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University spin-out joins forces in fight against cancer
University of Aberdeen spin-out company Auvation – which is developing innovative technologies for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer – has joined forces with an Irish cancer specialist.
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University unveils plans for major renovation project
Staff and students at the University of Aberdeen are set to benefit from a huge-scale renovation project to develop and enhance catering and leisure facilities at King’s College campus.
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New report explores the future of services for children
Future priorities for the provision of services for children and young people have been detailed in a new report published by the University of Aberdeen.
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Pupils learn about good and bad bacteria
Eighty youngsters will tomorrow get an insight into the bugs that help human health as well as those which are potentially deadly.
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World centre for Irish and Scottish Studies receives unprecedented £1.25million
The University of Aberdeen’s pioneering AHRB Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies is set to receive over £1million to allow it to develop as a world-class centre of research and teaching excellence.The AHRB (Arts and Humanities Research Board) will be awarding the money to the University’s dedicated Centre for Irish...
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Students host Destinations 2005
A one-day conference covering expeditions and fieldwork is taking place in Aberdeen next month. For the first time, the University of Aberdeen is hosting Destinations 2005 on Wednesday, February 16, and the event is open to everyone.The event has been organised by the University's Expedition Society and Geography Department and...
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North-east architects support history tour at King’s College
Visitors to King’s College will be able to take a step back in time in one of the city’s most historic districts thanks to a new tour guide featuring some of Old Aberdeen’s most significant landmarks.
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Why do some people get bitten by mosquitoes more than others?
Why is it that when you go on holiday some members of your family always seem to get bitten more than others?
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Can Scotland learn from Ireland? UK’s Irish Ambassador to deliver keynote talk in Aberdeen
The Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies (RIISS) at the University of Aberdeen is delighted to announce a visit by one of Ireland’s leading diplomatic figures next week who will deliver a talk on the significant economic and political changes in Ireland in recent years.
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Local school pupils are Top of the Bench in on-line chemistry quiz
School pupils from all over the North and North-east of Scotland took part in an innovative on-line Chemistry Quiz Competition at the University of Aberdeen on Friday (January 14).
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Better support for young and disabled students
Thousands more young students will be eligible for maximum bursaries and an allowance scheme for disabled students is to be extended to include all postgraduate study, under plans announced today by Lifelong Learning Minister Jim Wallace.Student support changes for 2005/06 mean that the maximum Young Students Bursary (YSB) will go...
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Scientists unlock muscle mystery
Scientists have for the first time pieced together the workings of a mechanism found within nerve endings that detect muscle movements. Their discovery could clear the way for the creation of drugs to tackle a number of conditions including arthritic joint pain, high blood pressure and even tinnitus.
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The Universities of Aberdeen and Hong Kong collaborate
The University of Aberdeen and the University of Hong Kong have agreed to work together to develop greater and broader collaboration with the explicit intention of enhancing research and education excellence.
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US exchange student chosen to promote Aberdeen in the States
An American student who spent a year at the University of Aberdeen as part of an exchange programme has been selected by the British Council USA (BCUSA) to become a Student Ambassador for the University of Illinois and promote study abroad programmes in the UK.
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UK University acknowledges Asia’s achievements
Lord Wilson Visits to Bestow Hong Kong Honours
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Arsenic and the world’s worst mass poisoning
It was meant to bring an end to the tens of thousands of deaths caused by contaminated drinking water in Bangladesh and West Bengal, but the deep wells dug to provide what was thought to be safe water has resulted in what’s described as the worst mass poisoning in human...
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Pupils to explore Chemistry at University of Aberdeen
Around 65 final year secondary school pupils from throughout the North-east will attend a special Chemistry seminar being held tomorrow (Thursday, January 13) at the University of Aberdeen as part of their Advanced Higher studies on the subject.The pupils, from 16 North-east secondary schools, will visit the undergraduate laboratories in...
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Major trial launched of new Alzheimer’s drug
Grampian’s existing Old Age Psychiatric Service is participating in a major clinical trial of a drug which it is hoped will have great benefits to patients clinically diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Spooky connections for the University
The gothic glory of Marischal College provides an atmospheric backdrop to a spooky new series starting on Grampian TV tonight.