Event Archive

The University of Aberdeen has prepared a draft Gaelic Language Plan to promote the use and acquisition of Gaelic under the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005. Under the Act, public bodies are being notified by the Bord na Gaidhlig, the public body with responsibility for Gaelic, that they are required...

The mechanics of handedness in nature: from Darwin's perversion to Feynman's obsession

Exhibitions, Forums, Folklore, Dance and more at this unique cultural one-day festival.

The LHC or Large Hadron Collider is the world’s biggest scientific instrument yet it probes the very smallest building blocks of matter. So how does it work and why do physicists think 2012 might bring breakthroughs in our understanding of the Universe?

Take part in the celebration of Dickens Month at the University of Aberdeen. Come to the Library for a fun-filled afternoon of making your own Dickensian hats and collars. From top hats to poke bonnets, you can really get into character and make your very own Victorian costume to take...

Join us for our 'In-conversation with Duncan Heath,' the latest event in the popular Director's Cut Series. Duncan Heath is one of the world's leading agents and co-chairman of Europe's largest talent and literary agency, the Independent Talent Group, based in London.

Join us for the Inaugural Watt Hepburn Lecture where our speaker Hector Sants will focus on the interaction between regulation of corporate governance and entrepreneurship.

For lovers of the Word Festival, missing their annual fix, here's something to keep you going.

The University of Aberdeen has launched a programme of events taking place in May as part of "Dickens 2012" an international celebration of the life and work of Charles Dickens to mark the bicentenary of his birth, which fell on 7 February 2012.

The six finalists of the 2012 Ogston Prize for Music perform to compete for the prestigious title, which will be awarded at the end of the evening.