News in April 2004

More than eighty music and dance scholars from all over the world are heading to the University of Aberdeen for a prestigious event.The University is staging the annual conference of the British Forum of Ethnomusicology - a society devoted to the study of music and dance from all parts of...

The man tasked with drawing up an action plan to co-ordinate every single invoice, statement and other important documents and files has taken up his new post at the University of Aberdeen.Phil Astley is the University's very first Records Manager and he's facing a mountainous task - there's never been...

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: Wednesday 7 April, 2004, details at end of release.Almost one hundred pupils from North-East secondary schools are getting a helping hand with their studying this Easter from the University of Aberdeen.For the third year, the University is hosting a two-day Easter Revision School on April 6-7, 2004 for...

Easter fun for kids at the Natural History CentreWith the Easter school holidays approaching next week, young intrepid animal explorers are being invited to come along to the University of Aberdeen to have some hands-on fun. The youngsters will in Bio-puppets, find out about animal movement and be allowed to...

FPregnant women and breastfeeding mothers are set to benefit from the first study of its kind in the UK. Researchers at the Highlands and Islands Health Research Institute (HIHRI) will undertake a three-year study, which is being funded from £500,000 worth of awards from the Scottish Executive Health Department (SEHD)...

Five of Britain's top research universities have been successful in securing funding towards understanding how to manage the natural environment in the future, as it changes in response to human pressures and climate change.UKPopNet has been launched today () and is a network of researchers from five of Britain's leading...