Oil watchdog faces 'conflict of interests' row over directors’ Shell and BP shares
Board members at the North Sea oil regulator hold Shell and BP shares. Critics say the investments raise questions about the body's independence.
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Dundee University taxpayer bailout refused after probe into £80m cash balance
The Scottish Funding Council has determined that the university has too much cash to receive a taxpayer bailout. Unions say it shows the level of cuts at Dundee is unnecessary.
Over 400 university staff earn more than the first minister
Over 400 members of staff at Scotland’s universities earn more than the first minister, despite a funding crisis engulfing
‘Persisting deprivation’: inside Dundee’s drugs crisis
Atop the Law Hill on a blustery day, Ewan Gurr looks down over Dundee and talks about austerity and the
Chronic pain: £270,000 ‘talking shop’ slammed as frontline services stretched
A university project given nearly £300,000 of taxpayers’ money to research chronic pain has been criticised amid claims that