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Content from our previous library blogs is still available. For older posts relating to The Sir Duncan Rice Library click here. Content from our Medical Library blog is available here and posts from our Taylor Library blog are here.

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Academic Writing and Study Skills drop-in sessions in the Sir Duncan Rice Library

The Student Learning Service offers drop-in sessions and study advice to all students.

Study Skills and Academic Writing drop-in sessions: starting on 16 October, every Wednesday 11:00-13:00, Floor 5 room 506, The Sir Duncan Rice Library. No booking needed!

Staff in the Student Learning Service also offer workshops on essay…

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Careers and Employability Service provides law drop-in sessions at Taylor Library

Please come along and take advantage of this excellent opportunity.  

Careers and Employability Service is providing drop-in sessions for law students at Taylor Library to help them enhance their CV, review their documents, give them career advice, or answer their questions. The next session is on Tuesday the 15th of October…

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The Med-Chi Lectures - "Artificial Intelligence, generative AI and Healthcare"

Aberdeen Medico Chirurigical Society

Room 402, Suttie Centre, Foresterhill, 7pm

Dr Keith Grimes is a GP, Digital Health Consultant and alumnus of Aberdeen Medical School, having graduated in 1996. He is the Founder of Curistica, a boutique innovation counsultancy which provides traditional Chief Medical, Product and Clinical Safety Officer services…

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Get help with OSCOLA referencing at Taylor Library

OSCOLA Clinic is returning to Taylor Library this academic year to provide effective help to law students with OSCOLA Referencing Style. Mastering OSCOLA takes time and real dedication because the rules are very complex.

To help our students, we offer the following dates at Taylor Library between 12.00 - 1.00 pm:

Monday,…
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2024/ 2025 President's Medal Lecture - Women's Health: are we destined to keep repeating the same healthcare research?

Aberdeen Medico-Chirurigal Society, Room 402, The Suttie Centre, Foresterhill, Thursday 26th September at 7pm

Professor Maggie Cruickshank graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1985 and retired last year after 26 years as a clinical academic at the UNiversity of Aberdeen working in gynaecology and researching the prevention of lower…

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Reminder: Digital Skills sessions

Don’t forget to check the course booking system for new additions in the Digital Skills and Library Information Skills categories. Get Organised is on this week, with two exciting online sessions on using digital platforms, time and task management and best approaches for organising university notes and files.

Next week…

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Umbrellas for Neurodiversity in the Sir Duncan Rice Library

Encircling the Atrium of the Ground Floor of the Sir Duncan Rice Library, we now have an exciting display of umbrellas representing and highlighting neurodiversity at the University of Aberdeen.

The Umbrella Project is an initiative run by the ADHD Foundation to raise awareness of and celebrate all neurodivergent conditions. You…

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Book a Welcome Week Library & IT Talk and Tour

Looking to learn how to get the most out of your Library? Want to improve your IT and Digital Skills? 

Join one of our daily guided tours during Welcome Week to get yourself ready for studying and learning here at the University of Aberdeen. These are for new and returning students.

The…

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End Digital Poverty Day - 12th September

What is Digital Poverty?

The Digital Poverty Alliance defines digital poverty as “the inability to interact with the online world fully, when, where, and how an individual needs to.” 

Ofcom’s 2022 Digital Exclusion Review sets out some of the key barriers. These include the affordability of devices and internet packages,…

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