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University Celebrates 100 years with war and rebellion
The Chapel at King’s College, Old Aberdeen, has been threatened with attack this weekend (Saturday, October 3) by a group of Scottish soldiers armed with muskets, pikes and cannon. And the North-east public has been invited to watch the action unfold.But there is no need to panic as the assault...
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IT firm signs up University to develop face-imaging technology
Aberdeen-based technology development company AXEON has joined forces with the University of Aberdeen in a project which will develop and commercialise the University’s research in the fields of information technology and associated electronics.Under an umbrella agreement, the two organisations have created a novel symbiotic relationship. The University provides a pool...
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National birth survey aims to target 1,600 new mums in Scotland
A national survey into the care received by Scottish women during pregnancy and childbirth is being carried out by the University of Aberdeen’s Dugald Baird Centre.Around 1,600 women across Scotland, who give birth between 14 and 23 September (inclusive), will be questioned about all aspects of the care they received...
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Minister for Health to open new £3M Scottish Imaging Centre - Scotland's first medical scanning unit
A new state-of-the art medical imaging centre, the first of its kind in Scotland, will be officially opened by Scottish Health Minister Sam Galbraith in Aberdeen on Wednesday, .The £3million positron emission tomography centre (PET), the only facility of its kind north of Cambridge, has been named after the eminent...
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Lord Sewel to speak at University of Aberdeen
Date: 15 September 98Scottish Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Minister, Lord Sewel, will deliver the Third Raeburn Lecture at the University of Aberdeen on Wednesday, September 23, 1998.The lecture, ‘Agriculture: Contributing to Rural Development’, will take place at the MacRobert Lecture Theatre, MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen...
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250th Anniversary of Scots Fiddle Maestro to be Celebrated
Fochabers is set to host a celebration of one of its most famous sons on Saturday 26 September, 1998. The music of William Marshall will be celebrated during a day of fiddle and dance workshops and talks at the Fochabers Institute, High Street, Fochabers between 10.00 am and5.00 pm. The...
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Fee-waiver boosts opportunities for Part-Time Study
New government policies to encourage part-time study in higher education are now taking effect. The good news for those who wish to study part-time is that after so many years as the Cinderellas of higher education, they are now firmly on the government’s agenda.Formerly the treatment of full and part-time...
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Aberdeen University companies pick up major Government awards
A new spot test for the rapid identification of micro-organisms such as E-coli, and a new, improved surgical nail used to repair broken bones will be developed by two University of Aberdeen companies thanks to a Government award scheme.Microbiological and chemical service company NCIMB Ltd and bio-medical devices research and...
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Millenium product award for university and Quest project
Quest Consulting Ltd, in collaboration with the University of Aberdeen, has won a Millennium Product Award. The presentation was made by Anne Begg, MP for Aberdeen South, at Elphinstone Hall, Old Aberdeen, on Friday, .The award was given for a product called Questar, a risk assessment protocol for offshore structures....
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New £90,000 study into the history of the Aberdeen typhoid outbreak
The history of Aberdeen’s most famous food poisoning outbreak will come under the spotlight early next year thanks to a £90,000 grant awarded to the University of Aberdeen by the Wellcome Trust.A team of researchers will carry out the most comprehensive study into the typhoid outbreak of 1964 sincethe official...