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Appointment of two Health Psychology Professors
Health research at the University of Aberdeen has been given a major boost with two key appointments.Two new Professors of Health Psychology have joined the School of Psychology, along with their research teams.This research group has an international reputation for their studies of psychological and behavioural factors in health, illness...
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Famed Polish filmmaker looks through the lens
Award-winning Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi will visit the University of Aberdeen next week for a series of events.Since his cinematic debut in 1966, Zanussi (Best Director, Cannes 1980, and Golden Lion, Venice 1984, among many awards) has been the writer-director of a collection of penetrating, personal and profound studies of...
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University Welcomes Icelandic Visitor
Professor Páll Skúlason, who is Rector at the University of Iceland and Professor of Philosophy, will be swapping the glaciers of Iceland for the Granite City next week when he visits the University of Aberdeen.Professor Skúlason, will deliver a College of Arts and Social Sciences Public Lecture on Monday, May...
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Fundraiser joins the University of Aberdeen
The fundraiser who spearheaded one of the North-east of Scotland's biggest and most successful money-making campaigns has joined the University of Aberdeen.Sharon O' Loan has taken up the post of Deputy Director (Medicine) with the Development and Alumni Relations Office which is part of the Office of External Affairs.Previously Sharon...
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Pupils take a fresh look at law
The University of Aberdeen will unite a group of Scotland's most esteemed lawyers in Inverness today (Friday) in a bid to forge links with the region's only high school for the study of law.The venture is the first of its kind and will see a range of speakers from across...
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Walk like an Egyptian
Pupils take a fresh look at lawThe University of Aberdeen will unite a group of Scotland's most esteemed lawyers in Inverness today (Friday) in a bid to forge links with the region's only high school for the study of law.The venture is the first of its kind and will see...
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North East Storytelling Festival
A unique celebration of traditional storytelling, featuring some of Scotland's most gifted writers, is being organised by the University of Aberdeen's Elphinstone Institute from Saturday 1 May until Sunday 2 May.The Traditional Storytelling Weekend is the third event of its kind and will be held at Woodend Barn, Banchory.Organised in...
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Funding boost for Aberdeen cancer research scientist
A research scientist from the University of Aberdeen has been awarded £146,147 as part of an international £4.4 million package allocated by leading cancer research charity, the Association for International Cancer Research (AICR).AICR is a principal funder of high quality scientific research into the causes of cancer. It is unique...
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A future for farming and crofting
Sweeping proposals are published today (April 19) which could help safeguard the future of farming and crofting communities in one of the most remote parts of Great Britain.The conclusions are contained in an extensive report commissioned by The Queen Elizabeth Castle of Mey Trust to examine the decline of farming...
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Training boost for Biology teachers
Training boost for Biology teachersThe next generation of Scots biology teachers is gathering at the University of Aberdeen for a training event that will introduce them to the very latest in what's happening in biotechnology.It is also hoped that the skills students learn will be used in the classroom to...
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Hitting the right note
More than eighty music and dance scholars from all over the world are heading to the University of Aberdeen for a prestigious event.The University is staging the annual conference of the British Forum of Ethnomusicology - a society devoted to the study of music and dance from all parts of...
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For the record …
The man tasked with drawing up an action plan to co-ordinate every single invoice, statement and other important documents and files has taken up his new post at the University of Aberdeen.Phil Astley is the University's very first Records Manager and he's facing a mountainous task - there's never been...
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Pupils go to Easter Revision School
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: Wednesday 7 April, 2004, details at end of release.Almost one hundred pupils from North-East secondary schools are getting a helping hand with their studying this Easter from the University of Aberdeen.For the third year, the University is hosting a two-day Easter Revision School on April 6-7, 2004 for...
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New study to benefit pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers
FPregnant women and breastfeeding mothers are set to benefit from the first study of its kind in the UK. Researchers at the Highlands and Islands Health Research Institute (HIHRI) will undertake a three-year study, which is being funded from £500,000 worth of awards from the Scottish Executive Health Department (SEHD)...
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Easter fun for kids at the Natural History Centre
Easter fun for kids at the Natural History CentreWith the Easter school holidays approaching next week, young intrepid animal explorers are being invited to come along to the University of Aberdeen to have some hands-on fun. The youngsters will in Bio-puppets, find out about animal movement and be allowed to...
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Launch of UK population biology network (UKPopNet)
Five of Britain's top research universities have been successful in securing funding towards understanding how to manage the natural environment in the future, as it changes in response to human pressures and climate change.UKPopNet has been launched today () and is a network of researchers from five of Britain's leading...