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Applications invited for PhD Studentship: ADVENT (ADdressing Valuation of Energy & Nature Together)
Applications are invited for a 3 year NERC PhD Studentship linked to the project ‘ADVENT (ADdressing Valuation of Energy and Nature Together)’. Department: University of Aberdeen - Environmental & Biological Sciences/ The Centre for Transport Research Supervisors: Dr Astley Hastings & Professor Jillian Anable Closing Date: Friday 31st July 2015 Eligibility: Only open to UK nationals (or EU...
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Dr Ramón Pellitero wins Dudley Stamp Memorial Award
Dr. Ramón Pellitero, postdoctoral researcher in the Glaciology group, has been awarded a Dudley Stamp Memorial Award of £500 by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). The funded project, titled “Ice climate relations during the Late Quaternary in Northern Spain” will investigate the evolution of glaciers during the Late Pleistocene...
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Public exhibition on the vegetation history of Bennachie
A new exhibition has opened to the public at the Bennachie Visitor Centre near Inverurie, northeast Scotland, to showcase a palaeoecological study undertaken on ‘the hill’ by researchers from the School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen. The display features posters containing the results from pollen analysis and radiocarbon dating of...
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University edges world top 50 for research in global top journals
The impact on the world of research conducted at the University of Aberdeen has been confirmed in the latest international rankings of research-intensive universities.
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Aberdeen students receive BP Student Tutoring Awards
Students from the University of Aberdeen have successfully completed a volunteering programme which has seen them work as student tutors in primary and secondary schools throughout the north-east.
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CTR staff publish new report on business travel
Members of the Centre for Transport Research led a study for the UK Department for Transport (DfT) to understand the determinants of business travel. The study consisted of an international literature review and interviews with trade bodies and umbrella organisations. The study developed a new way of categorising the travel...
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Dr David Watts to speak on 'Co-operative societies and local histories in Scotland'
Dr David Watts will present a talk exploring the history and geography of consumer co-operative societies in Scotland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It will look at what makes co-operatives different, outline their growth and distribution, and suggest that local factors played an important role in their histories. The talk...
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Fully funded three year ESRC funded PhD studentship: What happens when a household gets a new car?
Fully funded three year ESRC funded PhD studentship "The dynamics of household low carbon vehicle ownership and use" School of Geosciences, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Aberdeen supervised by Professor Jillian Anable and Dr Caitlin Cottrill
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David Watts and David McBey to conduct food consumption research
Dr David Watts, Lecturer in Human Geography, has been awarded funding to conduct research into consumers’ attitudes to plant-based protein alternatives to meat. This work, which is funded by the Scottish Government, will be undertaken in co-operation with colleagues at the University’s Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health. Working with Dr...
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Prof John Nelson to be opening speaker at upcoming UITP Workshop on Mobility in regional areas
Prof John Nelson will be the opening speaker at the UITP Workshop on Mobility in regional areas: challenges, trends, solutions, Brussels, 16th March, 2015. The detailed programme is available at: http://www.uitp.org/events/mobility-regional-areas-challenges-trends-solutions