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Is an important presentation on the horizon, and do you need to find resources? Or are you struggling to make sense of your Reading List? Maybe you're putting the finishing touches to your thesis or dissertation and notice that the references don't look right. If you need help during this…
Ms Justine Royle, Consultant Urological Surgeon, NHSG
Aberdeen Medico-chirurgical Society, Room 402, The Suttie Centre, Foresterhill
Justine qualified from Manchester in 1994. She has an MD in prostate cancer cellular biology from the same university. As well as being a fellow of the faculty of surgical trainers, she has chaired…
Art holds the power to unite us in celebration of all things in transition, and either side of it.
In the face of atrocity and ongoing hardship, the importance of art in response remains central to forging networks of strength and resistance. From the visually beautiful, to messy scribbled lines,…
Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society, Room 402, The Suttie Centre, Foresterhill
Professor Ewan Forrest, Consultant Physician and Hepatologist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Honorary Professor University of Glasgow
Professor Forrest has a specialist interest in alcohol related liver disease and in particular the management of alcohol related hepatitis. Co-developer of the Glasgow Alcoholic…
As it’s nearly Halloween, let’s have a little horror story: You’re working in the lab late one night, when your eyes behold an eerie site…error message, a 404 error on a public data directory you had previously bookmarked that contained essential data for a project you just began, comparing Covid-19…
In recent years several journals have seen editors walking out due to disagreements with their host publishers. This has often led to the editors beginning new journals where they can have more autonomy. In 2023, editors of eight journals all left due to disputes with their publishing companies. Mass Resignations…
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? A more modern, academic version might be: if a groundbreaking study is published in a journal that then disappears from the web, does the knowledge still exist?
The uncomfortable answer…
October is Black History Month. This global initiative showcases the strength, beauty and richness of multicultural international society; and inspires us to work ever harder to eradicate racism, injustice and discrimination in favour of a truly inclusive world.
This year, the theme is 'Standing Firm in Power and Pride.' With…
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.
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…
