Research and Resources Blog

Re-animating a Pictish Fort – DJCAD collaboration with University of Aberdeen

The BBC reported (1/11/21) on the excavation of  a Pictish fort in the village of Burghead, Moray, on the North-east coast of Scotland, carried out by the University of Aberdeen.  Alice Watterson, Kieran Duncan and Kieran Baxter,  (from Communication  Design at DJCAD)  created the 3D animation of how the fort might have looked using data…Continue Reading Re-animating a Pictish Fort – DJCAD collaboration with University of Aberdeen

It’s International Open Access Week – find out about the new UoD Open Access journal in this guest blog from Professor Divya Jindal-Snape

IJELT logo

Launch of the open access International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions (IJELT) Transformative Change: Educational and Life Transitions (TCELT) research centre is an international, interdisciplinary centre. TCELT’s vision is to have an impact on international research, policy and practice in the context of educational and life transitions, and their implications for well-being through an…Continue Reading It’s International Open Access Week – find out about the new UoD Open Access journal in this guest blog from Professor Divya Jindal-Snape

It’s Open Access Week – find out about a new UoD Open initiative in this guest blog from Dr Mei Lan Fang

Introducing the Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) Toolkit   International Open Access Week (October 25-31, 2021) is here, providing a great opportunity to highlight our Open Access initiatives at the University of Dundee.   Globally, in the last 20 years, great efforts have been made to ensure that people who can benefit from new knowledge (e.g.,…Continue Reading It’s Open Access Week – find out about a new UoD Open initiative in this guest blog from Dr Mei Lan Fang

Black History Month II – Diversity Initiative reading list & Displays in Main Library

Diversity Initiative resource list screenshot October 2021

Diversity Initiative – Black History Month resource list Two student societies – The Diversity Initiative  (TheDiversityInitiative@dundee.ac.uk)  and Afromedics  (AfroMedics@dundee.ac.uk) – have used our resource/reading list software (which powers module resource/reading lists)  to compile an annotated reading & viewing  list called Diversity Initiative- Black History Month containing  ‘a collection of fiction and factual texts and some…Continue Reading Black History Month II – Diversity Initiative reading list & Displays in Main Library

Completed your Research Post-Graduate Degree?

Here’s what you need to know about licence options and  submitting your final thesis to the Discovery Research Portal. At the conclusion of your post-graduate research degree, you’ll be required to upload a copy of your thesis to the Discovery Research Portal. The version uploaded should be the final version, as approved by the examining committee….Continue Reading Completed your Research Post-Graduate Degree?

Black History Month

October is ‘Black History month’ allowing a focus on resources related to Black History – see the  Black History Month Scotland  site for information  relating to Scotland,  the UK Black History Month website  and  have a look at this clip on ‘The Social ‘ from BBC Scotland, introducing ‘Black History month’. Online University of Dundee…Continue Reading Black History Month

CLA Royalties Data Collection Exercise – Photocopying, University of Dundee 20th September – 5th November 2021

  CLA Royalties  Data Collection Exercise – Photocopying University of Dundee, 20 September – 5 November 2021 We (the University) hold a licence from the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) which allows us to photocopy and scan extracts from published works for use in teaching (either in class or as course packs sent out to students)….Continue Reading CLA Royalties Data Collection Exercise – Photocopying, University of Dundee 20th September – 5th November 2021