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Political marketing is key to electoral success
British politics is now consumer-led, with the main parties acting like businesses, designing their ‘product’ to suit what voters want, according to a new book written by an Aberdeen political scientist.The real story will be what happens after the election on June 7, claims author Dr Jennifer Lees-Marshment, of the...
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Aberdeen University students to benefit from integrated interpretation technology
Aberdeen University students to benefit from integrated interpretation technologyThe University of Aberdeen has been awarded $1.4million to expose students to the latest integrated interpretation technology in the oil industry, and bring them to the forefront in technology in preparation for their geoscience careers.The Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology has...
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University of Aberdeen Department of Divinity Tops in Scotland
The Department of Divinity at the University of Aberdeen has been given a boost with the publication of a UK-wide university league table in yesterday’s Guardian (Tuesday, May 22).Aberdeen was placed third in the newspaper’s Top 20 departments of divinity in the UK, just below Cambridge, which was second, and...
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The North Atlantic Fiddle Convention, 25-29 July 2001
A major international fiddle convention, which will focus on traditional fiddling, exploring its past and future, will take place in Aberdeen in July.The North Atlantic Fiddle Convention (NAFCo), organised by the University of Aberdeen’s Elphinstone Institute, will feature musicians from countries bordering the northern seas and is open to anyone...
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New fish immunology centre for Scotland
The Universities of Aberdeen and Stirling have been awarded £830,000 to set up a new research centre for fish immunology.The new state-of-the-art centre, which will have facilities at both the University of Aberdeen’s Department of Zoology and the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling, has been funded by the Scottish Higher...
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Aberdeen enters top twenty UK universities
The University of Aberdeen’s ambition to become one of the country’s leading universities was given a massive boost today with the publication of UK-wide university league tables.Aberdeen has been ranked nineteenth in the UK and third in Scotland in The Times Good University Guide.Principal C Duncan Rice said that this...
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Finalists announced in Word Festival online writing competition
The creative literary talents of youngsters from throughout Scotland and Ireland will be rewarded tonight during an awards ceremony at the University of Aberdeen, as the winners of the WORD Festival online writing competition received their prizes.The online writing competition for secondary school pupils across the whole of Scotland and...
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Aberdeen academic explores Jessie Kesson’s literary legacy
Award-winning writer and academic Dr Isobel Murray will deliver the distinguished Linklater Lecture at the University of Aberdeen on Friday, May 18, as part of its second WORD 2001 writers festival.Dr Murray, a Reader in the Department of English at Aberdeen University, won this year’s National Library of Scotland Saltire...
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Oscar-winning film producer Lord Puttnam launches University CPD enterprise
The celebrated British film producer David Puttnam CBE today () officially launched the University of Aberdeen’s continuing professional development enterprise, Prospect CPD.Around 150 business leaders and academics from throughout Scotland attended the prestigious event at King’s College Conference Centre. Grampian Television news anchor Chris Harvey presented the event as part...
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University literary festival closes with a bang
Some of Scotland’s finest writers and poets will be in Aberdeen this weekend to round off the University of Aberdeen’s literary extravaganza, WORD 2001.William McIlvanney, Alasdair Gray, Liz Lochhead, Andrew O’Hagan, Tom Leonard, Bernard MacLaverty and Ali Smith are just some of the names which will be performing at venues...
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Aberdeen debut novelist joins all-star literary cast at Word 2001
Aberdeen-based writer Martin Shannon will give a public reading at the Central Library on the second day (Thursday, May 17) of WORD 2001, the University of Aberdeen’s writers festival.Martin, who published his debut novel The Tin Man last year, will be joined by fellow writers Kenneth Steven, Colm Quinn and...
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David Puttnam to launch Aberdeen CPD enterprise
More than 150 business leaders and academics from across Scotland will attend the official launch this week of the University of Aberdeen's continuing professional development enterprise by the celebrated British film producer David Puttnam.Prospect CPD was established last year and is now stepping up its efforts to bring more business...
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University of Aberdeen celebrates the written word with five-day extravaganza
Readings by renowned Scottish writers, a performance of Frankenstein and an evening of football haiku will kick off the University of Aberdeen’s second writer’s festival, which starts in the city tomorrow (Wednesday, May 16).The five-day WORD 2001 event follows on the success of the University’s first festival, which was held...
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Aberdeen is singled out for major health study
One of the UK’s largest studies into what affects the health of the population will be carried out in Aberdeen.The University of Aberdeen’s Dugald Baird Centre will send out more than 8,000 questionnaires to households in the city and throughout Scotland over the next two days as part of The...
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New £2M medical imaging centre to tackle major disease
A new £2million state-of-the-art medical imaging centre, set up to develop innovative diagnostic techniques in the battle against major illness and diseases such as cancer and brain and heart disease, was officially opened in Aberdeen today (Wednesday, May 9).The University of Aberdeen’s new Lilian Sutton Building, based at Aberdeen Royal...
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SNP M EP to explore the ‘European question’
SNP MEP to explore the ‘European question’One of Scotland’s most distinguished academic lawyers, Professor Neil MacCormick MEP, FRSE, FBA, will deliver the fifth annual Ledingham Chalmers European Law Lecture at the University of Aberdeen on Thursday, May 10.Professor MacCormick, Regius Professor of Public Law at the University of Edinburgh, will...
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60 Scottish and Irish pupils shortlisted for Aberdeen literary festival prize
The creative literary talents of youngsters from throughout Scotland and Ireland will come under the spotlight next week at the University of Aberdeen’s second writers festival, WORD 2001.The online writing competition for secondary school pupils received a tremendous response with more than 300 entrants. Of those, 60 have been shortlisted...
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Local universities and colleges show off what they have in store
The North-east public are being asked to put learning on their shopping list next week as part of a campaign to open up the world of education to mature students.Friendly and experienced representatives from the area's two universities and three colleges will be available at the Trinity Shopping Centre on...
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Whose health is it anyway? Participation in health
Public health experts from throughout the UK will hold a one-day symposium this week to explore how openness and sharing can be increased in public health and health services research.The University of Aberdeen is hosting the symposium Whose health is it anyway?, which will take place on Friday May 4,...
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Improving the Quality of Life in the Countryside
Geographers at the University of Aberdeen have been appointed by the Government to lead a £140,000 groundbreaking rural research project across Britain.The two-year project will look at ways of improving quality of life for those living in the countryside by demonstrating to policy-makers how best to bring together the different...
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Securing the future for Northern Ireland
The Rt. Hon Adam Ingram MP, Minister for State for Northern Ireland, will deliver the fourth in a series of prestigious lectures at the University of Aberdeen this week.“The Good Friday Agreement gave paramilitaries the chance to make the transition to a peaceful society and many have done so,” said...