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Aberdeen rises to highest university ranking
The University of Aberdeen has achieved its highest ever UK position in one of the country's most prestigious university league tables.
'A' surprising new target for MND drugs identified
Drugs that 'switch on' vitamin A in the body may also help stave of conditions such as motor neuron disease (MND).
WayWORD Festival opens this week with a stellar line-up of local, national and international perform
Opening on 21 September, WayWORD will host former Scots Makar Liz Lochhead and a live concert with SC&T Youth, Ross Couper and Tom Oakes.
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Aberdeen Professor joins nutrition advisory body
Alex Johnstone, Professor in Human Nutrition, Theme Lead for Nutrition, Obesity and Disease at the Rowett Institute, is to join The British Nutrition Foundation Advisory Committee.
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WayWORD Festival launches livestream programme
Boosting its vibrant in-person and existing online programme, the WayWORD Festival has extended its livestream offering to include an additional eight live events.
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Hundreds attend event designed to help parents prepare for university transition
A special event for parents and carers of young people planning to go to university next year saw over 200 people gather on campus in Old Aberdeen last night to find out more.
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School uniform study author welcomes publication of Scotland's 1st national school uniform guidance
A University lecturer who has led influential studies looking at the regulation and cost of school uniforms in Scotland has welcomed today's publication of national guidance.
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The value of Scotland's school-college partnerships to be explored in new study
Educational pathways which give young people the opportunity to combine their schoolwork with college classes are the focus of a new study led by researchers at the University of Aberdeen.
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BlackRock senior executive will focus on crisis, resilience and growth in prestigious lecture
A senior executive at one of the world's leading investment, advisory and risk management firms will take to the stage next month to deliver the prestigious Watt Hepburn Lecture.
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Popular research festival back for its 10th year
Explorathon is back!
The Conversation
The University of Aberdeen is a founding partner of The Conversation UK. See below our academics' articles and opinion pieces on various topics of public interest.
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Corruption hurts businesses but digital tools offer the hope of fighting it, say manufacturers in Ghana and Nigeria
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Ghana’s decades-old ambition to build an integrated aluminium industry faces a new hurdle: the clean energy transition
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Gut microbiome: meet Ruminococcus bromii – the microbe that loves carbs
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Les rebelles camerounais n'atteindront peut-être pas leur objectif de créer un État mais ils menacent la stabilité
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Mengenal hidrogen hijau: jenis, manfaat, dan tantangannya untuk transisi energi Indonesia
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Cameroon’s rebels may not achieve their goal of creating the Ambazonian state – but they’re still a threat to stability
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Ukraine war: Russian soldiers’ wives are increasingly outspoken in their opposition
Opinion
How did we arrive at this point?
By Professor John Bone, School of Social Sciences, University of Aberdeen The events at the Trump rally on 13 July 2024 provided yet one more tragic illustration of how political behaviour can all too readily move from rational debate to violent action. Political violence is, of course, sadly far from new and...
Witch hunts early example of profiling
Dr William G Naphy is a Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Aberdeen specialising in the Reformation and social control As Halloween approaches, the perennially popular witch costume will be donned by guisers across the country. Images of witches have appeared in various forms throughout history—from evil, wart-nosed women...
Getting to the heart of the matter
Professor Dana Dawson is from the University of Aberdeen’s Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research Unit and a consultant cardiologist at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Can you die of a broken heart? For those unfortunate enough to have experienced it, it can certainly feel like that. I am part of a group of scientists researching...
