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Acclaimed writer Alan Spence appointed to new Creative Writing Chair at Aberdeen University
Alan Spence appointed to new Creative Writing Chair at Aberdeen UniversityAberdeen University has appointed acclaimed writer, poet and playwright, Alan Spence to a Personal Chair in Creative Writing, attached to the School of English & Film Studies. Alan Spence is the first Professor in Creative Writing to be appointed at...
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Clinical appointment for University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Scotland have jointly appointed Dr Jane Knight. She has taken up her new post as a Consultant in Public Health Medicine; Clinical Senior Lecturer for the University, and as Public Health Medical Advisor for the FSA.Dr Knight, who lives in...
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Northern Ireland's First Minister to give first public lecture in Scotland Northern Ireland: The Cha
Northern Ireland’s First Minister to give first public lecture in ScotlandNorthern Ireland: The Challenge of LeadershipAberdeen University’s pioneering Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies will play host this evening () to a public lecture by The Rt Hon David Trimble MP MLA, Northern Ireland’s First Minister, on Northern Ireland:...
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Testing Times - New scheme allows schools to accurately assess & predict pupil progress throughout s
Testing Times - New scheme allows schools to accurately assess & predict pupil progress throughout schoolingIn response to a growing demand for high quality pupil level information systems to support learning and teaching in Scotland, a Curriculum, Evaluation and Management Centre, linked to the CEM Centre at the University of...
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Aberdeen University launches new business development courses
Aberdeen University launches new business development coursesThe University of Aberdeen's Prospect CPD Unit is launching a series of cross-industry business development courses aimed at managers and professionals, beginning at the end of February.The courses will address key issues facing all senior personnel in the development and growth of their business...
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Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen appointed as Chairman of the Board of National Museums of S
Lord Wilson of Tillyorn, Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen, has this week been appointed Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland.Lord Wilson has been a Trustee on the Board of the National Museums of Scotland since 1999 and will succeed Sir Robert Smith as...
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Land Economy launches new degree programmes
The Department of Land Economy at the University of Aberdeen has launched an exciting range of new MA programmes designed to prepare graduates to meet the many management challenges facing urban, rural and coastal environments in the 21st Century.Building on the Department’s reputation as the leading research department of its...
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New community history book for Newmachar
A new book on the history of Newmachar, written by the Aberdeen University historian, Professor Roy Bridges, will be officially launched at a ceremony today (Tuesday, February 19) by Professor C Duncan Rice, Principal of the University of Aberdeen.The new book, People and Places in Newmachar: Past and Present, is...
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Nearly new clothes for sale at University nursery
A sale of nearly new clothes will take place at the University of Aberdeen on Saturday, March 16, with members of the public invited to take part.The fundraising event has been organised by the University’s Rocking Horse Nursery, with 30% of the money raised going to nursery funds. The rest...
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Aberdeen breaks another record with over 12,000 applications
Applications for undergraduates studying at the University of Aberdeen are up 9.2%, building on the success of last year’s increase. Over 12,000 applications for 2002 entry have been received so far - the highest number ever at this stage of the recruitment process.The figures have been issued today () by...
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New project to investigate the Irish and Scottish diaspora
of the twentieth centuryThe voices and experiences of thousands of emigrants who left Scotland and Ireland in the twentieth century will be recorded for the first time in an innovative historical project by researchers from Aberdeen and Belfast.Around one and half million people left Scotland, while one million left Ireland,...
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Scholarship lunch hosted by the University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen organised a lunch yesterday (Thursday, February 7) to mark the fourth successful year of the Ian MacDonald Memorial Scholarship. It offered the sponsors of the University’s Scholarship Scheme, PGS Production Limited, Britannia Operator Ltd and Kerr McGee (UK) North Sea Limited, the opportunity to celebrate the...
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Sitting in the hot seat
One of the country’s leading industrial psychologists will give Radio 4 listeners an insight into the role of incident commanders in emergency management during a special one-off programme with broadcaster Edi Stark tomorrow morning.Professor Rhona Flin of the University of Aberdeen will talk about her new book, Tales from the...
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President of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists to visit Aberdeen University
President of the American Association of Petroleum Geologiststo visit Aberdeen UniversityMs Robbie Gries, President of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, is to visit the University of Aberdeen tomorrow and Thursday (February 6 and 7), as part of a European tour, which covers Ireland, the UK, Norway, France and Italy.She...
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Marischal Museum evening lectures resume at Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen’s Marischal Museum is hosting a series of evening lectures, the next one which begins tomorrow, Tuesday, February 5.The lectures (listed overleaf) will take place most Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm and will be held in the Regent Building Lecture Theatre, Regent Walk, Old Aberdeen.This series of lectures,...
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Philosophy lectures to address technological issues begin at Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen’s Centre for Philosophy, Technology & Society (CPTS) is launching a short series of public lectures on Philosophy, Technology and Public Policy, which begins next week.The lectures will take place every Thursday evening beginning on February 7 at 7.00pm in New Kings 1, and will run until...
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Memorial service held to mark the life of eminent pharmacologist
Professor James C Petrie CBE (1941-2001)A memorial service to mark the life and work of an Aberdeen professor who led the way in setting standards of patient care in the UK and abroad has taken place today (Friday, ).Professor James Petrie joined the University of Aberdeen’s Department of Medicine and...