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Head of School welcomes publication of North Sea Transition Deal
Dave Muirhead responds to publication of the UK Government's North Sea Transition Deal
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Two fully funded PhD studentship opportunities available
Funding has been secured to support two PhD candidates to undertake research that will explore relationships between Scotland's National Islands Plan and a rural population turnaround.
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Lorna Philip to commence research as part of the UK and Ireland Rural Futures Network
The UK and Ireland Rural Futures Network, funded by the ESRC and the Irish Research Council, brings together academics from a range of disciplines, policy makers and rural professionals from across the UK and the Republic of Ireland to develop a future research agenda and reframe future rural policy for...
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Geography & Environment is launching a new MSc programme to train future sustainability leaders!
In the current challenging times, the need to make the world a safe and sustainable place is stronger than ever before. The Department of Geography & Environment is pro-actively responding to this need by launching a new programme – MSc in Sustainability Transitions. The programme is designed to train the...
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New software to assist Geophysics research
School of Geosciences announces arrival of leading edge software package to assist staff and student research.
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Now let's take a look at the weather - 12,000 years ago
A landmark study led by the University of Aberdeen has provided the clearest ever picture of ancient weather patterns in Europe - and could improve models used to predict how climate change will affect the Continent in future.
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Green Power to visit the Green Economy Research Centre (GERC) Master students
Gervase Topp from GreenPower will (virtually) visit the Master of Land Economy and MSc Environmental Partnership Management students on 19 November 2020. He will provide insights on wind and solar energy, STOR (battery, cryogenic, gas turbine) and emerging technologies (green hydrogen and green electric vehicle charging), alongside issues related to...
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Geo-Net-Zero - new PhD opportunities 2021 in Aberdeen
Geo-Net-Zero at Aberdeen 2021 PhDs in Geosciences and the low carbon transition - available to staret in October2021. Apply NOW, closing date: 29th January 2021 As international/EU doctoral students are charged higher fees to study at the university, projects are only available to UK applicants. Prospective applicants should direct queries direct to the supervisors...
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Geography at University of Aberdeen in the top quartile in the UK
Geography at UoA rises six places in the Times & The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. We ranked 16th overall in the UK (out of 66) and are once again within the top quartile. This is very encouraging going forward with the arrival of four new staff and collaboration...
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How to spot predatory publishers and avoid becoming their prey
The Green Economy Research Centre seminar series started the term with a lunch session about predatory publishers. Dr. Flurina Wartmann, Lecturer in Geography and Environment, explained how to spot predatory publishers - those publishers who charge for publishing scientific articles without providing the services of organising a serious peer-review and...