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November 2022 news

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Cancer greater cause for concern than COVID for over 50s

A multi-disciplinary team of researchers at the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã found chronic health conditions are a greater cause for concern than COVID-19 and that older people feel safer from catching COVID-19 in healthcare settings than in other places in the community.

Older person wears a mask and is gazing out of a window

ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã students draw Dundee United in Scottish Cup

ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã student footballers have drawn Premiership side Dundee United in the Scottish Cup Fourth Round.

ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã's Euan McGill scores the winner.

?2m water quality project to protect river ecosystems

New research led by the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã is to explore how pollution and climate change are impacting freshwater ecosystems for the first time.

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ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã students make history as they reach the Fourth Round of Scottish Cup

ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã Men¡¯s First Football Team made history on Saturday [November 26] ¨C becoming the first university side to reach the last 32 of the Scottish Cup in more than 50 years.

ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã's Euan McGill scores the winner.

Champion hill runner and leading sports scientist honoured by the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã

Scottish champion hill runner Dr Angela Mudge and leading sports scientist Dr Malcolm Fairweather have today been recognised with honorary degrees from the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã.

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Ross Murdoch ¡°still dreams¡± about a return to the pool, as swim star graduates from the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã

Six-time Commonwealth Games medallist Ross Murdoch today bid farewell to the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã ¨C his training base for the past decade ¨C after graduating with an MSc Sport Management.

Ross poses next to loch in graduation gown holding medals

Sustainability champion honoured by the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã

Sustainability advocate Mathis Wackernagel has today been recognised with an honorary degree from the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã.

Dr Mathis Wackernagal

Funding announced for major aquaculture project in Thailand and Vietnam

The ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã has secured major funding to improve the welfare of farmed fish in Thailand and Vietnam, with the aim of enhancing the quality of fish for human consumption.

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Sustainability and sports figures to be recognised by ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã

The ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã is to recognise three inspirational figures from the worlds of sport and sustainability, at its winter graduation ceremonies next week.

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Fourth consecutive British DrySlope Championship for ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã student

ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã sport scholar, Nicole Ritchie, continued her unbeaten streak in BUCS skiing competition as she won the BUCS Dryslope Championships for the fourth year in a row.

Nicole Ritchie skis downhill in the slalom event

New exhibition kicks ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã sporting hero back into spotlight

Raploch born footballer Billy Bremner remembered in new University exhibition

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Local young people chart path for a greener future

A group of young people in ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã and Clackmannanshire have become the latest to take part in a flagship initiative to develop the skills, understanding and perspectives necessary to thrive in a green economy.

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Privatisation in the UK has cost lives, research suggests

The UK¡¯s privatisation of public services has led to an increase in the number of health and safety disasters which have caused multiple fatalities, according to new research from the ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã.

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