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Conference on Emigration attracts world-wide interest
A major three-day conference on emigration due to be held at Sabhal Mor Ostaig (the Gaelic College) in Skye between 22-25 June is attracting world-wide interest.Organised by the University of Aberdeen’s Research Institute for Irish and Scottish Studies (RIISS) and the College, the Conference, “Celtic Cultures in the Emigrant Context”,...
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University Department achieves “double first”
The University of Aberdeen’s Department of Land Economy is the first Department in Scotland and only one of two in Europe to offer dual professional qualifications in surveying and planningThis significant achievement follows accreditation visits by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).This...
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University of Aberdeen signs major industrial collaboration agreement on sight saving software
A major collaboration agreement will be announced tomorrow (24 May) which will provide high street optometrists with an automated computerised technique for spotting the early signs of potentially sight threatening eye disease in those suffering from diabetes.Professor Peter Sharp, Head of the University of Aberdeen’s Department of Biomedical Physics and...
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Research into care for the elderly in hospital given a £540,000
funding boost by the European UnionThe care of older people who are admitted to hospital is the subject of a £540,000 European Union-funded 6-country research project being carried out by a team in the University of Aberdeen’s Department of Medicine for the Elderly.From an office in Woodend Hospital, the Aberdeen...
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Physics, Cosmology, Biochemistry - and God
The Gifford Bequest is proud to sponsor free public lectures by Australia’s best-known scientist and a Professor of Biochemistry at Lehigh University in the United States. They will look discuss from a scientific standpoint evidence for deliberate intelligent design in the universe. The lectures begin on Sunday, May 28th at...
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Terry Waite opens Trauma Research Centre
The Aberdeen Centre for Trauma Research, funded by the University of Aberdeen and Grampian Primary Care NHS Trust, was formally opened by Terry Waite, CBE at 11.30 am today, Wednesday .The Centre was established last year to provide an opportunity for high quality research into various aspects of trauma, as...
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“Spin Doctor” to investigate drug delivery in the body
"Spin Doctor” to investigate drug delivery in the bodyScientists at the University of Aberdeen are being funded by the European Union to look at the use of a group of chemicals which can help to monitor disease development and targeted drug delivery.Dr Margaret Foster and her team are using a...
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University of Aberdeen joy at jobs success for the North East
Between 50-60 new jobs are set to be created by £5Million European Union research funding awarded to the University of Aberdeen.This represents an increase of more than 50% on our current European grant holdings.Principal of the University of Aberdeen, C Duncan Rice warmly welcomed the news: “I am delighted that...
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Whitbread Prizewinner and Others to Read Works for the Public
Whitbread Prizewinner and Others to Read Works for PublicKate Atkinson, who won the Whitbread Prize for her first novel Behind the Scenes at the Museum and who has consolidated her reputation with two further novels, Human Croquet and Emotionally Weird will be reading her work for the public along with...
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10,000 volunteers to help with research to improve cervical screening in the UK
10,000 volunteers to help with research to improvecervical screening in the UK10,000 women between the ages of 20 and 59 from the Grampian, Tayside and Nottingham areas are to be invited to take part in a study that will help improve cervical screening in the UK.The seven year, £3 million...
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