Kevin McMahon AKA Kevin Quantum, magician scientist hybrid and University of Dundee alumnus appears on Britain’s Got Talent! Check out his jaw-dropping act in the video below:…Continue Reading Video: Kevin Quantum, UoD Science and Engineering alumnus, appears on Britain’s Got Talent
While the University’s museums and galleries are temporarily closed due to the coronavirus emergency, we’re sharing more of our collections online. This is the latest in a series of films in which museum curator Matthew Jarron tells the stories behind some of our most interesting objects and artworks. In this video we look at two…Continue Reading Video: John Duncan and the Celtic Revival in Dundee
Delighted to have one of our students and member of the orchestra play for us today. Nicky is completing her 2nd year studying Neuroscience at University of Dundee. She’s playing Chopin Nocturne in c#. You can find plenty more Dundee University Music videos being regularly posted on the Music at University of Dundee Facebook page…Continue Reading Video: Watch Nicky, 2nd Year Neuroscience Student and Member of the UoD Orchestra, play Chopin Nocturne in c#
The Botanic nursery is still on lockdown but the team at the Botanic Gardens are all looking forward to making further improvements to the garden and are giving us a preview of some of their new plants. Click on the video below to watch botanical horticulturalist Clare Reaney show us and talk through some of…Continue Reading Video: A Preview of Some of the New Plants in the Botanic Nursery
The oldest thing in the University Archives is this fragment of papyrus given to University College Dundee in acknowledgement of their support of the Egypt Exploration Fund (MS 142). It probably records the sale of a female slave (likely 8 years old) in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt on 22 August AD 99….Continue Reading The Oldest Item in the University Archives
This short MP4 was created in collaboration with the PGDE 18-19 (Postgraduate Diploma in Education) students from the school of Education and Social Work at University of Dundee. It comprises materials and images from their art and design workshops as well as their photographs of their primary children’s art and design work, from three placements…Continue Reading Video: PGDE 18-19 Art & Design Workshops
Lucy Golden’s ,’Stretch of Water’ for the River Deep Mountain High exhibition was inspired by data & models produced by the Dept of Geology & R.W. Austin’s ocean colour scale held by the University Museums. Lucy developed a series of paintings which explore the Tay Estuary, fascinated by the unseen. Stretch of Water by…Continue Reading RDMH – Stretch of Water by Lucy Golden
Cooper Gallery’s detour in the space in-between where we find ourselves, somewhere between life as it was and the world to come, begins by sharing reading, listening and screening material related to and featured in our currently postponed exhibition A is for Avant-Garde, Z is for Zero: Laura Mulvey & Peter Wollen, compiled with generous support…Continue Reading The Cooper Gallery – A space in-between: A is for Avant-Garde, Z is for Zero
While the University’s museums and galleries are temporarily closed due to the coronavirus emergency, we’re sharing more of our collections online. This is the latest in a series of films in which museum curator Matthew Jarron tells the stories behind some of our most interesting objects and artworks. In this video we look at the…Continue Reading Video: The University of Dundee Mace
Following the cancellation of their annual charity concert, this year the University of Dundee OpSoc thought it would be fun to do a week-long online charity concert via their Facebook page. In these uncertain times OpSoc think it is important to keep up the OpSoc morale and to share their love of musical theatre with…Continue Reading Video: One Day More – A Virtual Concert by OpSoc
In the following short video, botanical horticulturalist Clare Reaney walks us through the Botanic Gardens at the University of Dundee over the Easter Weekend, showing us the spectacular Rhododenrons in the Gardens….Continue Reading Video: An Easter Walk through the Rhododendrons at the Botanics
Poetry, digital printing, waterless lithography & a caramel wafer! Connecting well being & nature, these wonderful contributions are from Christine Kingsley and Susan P Mains for the River Deep Mountain High exhibition. Inspired by flora, fauna, nature notes & the Tayside coast. Reticulating Rivers and Forest Forages: Personal Geographies of a Walk in the…Continue Reading RDMH – Reticulating Rivers and Forest Forages: Personal Geographies of a Walk in the Woods by Christine Kingsley and Susan P Mains