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First Ever Graduate Trainee position
The University of Aberdeen has this week announced details of its first ever Graduate Training Programme. Adverts have been placed in the Scottish press and University Careers Offices circulated with details of a new Graduate Trainee position for an 18 month placement and work experience in University Administration.University Administration currently...
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Nature Tots - class sizes now doubled
Pre-school children in the Aberdeen area have a further chance to take part in an innovative educational programme featuring the environment and natural history following the doubling of spaces available on the next Nature Tots course this Friday (May 30, 2003) at the Natural History Centre, University of Aberdeen.Designed specifically...
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Lessons from Longford - A Case Study of Technological Disaster
Dr Hopkins will discuss safety management in light of the 1998 Longford gas plant explosion in Victoria, Australia. Two men were killed in the accident which ripped through the Esso gas plant with devastating consequences. Gas supplies to Victoria's homes and businesses were cut for almost two weeks causing widespread...
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Return of Renewable Energy Conference
A number of experts from the University of Aberdeen are today participating at the annual renewable energy exhibition and conference All-Energy Opportunities continuing today (Thursday 22 May) at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre.For the first time this year the All-Energy Opportunities Conference and Exhibition is focussing on wider forms...
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Top military historian puts war literature in the firing line
The University of Aberdeen will next week (Wednesday, May 28) welcome one of the country's leading military historians, Professor Richard Holmes, CBE to deliver a prestigious lecture: War on Words: The British Army and the Western Front 1914-18.Richard Holmes, best-known for his award-winning BBC television programmes including Soldiers and Battlefields,...
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Position vacant: North of Scotland Graduate Recruitment Fair
North of Scotland Graduate Recruitment FairOver 1,500 students and graduates are expected to attend the first Scottish Graduate Recruitment Fair of 2003 to be held in Aberdeen tomorrow (Friday, May 23). The University of Aberdeen and The Robert Gordon University will jointly host the Annual North of Scotland Graduate Recruitment...
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Sounds suspicious? How voice experts help solve crimes
How voice experts help solve crimesThe University of Aberdeen's newly created Centre for Linguistic Research will today (Friday, May 16), welcome Dr Paul Foulkes from the Department of Language & Linguistic Science at the University of York to discuss the methods used in the analysis of speech for legal purposes.His...
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Open invitation to sponsors
The University of Aberdeen is set to host its fourth annual Open Day on August 26. One of the most important events in the University calendar, the Open Day allows prospective students to get a flavour of the 630 degree courses on offer, student life and the city of Aberdeen...
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The international face of Aberdeen
A student from the University of Aberdeen has scooped a top prize in a national competition run by the British Council, the UK's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations.Sujitha Subramanian, a law student at the University, was presented with her silver award and a cash prize of £1,000...
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National Home Economics Conference
The 4th Annual Conference: Contemporary Issues in Home Economics will allow teachers the opportunity of meeting to discuss issues such as national priorities in education, the Health Promoting School Concept and future foods and organics with key academics and industry representatives. The Conference will also help to further strengthen the...
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Extra student support for Sustainable Development
Students on the internationally respected postgraduate Sustainable Rural Development Programme are set to benefit from a donation of £1200 towards their fieldwork costs following a recent conference on sustainable development in the oil and gas industry.The University of Aberdeen Sustainable Rural Development Programme is one of the UK's leading inter-disciplinary...
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Royal Geographical Society Award
A trainee Geography teacher from the University of Aberdeen has been awarded a prestigious award from the Royal Geographical Society for an innovative training workshop he has developed on the topic of the new Cairngorms National Park.Keith Turner, a Geography graduate of the University and now studying for a Postgraduate...
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European Law Lecture
Members of the public are invited to hear Professor Dr Ninon Colneric, Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities discuss the essential role the European Court of Justice plays in maintaining the balance between the respective powers of the Community institutions (Commission, Council and Parliament) and those...
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University of Aberdeen to contribute to major new research
The University of Aberdeen is part of a Scottish consortium contributing to UK Biobank, set to be the largest study of its kind ever.Around 80,000 adults will be recruited across Scotland, in a collaboration between the universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the Information and Statistics Division of...
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University of Aberdeen supports World Asthma Day
This week is World Asthma Day (Tuesday, May 6) and the National Asthma Campaign Scotland is organising events in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Dundee to raise awareness of Scotland's most common long-term medical condition. These events will bring together local asthma experts, researchers, supporters and participants in local research to highlight...