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"The best kept secret in Aberdeen!"
Dr Fraser McGlynn, Director of Sport and Recreation ServicesTo celebrate the opening of its refurbished facilities, the University of Aberdeen’s Department of Sport and Recreation Services is throwing open its doors to the general public on Saturday 30 September, between 10am and 4.00pm.According to Dr Fraser McGlynn, Director of Sport...
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MILK MARKETING BOARD RECORDS ADDED TO UNIVERSITY’S HISTORIC COLLECTIONS
A major chronicle of North East farming history is about to find a new home in the University of Aberdeen’s Historic Collections thanks to Dr Maitland Mackie, Chairman of Mackie’s of Scotland.Dr Mackie explained: “The statutory Milk Marketing Board schemes were a big part of the UK’s milk industry form...
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STUDENT CALLERS SCORE £½MILLION SUCCESS
Date: 21 September 2000ICurrent and future students at the University of Aberdeen owe a huge vote of thanks to students from previous generations who have responded generously to a fund-raising initiative launched in 1998.Over £500,000 has been raised by the Alumni Annual Fund which established to offer graduates an opportunity...
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Overview of the North Sea Oil Industry
Two-Day Business Training ConferenceThursday 2nd – Friday 3rd November 2000The event aims to provide an outline of a variety of the disciplines involved in the North Sea Oil Production and the factors and issues that affect today’s industry.Starting with an overview of the industry, moving through exploration and production to...
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A Lunchtime Treat for Music Lovers
RUniversity Music will resume its lunchtime music series on Tuesday, the 26th of September, providing music lovers a special lunchtime treat with a free recital at King’s College Chapel as part of University Music’s outreach programme.The recital will feature Margaret Preston on baroque flute and David Smith on harpsichord.The University...
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Opportunities Open Up On University Lecture Programme
Date: 20 September 2000If learning about Modern Spanish History and Culture, Criminal Law, Anthropology or Animal Behaviour sounds appealing but sitting exams, attending tutorials or writing essays does not, then taking part in the University of Aberdeen’s Open Learning Programme may well be the answer!Run by the University’s Centre for...
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The Class of 1921 Reunited
Researchers at the University of Aberdeen are inviting anyone born in the North of Scotland in 1921 to a social event at the Music Hall at 2.00 p.m. on Wednesday 20 September.The event has been organised by Professor Lawrence Whalley and his Mental Health team to thank almost 300 volunteers...
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University of Aberdeen spin-out company licenses cancer-related protein to USA drug development comp
AUniversity of Aberdeen spin-out company, Auvation, has licensed its intellectual property rights to a unique cancer-related protein to USA-based drug development company, ZYCOS INC.The protein, P450 CYP1B1, is expressed in almost every major type of human cancer and has enormous potential as a broad, anti-cancer drug target. The protein and...
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New Study on Emblems Published
“While emblematics of four hundred years ago may sound a rather esoteric subject, appealing only to specialist authors, they are in fact of widespread interest as a form of communication that can still be traced today, for example, in modern advertising”. Professor Alison SaundersAProfessor Alison Saunders of the Department of...
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Fiona Kennedy to be guest speaker at annual University of Aberdeen Ladies Luncheon
EOver 250 women from throughout the North East of Scotland will attend the year 2000 University of Aberdeen’s Ladies Luncheon to be held at The Marcliffe at Pitfodels on Thursday 21 September 2000.Guest speaker at the annual fundraiser this year is local singer and broadcaster, Fiona Kennedy. Ms Kennedy joins...
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Aberdeen technology company signs second-stage development agreement with the University of Aberdeen
EAberdeen-based technology development company AXEON has signed a second-stage agreement with the University of Aberdeen that will take its breakthrough technology approach to high-bandwidth communications to the manufacturing stage. AXEON has successfully implemented its technology in a software product targeting the needs of data-intensive corporate networks as well as in...
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The Scottish Doctor
At the beginning of August each year the NHS in Scotland greets another batch of newly qualified pre-registration house officers the majority of whom will have graduated from Scottish medical schools. But what exactly does it mean to be a Scottish medical graduate and what does that label tell employers...
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University Centre leads the way in European Cultural Studies
European Cultural Studies is high on the agenda of a brand new Programme which has been introduced by the University of Aberdeen’s Centre for Continuing Education and begins Thursday 28 September, 2000.Bringing together the Centre’s German, Music Studies and European Studies Studies courses, students will be able study a range...
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LOCAL COMPANIES JOIN FORCES WITH UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN IN PROJECT TO CREATE HIGHLY INNOVATIVE FACIL
LOCAL COMPANIES JOIN FORCES WITH UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN IN PROJECT TO CREATE HIGHLY INNOVATIVE FACILITY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC PLANT FEEDLocal company, Waste Solutions Group plc, is using innovative biotechnology to digest fish offal to produce organic plant feed. The 2-phase multi-million pound project, in which the University of...
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Scotland's new mums are receiving better care - positive approach to maternity services achieved
Scotland’s new mums are receiving better care -positive approach to maternity services achieved‘NATIONAL PREGNANCY WEEK’The University of Aberdeen is playing a key role in researching maternity services – not only in Aberdeen, throughout Scotland and the UK, but further afield in other developing countries.Top quality maternity services continually monitor the...
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THE SCOTTISH NATION OVERTAKES HARRY POTTER
THE SCOTTISH NATION OVERTAKESHARRY POTTERProfessor Tom Devine’s book The Scottish Nation has held the number one position on the Scottish bestseller list for two weeks, beating Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire in bookshops across Scotland.For the weeks ending the 11th and 18th of August, The Scottish Nation outstripped...
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Clubfoot Research Award
SPARKS (Sport Aiding medical Research for KidS) has provided a team from the University of Aberdeen with an award of £122,187 to fund unique research into the causes of clubfoot. The project will develop the research already undertaken in the teams’ Scottish Talipes Study, which was funded by a SPARKS...