. Details >>
The first ever Dundee Science Eggheads event, hosted by the University of Abertay Dundee, has been hailed as a great success. Details >>
Psychologists from Abertay will present a free interactive lecture on Thursday evening (4th November) the lecture will investigate the psychology behind activities such as eyewitness testimony, how we encode, store and remember information and how our eyes and brain work together. Details >>
Ex-international football star Pat Nevin was in Dundee today to participate in a 'Thinking Module' debate centred on the motion ‘Strong laws are needed to outlaw sectarianism in Scotland’ at Abertay University. Details >>
Who is clever enough to take on Dundee’s smartest science brains? Details >>
The University of Abertay Dundee has announced that Professor Eddie Frizzell has been appointed Vice-Chair of the University Court – the institution’s governing body. Details >>
Hundreds of young sports stars, musicians and scholars around the world are being offered the chance to study at one of Scotland’s most vibrant and dynamic universities, thanks to a £750,000 (US$1.2 million) scholarship fund launched by the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
The University of Abertay Dundee can confirm that, following further discussion with the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), the paused process for the recruitment of the University’s next permanent Principal and Vice-Chancellor is to be re-started. Details >>
The £5 million Prototype Fund run by the University of Abertay Dundee has awarded £225,000 across nine young computer games companies with high growth potential. Details >>
PhD student Jason Bennett, from the University of Abertay Dundee’s School of Contemporary Sciences, has been honoured for his presenting skills at a major international conference. Details >>
Dundee’s two universities are strengthening the city’s historic ties with India this week as they jointly welcome a high-level delegation from one of that country’s leading centres of education and research. Details >>
Hundreds of school leavers and mature learners will get a first-hand taste of life at university tomorrow (Wednesday, 12 October), meeting students and experiencing everything from a forensic science crime scene to a recording studio. Details >>
The University of Abertay Dundee has announced that it will charge students domiciled in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (RUK students) an annual tuition fee of £7,000 for academic year 2012/13. Details >>
The University of Abertay Dundee’s Student Union has won gold in the Best Bar None awards for the second year in a row, beating off stiff competition from other great Dundee venues. Details >>
Abertay student Sanna Dupuy has been awarded a top prize for Best Portfolio from Roche Diagnostics following her completion of a work placement at the Medical Microbiology Lab in Ninewells Hospital. Details >>
UK Government Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts MP today visited Dundee’s computer games and technology cluster, announcing a new investment in Proper Games from the University of Abertay Dundee’s Prototype Fund. Details >>
Children can now build their own working game using a simple-to-use tool built by the University of Abertay Dundee for BAFTA Young Game Designers, in association with Electronic Arts and with support from NESTA. Details >>
Paintings by the winners of the Jolomo Bank of Scotland Awards 2011 for Scottish landscape painting are to be unveiled to the public this Friday (9th September) at the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
Only two weeks remain for applicants to enter the Future Games Contest which will provide small companies with up to £25,000 in funding for the development of prototypes that use games technology in new ways. Details >>
The leader of the University of Abertay Dundee Pipe Band got a very pleasant surprise last night – seeing one of her tunes played by 250 pipers and drummers at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Details >>
A student from the University of Abertay Dundee has struck gold by winning a Scottish Government competition to produce a digital game based on the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Details >>
A group of German students today pitched their business ideas to Dundee Science Centre, as part of an intensive marketing course at the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
Abertay Scientists have discovered that a gene which, when severely mutated, causes blindness and kidney abnormalities in chickens, is the same as one that predisposes humans to hypertension. Details >>
A lecturer from the University of Abertay Dundee is among the leading researchers and innovators to be recognised by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE). Details >>
As ticket sales for the latest Hollywood blockbuster ‘Rise of Planet of the Apes’ boom at the box office, a team of Abertay psychologists are giving Tayside youngsters the chance to learn more about man’s closest living relatives. Details >>
The University of Abertay Dundee is playing a central role in one of four new prestigious Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Knowledge Exchange Hubs for the Creative Economy. Details >>
The next generation of computer games stars was unveiled in Dundee tonight (Sunday 14 August) as the three winning teams from the Abertay University-run contest Dare to be Digital were announced. Details >>
Dundee Science Centre has been selected to act as a ‘live case study’ for over 30 German students embarking on a University of Abertay Dundee business course. Details >>
IC tomorrow, a Technology Strategy Board programme, is running a contest for the University of Abertay Dundee to provide small companies with up to £25,000 in funding for the development of prototypes that use games technology in new ways. Details >>
65 young people from 12 schools across Fife and Tayside ‘graduate’ tomorrow (Friday 12th August, 2pm) from a week spent living as Higher Education students on the LIFT OFF to Success (LO2S) programme. Details >>
Researchers from Abertay’s Division of Psychology are looking for volunteer lovebirds to help find out what affects people’s attraction to different faces. Details >>
The Dare ProtoPlay computer games festival will take over the centre of Dundee this weekend (12th-14th August) with three days of family fun. Details >>
World champion professional gamers will arrive in Dundee next week for a unique ‘Masters’ tournament at the Dare ProtoPlay computer games festival, organised by the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
Dundee’s heritage as a pioneer of the computer games industry may soon be brought to digital life at The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum, as part of an exciting new project with the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
A living legend of the computer games industry will open the Dare ProtoPlay computer games festival (Friday 12th August) and give a public talk about the creation of his groundbreaking game ‘Elite’ and life as an independent games developer. Details >>
A team of students from the University of Abertay Dundee is jetting off to China this week to compete as the UK representative in the world finals of the prestigious CIMA Global Business Challenge. Details >>
The University of Abertay Dundee has won a prestigious business accolade for its work giving students ‘live’ business case studies to work on. Details >>
Performance artist Pernille Spence will be performing a live art installation ‘Falling Up, Dancing Down’ at the University of Abertay Dundee today (Friday 15th July) which will see her lifted off the ground using some 35 balloons. Details >>
Local Dundee school children will help test the new Dare to be Digital games today (Friday 15th July) at the University of Abertay Dundee, playing prototype games on Xbox Kinect, iPads, mobile phones and PCs. Details >>
The University of Abertay Dundee will today (Thursday 7 July) celebrate the successful graduation of over a thousand students at the summer Graduation ceremony. Details >>
The University of Abertay Dundee has promoted six of its leading researchers to new professorships in recognition of their academic excellence. Details >>
An astronaut, a legendary rock artist and a top economics expert are among those receiving honorary degrees from the Abertay Dundee next week (Thursday 7th July) Details >>
The career of Dr Colin Miller of the University of Abertay Dundee’s School of Computing and Engineering Systems is to be celebrated today in a retirement reception. Details >>
Internationally renowned experts and leaders in the digital creative industries are due to arrive in Dundee this week (29-30 June) for a major conference hosted by the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
Dundee secondary pupils have been taking on a digital challenge for the future of computer games. Details >>
Businesses in the digital creative industries are being urged not to miss out on major profit opportunities ahead of an international conference at the University of Abertay Dundee next week. Details >>
A team of students from the University of Abertay Dundee is to represent the UK in the global finals of the prestigious CIMA Global Business Challenge, after winning the UK round. Details >>
Two teams of students from the University of Abertay Dundee will this Friday (17 June) compete in the UK final of the prestigious CIMA Global Business Challenge. Details >>
Environmental experts from all over the world are gathering at the University of Abertay Dundee this week to discuss the latest technological advances in soil research. Details >>
Student computer game designers today start the internationally renowned Dare to be Digital challenge – to build a complete game in just nine weeks, with the best game taking home a BAFTA. Details >>
Nursing students from the University of Abertay Dundee have been working with medical students from the University of Dundee and pharmacy students from Robert Gordon University in an exciting new interprofessional education initiative Details >>
Ever considered that your leftover steak pie could be used to power your car? Saturday night’s discarded take-away could be heating your home or maybe that those leftover sandwiches from your business meeting could be fertilising crops? This is what Anaerobic Digestion experts will discuss at Abertay today Details >>
To mark National Dementia Week in Scotland, Abertay University will today be launching the new 'Dangling Conversations' project where individuals with dementia have created their own ‘digital stories’ to be used to teach student nurses. Details >>
Dundee’s first ever computer games festival is to take over the city centre this August, as the exciting finale of game design competition Dare to be Digital comes home. Details >>
Research at the University of Abertay Dundee has contributed to a major new independent report which reveals that nature is worth billions of pounds to the UK economy. Details >>
As the current debate of further reducing sentences for guilty pleas rumbles on, a recognised world expert in the field of false confessions is in Dundee warning police, lawyers and researchers that they must “assume nothing” when given a confession. Details >>
Dare to be Digital today proudly announces the 2011 finalists, following a tough selection process where applications from over 70 universities worldwide were whittled down to just 15 teams. Details >>
What causes physical attraction? The science behind beauty will be revealed to the public by a University of Abertay Dundee expert at a free Café Science event on Monday evening (30 May). Details >>
The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) is to invest £2.64 million in a Scotland-wide innovation network for universities to support the Scottish food and drink industry. Details >>
Dare Academy courses are being launched this year by the world-leading game design competition Dare to be Digital – to be held in the UK Centre for Excellence in Computer Games Education at the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
For the second year, Wacom has teamed up with the University of Abertay Dundee to form a partnership around the institution’s renowned gaming development competition – Dare to be Digital. Details >>
A musical computer game to help children with autism learn and relax has been unveiled to the public at the Abertay Digital Graduate Show. Details >>
Graeme Walker, Professor of Zymology in Abertay’s School of Contemporary Sciences, has recently authored the book ‘Bioethanol. Science & Technology of Fuel Alcohol’. The book is free to download online at www.bookboon.com Details >>
Abertay will host the 4th International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iIIRG) 2011 Conference next week (1-3 June). The event will generate a £231,636 boost for the local economy. Details >>
Can pigs fly? A poor, orphaned pig called Roger certainly wants to in a fun new iPhone game created by a student at the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
The University of Abertay Dundee has announced that digital entertainment industry legend Chris Deering is to join the line-up of speakers at Digital Spark 2011. Details >>
The biggest Digital Graduate Show ever in the history of the University of Abertay Dundee opens to the public this Friday (20 May) at 2pm. Details >>
A new book 'Key Concepts in Classical Social Theory' by Dr Alex Law, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Abertay, has been published by SAGE. The book will equip students of the social sciences with a comprehensive introduction to the founding ideas of social theory. Details >>
Postgraduate students looking for a career in cyber-security are invited to take part in a virtual open day this Wednesday (18 May) with leading lecturers at the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
Business studies students at the University of Abertay Dundee have agreed in principle a series of major charity events for the Guide Dogs charity, including a fundraising football match between Newcastle United and Dundee FC. Details >>
Dundee secondary school pupils are to receive awards from the University of Abertay Dundee tomorrow night (Thursday 12 May) for successfully completing a four-month mentoring scheme. Details >>
As hundreds of events are held across the world to celebrate International Nurses Day (May 12th), students from Abertay’s BSc in Nursing have been busy demonstrating the success of the popular programme of study. Details >>
Creative and digital companies must protect their intellectual property (IP) to have the greatest chance of future success, an expert at the University of Abertay Dundee has warned. Details >>
The University of Abertay Dundee has appointed Professor Simeon Keates as its new Head of the School of Computing and Engineering Systems. Details >>
A bioethics expert from the University of Abertay Dundee has denounced the public funding of homeopathy at a time where Scotland’s health budget is under unprecedented pressure. Details >>
Dare to be Digital, the world’s leading computer games design competition run by the University of Abertay Dundee, is proud to announce that trade body UKIE is sponsoring this year’s contest and helping judge the completed games. Details >>
The UK Government’s commitment to a thriving and internationally competitive computer games industry has been welcomed by the University of Abertay Dundee, a world-leader in creating skilled games graduates. Details >>
Dr La Rooy from the School of Social and Health Sciences has co-edited the second edition of Children’s Testimony, a book described by experts as essential reading for practitioners and academics alike. Details >>
Gaelic speakers over the age of 60 living in Lewis and Harris are urgently needed for an important scientific study being conducted by the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
Digital entrepreneurs looking to apply for £25,000 of funding from the Prototype Fund run by the University of Abertay Dundee have just one week left to apply for the second round of funding. Details >>
Flood defence decision-making is to be helped across Europe by the development of a new high-tech computer game at the University of Abertay Dundee to train town and city planners and infrastructure managers. Details >>
Professor Mohamed Branine of Dundee Business School has published a new book on Managing across Cultures which covers the concepts, policies and practices of managing resources in different socioeconomic, political and cultural contexts. Details >>
Dare to be Digital, the world’s leading computer games design competition, has received an overwhelming number of applications from over 70 different universities around the world. Details >>
The investment fund run by University of Abertay Dundee for launching new computer game and digital media businesses today announces its first successful applications, which range from a Facebook game to a PC tool for game developers. Details >>
Where do stories end and truths begin? A new exhibition of art by local female Dundee artists at the University of Abertay Dundee aims to find out… Details >>
On Monday 4th April, over 150 students from Management, Business and Marketing programmes, Web Design & Development and Creative Sound Production gave group presentations of internet direct marketing campaigns for the company Active Gate. Details >>
Aspiring games industry professionals have until Sunday this week (3 April) to enter Dare to be Digital 2011, the world’s leading computer games design competition. Details >>
The number of Skillset-accredited games courses has risen to 10, with the University of Abertay Dundee's Professional Masters in Computer Games Development being awarded the Skillset Tick. Details >>
A team of business students from the University of Abertay Dundee is taking part in an Apprentice-style charity challenge this Sunday, filling an empty charity shop and trying to raise as much money as possible for CHILDREN 1ST. Details >>
For the third year running Abertay students are participating in the European Business Masters Cup (EBMC). Details >>
This year’s Dare to be Digital computer games design competition will reach further afield than ever before, thanks to investment from the Scottish Government. Details >>
A new state-of-the-art computing research laboratory and prototyping centre was opened today (Friday 18 March) at the University of Abertay Dundee in memory of Lord Thomson of Monifieth. Details >>
A team of students from Sweden and Scotland have clinched a prestigious computer games BAFTA for their entry into the Dare to be Digital game competition. Details >>
A BAFTA-nominated computer game developed by students – as part of the Dare to be Digital competition at the University of Abertay Dundee – is now available as a free download from Apple’s App Store. Details >>
A school pupil from Tayside has won a national award and the chance to showcase her work in London after a very successful summer project at the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
The recently renovated Abertay Union has beaten competition from right across Scotland to win a Best Bar None award for entertainment excellence. Details >>
Differences in the way male and female learning has evolved have been revealed by new research into gibbons, conducted by the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
This weekend students from the University of Abertay Dundee are taking on a huge charity challenge – to get as far away from Dundee as possible in 36 hours, without spending any money at all. Details >>
Forensic science research that allows fingerprints to be taken from fabrics has been featured on global news network CNN. Watch the full video here. Details >>
The University of Abertay Dundee has welcomed the announcement that Outplay Entertainment is to create 150 new computer games jobs in Dundee. Details >>
A meeting of bio-energy and biomass experts at the University of Abertay today (Wednesday 9 February) is to help develop a tool for transparent decision-making in Tayside and across the UK. Details >>
The report from the Scottish Affairs Committee’s inquiry into the video games industry in Scotland is a “welcome and progressive step forward for UK education and business growth”, the University of Abertay Dundee said today. Details >>
Minister for the Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey MP, joined students at the University of Abertay Dundee today (Thursday 3 February) to learn more about why the centre is a world leader in teaching computer games development skills. Details >>
The Livingstone-Hope Review is “an urgent reminder of the importance of industry-focused education” to the UK’s highly valuable computer games and visual effects industries, the University of Abertay Dundee said today (Tuesday 1 February). Details >>
Forensic experts at the University of Abertay Dundee and the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA) are leading the way in the research of new ground-breaking forensic techniques within the field of fingerprints. Details >>
An expert in the psychology of memory at the University of Abertay Dundee has been awarded a prestigious honour, with her work selected as one of the highlights of psychological research of the last 25 years by an internationally acclaimed journal. Details >>
The best young computer games creators can now apply to take part in the world’s leading game design competition, Dare to be Digital, this summer at the University of Abertay Dundee. Details >>
A new chapter in the history of one of Scotland’s national treasures – the haggis - was written today (Friday January 21st) with the launch of a healthier version of the famous dish. Details >>
Do the guidelines on interviewing alleged victims of child abuse need to be re-thought? New research from the University of Abertay Dundee has found evidence that multiple interviews can actually help victims recall greater details about their abuse. Details >>
3D X-ray scanning equipment is being used to help chart the evolution of flight in birds, by digitally reconstructing the size of bird brains using ancient fossil and modern bird skulls. Details >>
