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Summer Science Day Camp Starts Today
A week of exciting science for 8 to 12 year olds with an emphasis on “fun” and “hands-on” is planned for the week of 31st July – 4th August at the University of Aberdeen’s Engineering Department.Over 30 youngsters will be taking part in an assortment of varied science activities from...
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Minister Visits University Fast-Track Access Scheme Students
The Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning will meet people on Friday, 28th July who are taking part in a bp-backed University of Aberdeen scheme to put disadvantaged students on the fast-track into higher education.Aberdeen South MSP Nicol Stephen will meet with university staff and a bp representative at...
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Rural Exclusion Report Urges Government to Give Help With Car Ownership
“The job centre doesn’t look favourably on you if you’re looking for work, live in a village and have no car...your chance of a job is almost zero. And no job, no money for a car.”---- Interview with young, unemployed woman.The Government should accept that a car is essential for...
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University’s Road Show Comes Home to Aberdeen
University’s Road Show Comes Hometo AberdeenThe University of Aberdeen is continuing its series of Road Shows to promote opportunities for study at the University.An Information Stand will be present at the Asda, Bridge of Dee store in Aberdeen on Friday, 28th July from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm and also...
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Catch Children’s Summer Sports School Before It’s All Over!
Three weeks more of top-class sporting activities are available to all children with the Children’s Summer Sports School. The Sports School will take place each day from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm, and will be followed from the 31st of July to the 4th of August by a special Sports...
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From Sunlight to Salmon
Over 260 specialists in fish biology from 34 countries, including a large delegation from Brazil and Scandinavia, gather at the University of Aberdeen on Sunday 23 July for the start of a 3-day international congress to tackle the problems facing the world’s natural fish populations.Hosted by the University of Aberdeen,...
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Factoring the Human into Offshore Safety
Industrial psychologists at the University of Aberdeen have just completed a two-year research study funded by thirteen oil and gas companies and contractors and the Health and Safety Executive’s Offshore Safety Division, to establish the first cross-industry safety benchmarking group of its kind.The participating companies provided safety data for particular...
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Postgraduate Conference Opens Today
Postgraduates from 13 departments and research centres in the university's Faculty of Social Sciences and Law will gather together today and tomorrow (Thursday 13th and Friday 14th July) in St. Mary's, University of Aberdeen for a conference entitled 'Time, Space and Power'.Around 20 research papers will be presented by PhD...
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National Asthma Campaign grant supports research into links between the diet of pregnant women and t
“If our theory proves correct and the diet of pregnant women were to return to that eaten 30-40 years ago, then the prevalence of childhood asthma would fall within a decade to the low levels seen previously.”--- Professor Anthony Seaton, Head of the University of Aberdeen’s Department of Environmental and...
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University Pilots Carnegie Trust-Funded Parliament Internship Scheme
Students at the University of Aberdeen’s Department of Politics and International Relations are set to get hands on experience of life in the Scottish Parliament, thanks to an innovative scheme introduced this year and funded by the Carnegie Trust.Seven students about to enter their final year are shadowing individual MSPs...
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Rail Privatisation – The Inside Story
The authors of a new book on the story of British Rail Privatisation were in Aberdeen on Wednesday, July 5th to launch their new book All Change: British Railway Privatisation. The book tells the inside story of the privatisation and provides the first insight into the processes and dynamics behind...
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£870,000 boost for Irish-Scottish Studies
Date: 10 July 2000“An extraordinary achievement.” Principal C Duncan Rice“An honour for Tom Devine, the University…and Scotland.” Deputy First Minister Jim Wallace“A major advance…” Edward Barrington, Irish Ambassador to the United KingdomThe world’s first Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen has been awarded what...
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The Traditional Singing Weekend at Cullerlie
21-23 July 2000The end of July will see a festival to celebrate the singing traditions of North-East Scotland, Orkney, England, and Ireland in the unique setting of Tom and Anne Reid's farm in rural Aberdeenshire - Cullerlie Farm Park. The weekend is a unique celebration, bringing together outstanding traditional singers...