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University of Aberdeen awarded 50% more than the average grant increase in government funding to Sco
In what has been a difficult year for Higher Education Institutes, we are pleased to note that government funding to the University has increased by 1.2% to £41,568,000, a rate of increase half as large again as the average for Scottish universities of 0.8%.Responding to the news, Professor C. Duncan...
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University of Aberdeen Department of Agriculture Lecturer wins RSPCA/British Society of Animal Scien
University of Aberdeen Department of Agriculture Lecturerwins RSPCA/British Society of Animal Science AwardDr Peter English, Reader in the University of Aberdeen’s Department of Agriculture, has won the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals/British Society of Animal Science Award for Innovative Developments in Animal Welfare.This prestigious award -...
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TEENAGE PREGNANCY STUDY
TResults issued at Press Conference in the Dugald Baird Centre, Maternity Hospital, Foresterhill 11am today [Thursday 19 March]Statistics on teenage pregnancies released by the Scottish Office earlier this year showed no decline in the rate of teenage pregnancy nationally. Since then, a new study - conducted by a research team...
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Home of the University of Aberdeen’s Department of Plant & Soil Science
The University of Aberdeen’s Cruickshank Building is to be officially reopened today [11.45am Wednesday 18 March] following a £1 million refurbishment.A centralised facility has been created to accommodate the Department of Plant and Soil Science, housing state of the art analytical equipment, a radiation laboratory and microbiology laboratory for research...
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FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
Professor Paul Dukes of the University of Aberdeen’s History Department and two leading Russian academics are the main speakers at a conference exploring the historical and cultural links between Scotland and Russia at 10am on Saturday 21 March at the University of Aberdeen.‘Scotland and Russia - Historical and Cultural Connections’...