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In-depth - our pioneers and their extraordinary achievements
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University of Aberdeen geoscientist Brice Rea will be onboard the UK's polar research vessel the RRS Sir David Attenborough as it makes its first science expedition to the Arctic.
Aberdeen FC Community Trust and the University of Aberdeen's successful schools and communities partnership will be extended until 2026, it has been announced.
Key Scottish industries are being encouraged to do more to adapt to climate change after researchers found that the number of water scarcity events in Scotland could double by 2050.
Householders in parts of Shetland are being asked to give their views on what would help make the islands' population sustainable as part of a new research project.
The first Training School of the 'hydrogen production from waste' research initiative will take place on 20 and 21 August.
Dr Ieuan Seymour named Future Leaders Fellow and receives £1.2M for research project.
Researchers need volunteers to help with obesity study.
Among the headliners appearing at University of Aberdeen King's Pavilion on September 21, and 24-29 will be former Scots Makar Liz Lochhead, Caribbean-British poet Grace Nichols, novelists Ben Aaronovitch, Zoe Strachan and Louise Welsh, Sherlock Holmes series writer James Lovegrove and Horrible Histories' comic songwriter Richie Webb.
Seven University of Aberdeen research projects have been selected at the spring 2024 RSE Research Awards open call.
The University of Aberdeen has been ranked 2nd in Scotland for overall student satisfaction* and 15th in the UK** for positive responses, in the National Student Survey (NSS).
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.
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...
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...
Did you eat breakfast this morning, or skip this meal to rush to work, or to sleep longer? If you don’t eat breakfast, is it because you don’t feel hungry and can’t face food first thing? If you prefer to hit the snooze button for a longer sleep, or choose to...