Children’s toothpaste: the facts
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University of Dundee
The University of Dundee is a public research university based in the city and Royal burgh of Dundee on the east coast of the central Lowlands of Scotland. It is consistently ranked within the Top 250 universities in the world and inside the Top 100 for certain disciplines.
Founded in 1881 the institution was, for most of its early existence, a constituent college of the University of St Andrews alongside United College and St Mary’s College located in the town of St Andrews itself. Following significant expansion, the University of Dundee became an independent body in 1967 whilst retaining much of its ancient heritage and governance structure. Since its independence, the university has grown to become an internationally recognised centre for research.
The main campus of the university is located in Dundee’s West End and consists of a mixture of Victorian, Edwardian and postmodern architecture. Many of the university’s teaching and research facilities are concentrated within this area, from the Discovery Research Centre and the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design on the western edge to Dundee Law School and the Dundee Dental Hospital and School on the eastern edge, with the student union, campus green and main library among other features situated in-between. The university also has additional facilities at Ninewells Hospital – containing its School of Medicine, Perth Royal Infirmary – which houses a clinical research centre, and in Kirkcaldy, Fife – containing part of its school of Nursing and Midwifery. Dundee has developed a significant reputation for students entering the traditional professions, most notably law, medicine and dentistry as well as emerging areas such as life sciences and art.
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Specialty doctor in liaison psychiatry at Bristol Royal Infirmary, Masters Student, University of Dundee
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Professor of Animal Conservation, University of Dundee
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Lecturer in Energy Economics, University of Dundee
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Senior Lecturer in Business and Economic History, University of Dundee
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Professor of Scottish History, University of Dundee
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Reader in neuroscience, University of Dundee
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Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, University of Dundee
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Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Dundee
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Lecturer, School of Law, University of Dundee
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Professor of Creative Writing, University of Dundee
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Post-doctoral Research Assistant, University of Dundee
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Professor of Forensic Science, University of Dundee
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Professor of International Energy Law and Policy, University of Dundee
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Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, University of Dundee
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Reader in Socio-Digital Interaction and EPSRC Post-Doctoral Cross-Disciplinary Research Fellow, University of Dundee