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Major data breach: Are you compromised?
Public leaks of compromised information resulting from Cyber-attacks are nothing new, with billions of records containing all kinds of data on individuals already freely available on the dark web. However, a new leak with the ominous title of “The Mother of All Breaches” was recently discovered, which contains more than...
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Are you new to UoA?
The New to UoA survey gives all new students the opportunity to share their thoughts on their new student experience. Help us make the UoA student experience even better by sharing your views on what we’re doing well and how we can improve. The survey will take you around 10 minutes to complete, and...
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Museum Studies PhD Student wins prestigious award
Congratulations to Bianca Bellafiore, a final year Museum Studies PhD student, who has been awarded the Erve Chambers Tourism and Heritage Paper Award from the American Society for Applied Anthropology. Bianca will present her paper The Angus Folk Collection Comes to Dun: Design and interpretation of a re-homed local heritage...
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Survey Season is open!
Survey Season is here, and this year it’s for all students! This is your chance to share your views on the academic experience at the University of Aberdeen. Depending on your student group, you’ll be sent an invitation to one of these surveys: National Student Survey (NSS) Undergraduate Student Experience Survey (UES) Postgraduate...
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New Service Launch - LapSafe laptop loan lockers
On Monday 5th February a new service will launch - the Lapsafe loan laptop self-service lockers allow you to borrow a University laptop. All you need is your student ID card.The lockers are located in the MacRobert building and the Medical School Library in the Polwarth Building. An additional locker...
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Students Needed for Focus Groups on Generative AI
Sign up and join us for a focus group on your views of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). We are looking for enthusiastic research participants to share views on using GenAI tools in academia and how the University can help support students with GenAI literacy. The dates fo the focus groups are: 31...
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National Soup Month Competition - win a £15 Amazon Voucher
It’s National Soup Month! Soup is a cheap and cheerful way to add lots of veg and nutrients to your diet, but can you impress UoA Head Chef, Doug, with your vegan soup recipes? Submit your recipe for the chance to win a £15 Amazon voucher AND to have your soup...
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Go Abroad Study Exchange Applications Are Now Open!
Interested in combining a period abroad with your degree programme? Study Exchange Applications for the 2024/25 academic session are now officially open. Applications are only open from Monday 22 January until Friday 2 February 2024. Therefore, be sure to submit your application soon! For full information on how to apply,...
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Turing University Network
As a testament to our world-leading activities both in fundamental and interdisciplinary artificial intelligence research, across healthcare, agri-food, social sciences, energy and environment, Aberdeen is now one of 65 universities from across the UK who are members of the Turing University Network. Visit our new page to learn more about...
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Career Mentoring Programme - final chance to apply
Over 385 mentors are signed up to the Career Mentoring Programme - apply now to receive tailored careers advice and guidance from someone working in your preferred field. Open to students at level 2 and above.Applications close 26th January. Find out more and apply now
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Take on a challenge in 2024
Want to put your academic knowledge into practice and gain employability skills and experience that boost your CV?
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High-Flying Alumni Series: From Idea to Startup
Calling all students from the University of Aberdeen. Join Startup Grind for an unforgettable evening of inspiration and innovation at our High-Flying Alumni Fireside Chat.Find out more here
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New year, new you, new MacBook?
We’re happy to share with you some exciting news to start the new year with! We know that doing well in your studies is helped by having top quality tools at your disposal, so what better way to do this than with a new MacBook Air? Back by popular demand, our partner...
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Aberdeen Professors build bridges between Science and Law in the UN
Prof Abbe Brown (Law) and Prof Marcel Jaspars (Chemistry) have been contributing to international policy-making in three UN institutions to bring about a fair, science-informed and legally consistent approach to policy-making. Their collaboration focused on the use which is made of genetic resources to gain new knowledge and build new...
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£500 to grow your collection...and its not too good to be true
Do you like collecting? Have you ever collected books, comic books, film posters, match tickets or even Pokémon cards?
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New for 2024 - Automatic Captions on Videos
From January 2024, the University will be enabling automatic captions by default on all new videos hosted on Panopto. If you rely on accurate captions when viewing video content and are struggling to understand the automatic captions, you may wish to contact accessible-elearning@abdn.ac.uk stating which course and resources you are...
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Evening Language Courses - open to everyone
Still time to sign up! Teaching starts w/c January 22. Are you looking to pick up a new language or enhance your existing language skills? The Language Centre at the University of Aberdeen can help. Each term, we offer a variety of modern foreign language courses from...
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Subway Sandwich Unit Reopening
Good news - The Subway Sandwich unit, located in the Students' Union Building, will reopen on Wednesday 17 January! Find out how to get there
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Develop your evaluation skills
Successful public engagement can benefit research, researchers and the public – but how do you go about demonstrating this? Develop an understanding of the best evaluation processes to give you reliable and clear data and demonstrate success to funders and record Impact for REF by attending one of the Evaluation...