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Dr. Qiang Cai presents the fourth contribution to the Centre for Commercial Law (CCL)’s blog series on “Seeing Commercial Law from Different Perspectives.” This series was launched to celebrate the University of Aberdeen’s 525 anniversary and to showcase CCL members thought-provoking standpoints on researching, teaching, or practising commercial law. Qiang joined the University…

At the University of Aberdeen, I attend a full-time LL.M. programme in Public International Law (postgraduate taught). To improve my language skills, it was essential for me to study in an English speaking country. The University of Aberdeen made this wish come true.

I decided to come here, due to…

 Professor Abbe Brown (Law) and Professor Marcel Jaspars (Chemistry) were awarded an Institutional Strategy Support Fund Award via the Wellcome Trust. This was to support public engagement activity, with a health focus, to sit alongside their contributions (long standing in the case of Marcel) to the negotiation of a new…

Throughout October, the University of Aberdeen has celebrated Black History Month, a commemoration of the remarkable contribution of Black people in the UK and elsewhere. It is also a reminder of important Black people and events that have shaped British History. The programme was vast: from music to literature, to…

One of the most perplexing things about US elections is the extent to which we litigate what in much of the rest of the world are routine nuts and bolts questions about how elections work. I had first-hand experience with this during the 2000 presidential election when I was living…

Mr Chike Emedosi presents the third contribution to the Centre for Commercial Law (CCL)’s blog series on “Seeing Commercial Law from Different Perspectives” launched to celebrate the University of Aberdeen’s 525 anniversary and to showcase CCL members thought-provoking standpoints on researching, teaching, or practising commercial law. Chike is doctoral researcher…

Ms Donna McKenzie-Skene presents the second contribution to the Centre for Commercial Law (CCL)’s blog series on “Seeing Commercial Law from Different Perspectives” launched to celebrate the University of Aberdeen’s 525 anniversary and to showcase CCL members thought-provoking standpoints on researching, teaching, or practising commercial law. Donna joined the School…

The University of Aberdeen is truly international, with students coming from every part of the world. However, due to the ongoing pandemic, the move to Scotland is now more complicated. A self-isolation period of 14 days was one of the requirements for international students when arriving on Scottish territory. As…

Dr Alisdair MacPherson presents the first contribution to the Centre for Commercial Law (CCL)’s blog series on “Seeing Commercial Law from Different Perspectives” launched to celebrate the University of Aberdeen’s 525 anniversary and to showcase CCL members thought-provoking standpoints on researching, teaching, or practising commercial law. Alisdair joined the School…

Welcome to the Blended Learning, Blended Living blog. Held by LLM and Accelerated LLB law students, this little journal aims at sharing what it is like to study with a blended approach at the University of Aberdeen. This first post is here to introduce you the members of the team.  

Yvonne Gutsohn 

Studying…