Cryosphere and Climate Change researchers secure Leverhulme Trust International Network Grant
31 January 2013 Cryosphere and Climate Change researchers secure Leverhulme Trust International Network Grant Dr. Brice Rea and Dr. Matteo Spagnolo from Geography and Environment's Cryosphere and Climate Change group have been awarded a Leverhulme Trust International Network Grant funded for 3 years (£120k)
EU funding awarded to two Geography & Environment projects
31 January 2013 EU funding awarded to two Geography & Environment projects Two Geography and Environment-led projects have been awarded funding from the EU INTERACT (International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic) programme, and will commence their investigations into Arctic palaeoclimate and glacier dynamics in summer 2013.Cryosphere and Climate Change PhD student Craig Frew wins QRA Dissertation Prize
22 January 2013 Cryosphere and Climate Change PhD student Craig Frew wins QRA Dissertation Prize Newly arrive PhD student Craig Frew has just won the Quaternary Research Association's Undergraduate Dissertation Prize for his project entitled A Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction of Craigie Gully, St Michaels Wood, Fife.Academic excellence rewarded with University of Aberdeen Merit Scholarship
16 January 2013 Academic excellence rewarded with University of Aberdeen Merit Scholarship Students from North America who take up studies at the University of Aberdeen will have the opportunity to benefit from a scholarship programme which offers a fee discount for the final year of most undergraduate degree courses.
Professor honoured by election to Academia Europaea
22 October 2012 Professor honoured by election to Academia Europaea Professor Kevin Edwards from the Department of Geography and Environment has been elected a member of the Academia Europaea - the Academy of Europe.
NERC-funded Vacancy: Research Fellow in Catchment Science
09 October 2012 NERC-funded Vacancy: Research Fellow in Catchment Science Application deadline: 15 October 2012Death of Neil Smith (1954-2012), world renowned geographer
02 October 2012 Death of Neil Smith (1954-2012), world renowned geographer Neil Smith, Sixth Century Professor of Geography and Social Theory at the University of Aberdeen, died after a short illness in New York on 29th September.
Aberdeen signs pioneering research partnerships in Brazil
02 October 2012 Aberdeen signs pioneering research partnerships in Brazil The University of Aberdeen is involved in two pioneering research partnerships formally signed on Friday, September 28, during a trade mission to Brazil led by Prime Minister David Cameron.