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Funded PhD opportunity: Landscape form, use and change: a dynamic Earth
About this project This research project will demonstrate practical use of drone-based remote sensing platforms and sensors to monitor, map, and model coastal saltmarsh. It will utilise and evaluate low-cost drone (UAV) platforms carrying miniaturised sensors to capture high-resolution multi-spectral and multi-temporal aerial imagery. This will allow mapping of saltmarsh vegetation...
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Funded PhD opportunity: the palaeoenvironmental history of ancient deciduous woodlands in Scotland
About the project This PhD aims to investigate long-term changes in the composition and disturbance dynamics of ancient native broadleaved woodlands in Scotland, with the results helping to guide ideas about the conservation management of these vegetation communities in response to predicted changes in climate. The student will use palaeoecological techniques...
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Antarctic landscape insights keep ice loss forecasts on the radar
Scientists from the University of Aberdeen have helped carry out a detailed survey of the landscape beneath thick Antarctic ice that researchers say will be a valuable resource in understanding how ice draining into the ocean contributes to global sea level rise.
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Managing our coasts: new book showcases latest research from leading experts
The use of drone technology to combat coastal erosion is one of a number of topics explored in a new book co-authored by a leading expert in the field from the University of Aberdeen.
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Funded PhD Opportunity: Rural Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
About the Project ‘Mobility as a Service’ (MaaS) can be broadly defined as the transition from a dominant car-ownership model of mobility, to one of paying for your mobility ‘on account’ using more sustainable modes of transport as an alternative to private car use. This project will examine the requirements for...
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MSc in EPM Coordinators Receive Teaching Excellence Recognition
It is a pleasure to announce that Drs Tavis Potts and Piotr Niewiadomski, Director and Deputy Director of the MSc in Environmental Partnership Management, respectively, were nominated by the EPM students for the University of Aberdeen Postgraduate Taught Award for Excellence in Teaching and have now received their nomination certificates...
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Broadband study calls for action to connect the 'final few' in rural UK
Government should prioritise delivering superfast broadband to the 'final few' in rural communities across the UK or risk leaving them behind, according to a study by academics at the University of Aberdeen.
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Prof William Neill appointed Visiting Research Professor at the Institute of Irish Studies
Professor William J V Neill (Emeritus in Geosciences, Aberdeen) has been appointed as Visiting Research Professor at the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen’s University Belfast. The Institute, founded by the leading cultural geographer Estyn Evans, dates back over 50 years and was the first of its kind to be...
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Geography and Environment Ranks Highly in National Student Survey
Physical Geography at the University of Aberdeen has ranked equal first in the UK for satisfaction with the teaching on my course in the 2017 National Student Survey (NSS), while Human Geography has also ranked highly in several indicators. Some key highlights include the following: Physical Geography has come in 3rd...
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Andrew Maclaren wins 2017 European Society for Rural Sociology Student Paper Competition
Andrew Maclaren, a PhD student jointly funded by the University of Aberdeen and the James Hutton Institute, has won the 2017 European Society for Rural Sociology (ESRS) student paper competition, which is a part of the ESRS’ biennial International Congress. This year’s 27th Congress will be held in Kraków, Poland...