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Content from our previous library blogs is still available. For older posts relating to The Sir Duncan Rice Library click here . Content from our Medical Library blog is available here and posts from our Taylor Library blog are here .

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Digital and information skills workshops for postgraduate researchers

Are you just starting your doctorate? Getting stuck into your research? Writing up your PhD? Library staff are running a series of digital and information skills workshops for postgraduate research students. Wherever you are on your research journey, we have a skills workshop for you.

Book now via Course Booking.

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President's Medal Lecture: Medicine, the Med Chi and Me!

Aberdeen Medico-chirurgical Society, Room 402, The Suttie Centre, Foresterhill

Thursday 16th October 2025 7pm

 

Dr Ken McHardy was born in Aberdeen in May 1955, firstborn of a mixed marriage; his mother, a toonser, and father, a teuchter, had been denied opportunities to improve on the family’s scant educational heritage courtesy…

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Dyslexia Awareness Week

October 6th-12th is Dyslexia Awareness Week. 1 in 10 people in the UK have this condition, which can affect reading, writing and spelling. The theme around this year is ‘Raising the Volume’, which aims to champion the voices of young people, focus on their successes and raise awareness of the…

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PGT Autumn Sessions: October - December 2025

Starting in early October, the Student Learning Service and the Library will be offering a series of workshops and seminars for Taught Postgraduate students, designed to support you in your project or dissertation research. Some sessions are online and others will be delivered in-person on the Old Aberdeen campus. 

Topics include:

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Digital Dip sessions - make your digital life easier

Looking to enhance your digital skills this academic year? We can help. Come along to one of our Digital Dip sessions in October and November 2025.

These short, online sessions are open to all staff and students. They will run on Wednesdays and Thursdays and will take no more than…

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University of Aberdeen Law Fair

Are you studying law at the University of Aberdeen and interested in pursuing a legal career? Please join us at our next University of Aberdeen Law Fair!

The event is at Elphinstone Hall on Tuesday the 23rd of September 2025 and is sponsored by Addleshaw Goddard LLP and Raeburn Christie…

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Taylor Library - Induction and library tours for new law students at Welcome Week 2025

It is our pleasure to welcome all new law students who start their studies at the University of Aberdeen in September 2025.

For undergraduate students there will be mandatory library tours on Wednesday the 17th of September (between 9 am and 4 pm) and Thursday the 18th of September (between…

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Free Eco Wardrobe Giveaway in the Sir Duncan Rice Library at Welcome Week 2025

We are pleased to announce that, in cooperation with AUSA Swap Shop, the Library’s Green Library Group are organising our second Eco Wardrobe Giveaway event between Monday the 15th and Wednesday the 17th of September in the Sir Duncan Rice Library. Just like last time, we are bringing you a nice selection of second-hand clothes.…

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Careers and Employability Service

The Careers and Employability Service Drop-in Sessions in Taylor Library are back!

Drop in to Project Room 1 on the dates listed below to get career advice and useful tips. These sessions are suitable for both undergraduate and postgraduate law students and there is no booking required – just come…

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