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Aberdeen scientists launch recruitment drive for clubfoot research
A team of scientists from the University of Aberdeen are set to recruit a further 800 families from throughout the UK and the Netherlands for a major research programme into the genetic causes of clubfoot.DNA samples from a total of 1,000 families throughout the UK and Europe will be collected...
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Royal appointment for Aberdeen theologian
Aberdeen Scientists Investigate the Responses of Animals to Global WarmingAn international team of scientists from Canada, France and the UK have combined their expertise to explore the responses of animal populations to global warming. The results, published in this week’s edition of Science magazine (30th March) are an important breakthrough...
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Aberdeen Scientists Investigate the Responses of Animals to Global
An international team of scientists from Canada, France and the UK have combined their expertise to explore the responses of animal populations to global warming. The results, published in this week’s edition of Science magazine (30th March) are an important breakthrough because they provide a mechanism by which the timing...
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Aberdeen Champion Bound for India
Niall Cameron, 21, of Elgin has been selected for the Commonwealth Championships for table tennis to be held in Delhi, India from the 12th of April to the 23rd.A 4th year Maths BSc student, Niall is an accomplished athlete (former Scottish junior champion for the steeplechase). He will sit his...
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Festival of Contemporary Austrian Culture
Well-known Austrian artists and an internationally acclaimed exhibition will be coming to Aberdeen this week, as part of the conference ‘Blueprints for No-Man’s Land: Connections in Contemporary Austrian Culture’, which will run from 29-31 March.The public will be able to see the exhibition Die andere Seite—The Other Side from 28...
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Aberdeen researchers to investigate offshore safety
Industrial psychologists at the University of Aberdeen have been awarded £67,000 for a 12-month research project in offshore safety.The contract has been funded by the UK Health and Safety Executive and five oil service and operating companies (BP, Coflexip-Stena, Conoco, Schlumberger and Texaco) and will be based on offshore oil...
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Fun with Chemistry
Forty-eight pupils from local schools will enjoy a fun-filled day and will have the chance to solve an intriguing mystery at the Salters’ Festival of Chemistry to be held at the University of Aberdeen on Tuesday, March 27th, when they will take on the role of forensic scientists.The Salters' Chemistry...
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Aberdeen scientists win £30,000 to create the perfect pint
Scientists from NCIMB Ltd, a spin out company from the University of Aberdeen, have secured funding to the value of £30,000 as part of a major EU research program for the brewing industry.The programme, which will involve researchers from a number of European countries, aims to develop a microbiological test...
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Huntly School pupils visit Aberdeen further and higher education institutions as part of social incl
Over 100 pupils from the Gordon Primary School, Huntly, will be visiting The Robert Gordon University, the University of Aberdeen and Aberdeen College on Monday 19th March 2001, as part of the 3sixty? University for Children and Communities (UCC) initiative.The children, all from Primary 6 and Primary 7, will be...
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University announces £1million funding for major e-commerce development
The University of Aberdeen will launch a new training package in e-commerce technology, which has been supported by funding to the tune of £1million, in September.The Department of Computing Science has received combined funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and leading e-business companies, notably Sun Microsystems, for...
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Higher education partners to explore closer links
Joint news release issued on behalf of both partners - The UHI Millennium Institute- The University of AberdeenThe UHI Millennium Institute and the University of Aberdeen are setting up a joint working group to explore opportunities for collaborative projects.The new working group will seek to build on the existing ‘Memorandum...
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Linksfield and St Machar decision, University links announced
Linksfield and St Machar decision, University links announced A way forward on the future of Linksfield and St Machar academies has been discussed by City councillors. The City’s Education and Leisure Committee agreed earlier today that solutions for the two academies must be found. The Committee has now instructed officials to implement a staged...
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Health in the Fishing Industry
Health of Fishermen - Research results announced Fishing Industry Safety & Health (FISH) was set up by Scottish White Fish Producers Association Limited (the biggest Association of fishermen in the United Kingdom) and Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (representing around 70% of the UK fishing catching capacity). The rationale of the organisation is...
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Debating Tomorrow's World
A panel of Scottish politicians will field questions on some of the most burning scientific issues affecting the world today, including foot and mouth disease, BSE, global warming and GM foods, when they take part in a major debate at the University of Aberdeen next week.Debating Tomorrow’s World: Politics, Science...
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Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to see the University of Aberdeen's pioneering medical ima
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to see theUniversity of Aberdeen’s pioneering medical imaging centresThe Rt Hon Stephen Byers MP, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, will visit the University of Aberdeen’s Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences on Friday March 9, at 10.15 a.m. Mr Byers will...
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Award-winning Dundee poet brings his Poem for Scotland to Aberdeen
Award-winning Dundee poet brings hisPoem for Scotland to AberdeenDate: Tuesday, An award-winning Dundee poet, whose poem the Ploughman won the prestigious Poem for Scotland prize in 1998, will visit the University of Aberdeen tomorrow (Wednesday, March 7).Scott Martin and local Aberdeen poets Sheena Blackhall and John Easton will each have...
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Big Day Planned for Prospective MA Students
As the University of Aberdeen experiences a 20% increase in applications to the Master of Arts (MA) programme, preparations are being made for the second ever Open Day for prospective MA students on Wednesday, March 7. Over 600 students and more that 450 parents are coming to the activity-filled day.This...
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Who Needs Friends? We Do!
Robbie Shepherd OBE, the popular BBC broadcaster and Press & Journal columnist, will help to launch the Friends of the Elphinstone Institute on Monday, March 12 at the Queen’s Hotel. The Friends will serve to help the Elphinstone Institute become more effective in fulfilling its cultural, community, and academic remit.The...