Posts in February 2021

Fourteen students are currently undertaking the InternPlus internship programme, working part-time in a number of University departments for a total of 12 weeks. As part of their internships they will be giving us an insight into different aspects of the programme and the jobs they are doing.

Our next insight…

In this vlog current student, Sofia, invites us to share her winter break experiences as she makes the most of a difficult situation.

Random Act of Kindness Day

10 cute random acts of kindness to do today!

Not just Ellen DeGeneres is telling us “Be kind to one another” – on the Random Act of Kindness Day, February 17^th, we can all be a little bit…

LGBTQ alumni Mie Astrup Jensen discusses her ESRC-funded PhD research at UCL on LBQ Jewish women’s lived experiences.

I graduated from the University of Aberdeen with an MA in Sociology (2019) and an MRes in Social Science (2020), and I am now doing a PhD at UCL in…

Regardless of your relationship status, I’d say that Valentine’s Day is a day that you either love, hate, or couldn’t care less about. Personally, I love it! I know that some people dislike how it encourages consumerism, but honestly, when is consumerism not encouraged? That’s a problem bigger than Valentine’s,…

Hi all! As you may or may not know, it’s LGBT+ History Month! The celebration takes place in February in the UK because Section 28, which forbade any promotion of LGBT+ material, was abolished in February 2003. What better way to celebrate this anniversary than by reading some LGBT+ literature?…

What do you think of when you see a rainbow? Do you feel delighted? Suddenly happier? Mad that it may start raining cats and dogs in a while and you forgot your umbrella?

Depending on our actual mood and overall life values, one may feel not only…

LGBTQ alumni Dr Kevin Guyan discusses his research into Scotland’s 2022 census and the collection of gender, sex and sexuality data.

Imagine looking at a detailed illustration of society but failing to see yourself or anyone who resembles your life or experiences. Imagine sitting in class every day listening to…

Deborah Adepoju is a 3^rd year Medical student at the University of Aberdeen. She has taken a particular interest in promoting Equality and Diversity throughout the university and would like to see the changes she wrote about in this blog not only implemented in the short term, but maintained in…

I think that most University students have found themselves out of budget at some point or another and that’s when anxiety kicks in.  I know that I’ve definitely been there once or twice but it’s okay because I learned from that experience and now I can share some budgeting tips…