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Insights from the 2023 ‘What Kids Are Reading Report’, a nationwide study including more than 40,000 Scottish pupils, reveals that children read 24% more books than in the previous year.
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Pupils from schools in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda and Zimbabwe participated in the University of Dundee’s African Schools Mooting Competition 2022
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Pupils living in areas of high deprivation are far more pessimistic about their post-school prospects than peers from more affluent postcodes, according to a new University of Dundee study.
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The debating skills of Africa’s future legal experts have been recognised as outstanding in a mooting competition hosted by a leading UK university
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Engrained negative thinking about postsecondary prospects is contributing to high levels of youth unemployment in Scotland’s most disadvantaged communities, according to new research from the University of Dundee and The Kelvin Centre.
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• Scottish pupils' reading skills improved over lockdown • Reading helped improve wellbeing during pandemic
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Two University of Dundee initiatives are to benefit from millions of pounds of UK Government investment.
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Girls perform better than boys and “low ability” children make the biggest achievement gains when taught using online and blended learning techniques, according to research led by the University of Dundee.
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Study examines the reading habits of more than 1 million young people; Scottish pupils have the second highest level of reading comprehension among home nations; David Walliams, Jeff Kinney, and Roderick Hunt amongst most-read authors
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An annual study detailing the reading habits of the nation's children has shown shows a 4.4% year-on-year decrease in the number of books being read by children from Year 1 to Year 11.
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The University of Dundee has been ranked 4th among UK universities for overall student satisfaction in the 2019 National Student Survey (NSS)
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A University of Dundee lecturer has been honoured for using sign language and music to bring youngsters together in harmony
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Music and sign language are bringing children around the world together in harmony thanks to an eTwinning project conceived at the University of Dundee.
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The University of Dundee has recorded one of the highest scores in the latest International Student Barometer (ISB)
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University of Dundee scientists and clinicians have secured £5 million in funding to aid research that aims to establish the causes of vulnerability to chronic pain and advance treatment
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The largest literacy study ever conducted in the UK and Ireland has shown that Scottish pupils had the joint greatest level of reading comprehension amongst the home nations, alongside Northern Ireland
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Pioneering female academics and Polish ‘soldier students’ are among those who feature in a new book celebrating the teaching of Law in Dundee.
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Deputy First Minister John Swinney MSP will visit the University of Dundee later this week to speak to the next generation of teachers in his role as Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills.
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A student who thought she wouldn’t be able to complete the full four years of her higher education course due to her dyslexia will this week officially graduate from the University of Dundee
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Law students at the University of Dundee are set to benefit from invaluable insights into the legal profession as successful alumni offer their counsel in a new mentoring scheme