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2014
April
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Planning for the Future - UASLAS Pension Members
A course to encourage a positive and realistic approach to a healthy and financially secure retirement and help you decide at what age you would like to retire.
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Planning for the Future - USS Pension Members
A course to encourage a positive and realistic approach to a healthy and financially secure retirement and help you decide at what age you would like to retire.
March
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Introduction to Gaelic Workshops
-Are you interested in learning more about Gaelic, or in finding out more about the University’s Gaelic Plan? Introduction to Gaelic workshops are free lunchtime sessions for staff and students wishing to learn more about the language and culture. The sessions will focus on the language’s history and role in Scotland...
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Inspirational Inaugurals - Clinical trials - essential but inefficient: How can we make them better?
-Although clinical trials have come a long way since James Lind compared lemons and horseradish to treat scurvy in 1747, modern trials are surprisingly inefficient.
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Oil and Gas innovation roadshow
-A bid for an Oil and Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC), which the University of Aberdeen was a major partner in preparing, has secured £10.6m in funding from the Scottish Funding Council. Members of staff will be able to learn more about the centre at a presentation next week, delivered by Paul de...
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Blood donation sessions
-The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service will be at Elphinstone Hall on Monday 24 March for members of staff who would like to donate blood. Sessions will run from 10.00am to noon and then 1.30pm - 4.30pm.
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Discovery Gallery: A brief history of timelines
-Inspired discussions in Aberdeen Maritime Museum taking inspiration from the commemorative exhibition on Sir David Gill. Admission is free.
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Referendum - Public Discussion
-In the run up to the independence referendum, Scottish Government Ministers are hosting public discussions across the country to talk about Scotland’s Future. University staff will have the opportunity to ask questions about the issues that are important to them at an event next week, hosted by Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet...
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Cafe Scientifique- Great white hope?
-We'll explore how research into the immune systems of sharks is helping us understand human autoimmune diseases such as arthritis and develop new drugs for cancer.
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Centre of the Novel Lecture with Alan Spence: 'Zen and the Art of the Novel'
-Alan Spence is one of Scotland's best loved contemporary writers, and is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Aberdeen. In this year's lecture he considers the inner world of the writer and talks about his new novel Night Boat.