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Universities to Battle it out on the Dee
The University of Aberdeen and Robert Gordon University Boat Clubs today announce their crews for the 8th annual Aberdeen Asset Management City of Aberdeen Universities Boat Race to take place on Sunday 2nd of March at 1pm.The multi-cultured crews who will do battle on the Dee include 2 Irish, 11...
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Fighting back at the scourge of the Scottish midge
A research team from the University of Aberdeen is waging war against the common midge. The team has been awarded almost £150,000 from Scottish Enterprise's Proof of Concept (PoC) Fund, a fund aimed at assisting in the successful commercialisation of research.The team hope to explore why midges bite some individuals...
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New video communications equipment launched
Distance learning facilities at the University of Aberdeen will now be significantly enhanced, extending access to teaching and learning to the remotest parts of Scotland, following installation of new video communications equipment.The University currently offers a range of adult education opportunities to people throughout the North of Scotland and the...
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University of Aberdeen's asthma experts find new insight into effectiveness of asthma inhalers
A major study, the first of its kind in the world, involving the records of nearly a million patients, has concluded that asthma sufferers had significantly better control of their condition using breath actuated inhalers than the more traditional 'press and breathe' devices.There are currently more than 5 million people...
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Scottish music expert to give concert at University of Aberdeen on Sunday
Scotland's leading lute player, Rob MacKillop, will present a programme of rarely heard music from the 17th-century Scottish lute manuscripts, including the important manuscript of Robert Gordon of Straloch, Aberdeenshire. Included in the programme will also be items for the 17th-century cittern and 18th-century wire-strung 'guittar'.The Scottish lute repertoire -...
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Bestselling author Louis de Bernières to launch Aberdeen's Word Festival
One of the biggest names in contemporary literature, Captain Corelli's Mandolin author Louis de Bernières, will be at the University of Aberdeen on 13 March 2003 to help launch the third Word - University of Aberdeen Writers Festival (16-18 May 2003).The author will attend a press reception at which the...
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Joint Statement by the Principals and Vice-Chancellors of the University of Aberdeen and The Robert
In June 2002, the governing bodies of the universities in Aberdeen committed to exploring the case for merging to form a new model university. Intensive and wide-ranging discussions have since taken place.These talks have been positive and productive, but whilst several important proposals for collaboration and partnerships have emerged, a...
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Judaism and Christianity are not worlds apart says Bishop
One of the Church of England's most controversial voices is to explore how Christians and Jews approach the problem of suffering in a public lecture at the University of Aberdeen next week (Thursday, February 20).In The Malcolm Hay of Seaton Memorial Lecture, Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford, will look at...
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New online careers service launched
A brand new online careers service was today, Tuesday 11 February, launched at UHI Millennium Institute (UHI) Inverness offices.The careers service is the outcome of a joint project between the University of Aberdeen, Careers Scotland and UHI. Funded by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC) the service is designed...
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University of Aberdeen hosts scholars' reception
In recognition of the significant generosity and importance of scholarships to students, the University of Aberdeen is to host its first annual Scholars' Reception this evening (Monday February 10) at King's College.Over 20 individual donors, corporate donors and representatives of Trusts and Foundations will attend the Scholarship Reception to meet...
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