There is a new National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science. Within this is an NHS specialist dance injury clinic, in London. The remit of the Institute and clinic is improved treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of the particular kinds of injury that dancers tend to get. Dance UK, an organisation for performers, estimates that 80% of professional dancers are injured every year. Those of us with children in the Specialist Dance Unit at Broughton will be interested in what may signify a culture change in a professional setting not famous for empathy with its injured players. Read about it here.

14,000 UK undergraduates have just rated Dundee first in overall quality of life in the Times Higher Education Supplement’s annual student experience poll. This is up from fifth place last year. Why? Good accommodation, they say, close to classes, and also the fun of being in a stimulating city. The University have invested heavily in facilities in the last several years, which appears to be paying dividends in student popularity. Read more about it all here.

Napier University advises us, and all interested parents, that they’re always happy to attend careers evenings or parents’ evenings at school if we’d like them to. They can offer a Parents’ Survival Guide session, where parents of prospective applicants to Napier can get more information about choosing courses and applying, and about what happens when students join the University.

Or if you’d like to visit them, their next undergraduate Open Day is on Saturday 13 October 2012. See details here.