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University of Aberdeen helps take the edge off student hardship
Coping with the financial burden of full-time undergraduate study is a major concern for all new and existing students. The University of Aberdeen offers approximately 60 Entrance Bursaries and Scholarships, designed to help new students manage their expenses and ease financial pressures.Around half of the awards are specifically designed to...
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Parkin calls for Scotland's universities to go green
Leading environmentalist Sara Parkin today called on Scotland's universities to put green issues at the heart of campus life to address the major environmental challenges of the twenty-first century.The programme director of the sustainability charity Forum for the Future, and former chair of the Green Party, said universities must embrace...
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New books published by management academics at Aberdeen
Two new books have been published by staff at the University of Aberdeen Business School, and will be launched at a ceremony in the new Business School this evening (Tuesday, December 17).Professor Patrick Dawson, a leading expert on managing change, has published 'Understanding Organisational Change: the contemporary experience of people...
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Forging links between further and higher education
Over 100 delegates from across the North of Scotland will today attend a conference to share information and views on approaches to overcoming difficulties some students experience when transferring from Further Education to Higher Education. The Forging the Links FE/HE Conference will take place today (Thursday December 12) at the...
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Sunday fun at Natural History Centre
Staff at the University of Aberdeen Conoco Natural History Centre and Zoology Museum are opening their doors specially this weekend (Sunday December 15, 11am - 4pm) to let both adults and children to see behind the scenes and take part in some fun Christmas craft activities.Normally only open during the...
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JK Rowling supports University of Aberdeen launch of new MS Society Senior Fellowship
Multiple Sclerosis is the most common cause of neurological disability in young adults. 10,400 Scots have MS. The incidence of MS in Scotland is higher than anywhere in the world and women with MS outnumber men by approximately 2:1. But no-one knows why. Yet.At a press conference today (Wednesday, 4...
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Faculty of Education 1st birthday celebrations
The University of Aberdeen Faculty of Education will today (Wednesday December 4 at 5.30pm) officially celebrate its first anniversary at a public event at King's College Conference Centre.The Faculty of Education became established as the University's fifth faculty following the merger of Northern College in December 2001. Cathy Macaslan, Dean...
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University of Aberdeen's Sixth Century Campaign reaches £40M milestone
The biggest fundraising programme ever launched by a Scottish university has achieved its ambitious first target and is well on the way to turning what were once only aspirations into a remarkable reality.The Sixth Century Campaign aims to raise £150 million for the University of Aberdeen by 2010 - the...
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Kevin Murray appointed new Honorary Professor of Planning
The Department of Land Economy at the University of Aberdeen is delighted to announce the appointment of Kevin Murray as its new Honorary Professor of Planning.Professor Murray is one the UK's leading practitioners in planning and urban design and in 2000 served as one of the youngest-ever Presidents of the...