University Of Dundee

Health experts from across the UK have called for Commissioners for Ageing to be introduced in England and Scotland to help place housing at the heart of service integration for older people. A new report led by researchers at the Universities of Dundee, Heriot-Watt and Stirling has found that the U

The ingredients that make for successful – and not so successful – neighbourhoods will be explored at a University of Dundee symposium later this month. ‘There goes the Neighbourhood’ will take place on Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 November. It is being organised by Dundee-based members of t

DUSA President Sean O'Connor (left) with Principal Pete Downes, who is also participating in Sleep in the Park Up to 50 students at the University of Dundee can participate in Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park next month after a deal was agreed with the students’ union.

A plan designed to help people in Dundee who are homeless and to prevent it happening in the first place is set to be discussed by councillors. ‘Not Just A Roof’ sets out the strategic direction for the Dundee Homeless and House Options Strategic Planning Partnership for the next five years.

Adalaine Bryson and Pete Glen The dissertation of a University of Dundee Community Learning and Development student could soon be used to help improve the lives of vulnerable drug users.

A University of Dundee researcher has worked with architects to produce conceptual designs for a luxury ‘eco-treehouse’ capable of housing a family, regulating its own temperature and functioning on a self-maintaining, low-energy cycle. Civil engineering lecturer Dr Anthony Leung has devised a c

Victorian social reformer Mary Lily Walker, known for improving the lives and living conditions of her fellow Dundonians, was commemorated yesterday with a plaque at the home in which she was born. Born in the 1860s, Mary was one of the first graduates of University College Dundee and one of the fir

Part of Bikem Korkuter’s work exploring urban sprawl How would a Manhattan-inspired block work beside the Edinburgh by-pass? How do we make homes energy-autonomous? How can urban sprawl and planning legislation be reconciled? What can be done to ensure the housing needs of vulnerable members of so