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Conference on Emigration attracts world-wide interest
A major three-day conference on emigration due to be held at Sabhal Mor Ostaig (the Gaelic College) in Skye between 22-25 June is attracting world-wide interest.Organised by the University of Aberdeen’s Research Institute for Irish and Scottish Studies (RIISS) and the College, the Conference, “Celtic Cultures in the Emigrant Context”,...
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University Department achieves “double first”
The University of Aberdeen’s Department of Land Economy is the first Department in Scotland and only one of two in Europe to offer dual professional qualifications in surveying and planningThis significant achievement follows accreditation visits by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).This...
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University of Aberdeen signs major industrial collaboration agreement on sight saving software
A major collaboration agreement will be announced tomorrow (24 May) which will provide high street optometrists with an automated computerised technique for spotting the early signs of potentially sight threatening eye disease in those suffering from diabetes.Professor Peter Sharp, Head of the University of Aberdeen’s Department of Biomedical Physics and...
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Research into care for the elderly in hospital given a £540,000
funding boost by the European UnionThe care of older people who are admitted to hospital is the subject of a £540,000 European Union-funded 6-country research project being carried out by a team in the University of Aberdeen’s Department of Medicine for the Elderly.From an office in Woodend Hospital, the Aberdeen...
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Physics, Cosmology, Biochemistry - and God
The Gifford Bequest is proud to sponsor free public lectures by Australia’s best-known scientist and a Professor of Biochemistry at Lehigh University in the United States. They will look discuss from a scientific standpoint evidence for deliberate intelligent design in the universe. The lectures begin on Sunday, May 28th at...
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Terry Waite opens Trauma Research Centre
The Aberdeen Centre for Trauma Research, funded by the University of Aberdeen and Grampian Primary Care NHS Trust, was formally opened by Terry Waite, CBE at 11.30 am today, Wednesday .The Centre was established last year to provide an opportunity for high quality research into various aspects of trauma, as...
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“Spin Doctor” to investigate drug delivery in the body
"Spin Doctor” to investigate drug delivery in the bodyScientists at the University of Aberdeen are being funded by the European Union to look at the use of a group of chemicals which can help to monitor disease development and targeted drug delivery.Dr Margaret Foster and her team are using a...
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University of Aberdeen joy at jobs success for the North East
Between 50-60 new jobs are set to be created by £5Million European Union research funding awarded to the University of Aberdeen.This represents an increase of more than 50% on our current European grant holdings.Principal of the University of Aberdeen, C Duncan Rice warmly welcomed the news: “I am delighted that...
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Whitbread Prizewinner and Others to Read Works for the Public
Whitbread Prizewinner and Others to Read Works for PublicKate Atkinson, who won the Whitbread Prize for her first novel Behind the Scenes at the Museum and who has consolidated her reputation with two further novels, Human Croquet and Emotionally Weird will be reading her work for the public along with...
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10,000 volunteers to help with research to improve cervical screening in the UK
10,000 volunteers to help with research to improvecervical screening in the UK10,000 women between the ages of 20 and 59 from the Grampian, Tayside and Nottingham areas are to be invited to take part in a study that will help improve cervical screening in the UK.The seven year, £3 million...
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University of Aberdeen Medical Graduate scores scholarship success
Aberdeen born Dr Sarah Little is busily preparing to fly off to New York in August thanks to her success in winning the prestigious Saint Andrew’s Society of the State of New York Scholarship.The Society offers only two scholarships per year, valued at $15,000 each, and the competition is open...
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Food Safety Conference at the University
Food safety experts and senior managers from universities from all over Europe will be in Aberdeen from the 11th to the 13th of May 2000 to attend the European Policy Towards Safety in the Food Chain conference being held at the University of Aberdeen.The conference, which is the 4th conference...
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Images of the Apocalypse
Lecture at the Seventh Annual Word & Image ConferenceThe Seventh Annual Word & Image Conference will feature a public lecture by the Deputy Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum, Frances Carey, on Friday 12th May at 5:30 pm about the many ways the Apocalypse is represented.While specialising...
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Voices of Difference
The Ledingham Chalmers European Law LectureThe lecture is jointly organised by the University of Aberdeen Law School and the Scottish law firm Ledingham Chalmers.Professor Carol Harlow has been with the London School of Economics since 1976. She has also been Jean Monnet Professor at the European University Institute. A qualified...
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North of Scotland Graduate Recruitment Fair
The event, jointly organised by the University of Aberdeen and The Robert Gordon University, will take place in Aberdeen Music Hall, Union Street, from 10:30 am until 3:30 pm. The Fair is open to graduates and undergraduates from all universities, and entry is free.The Press & Journal is sponsoring the...
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Magnus Linklater to Discuss the Future of the Arts in Scotland:
Magnus Linklater to Discuss the Future of the Arts in Scotland -Crisis or Confidence?Dr. Magnus Linklater, Chairman of the Scottish Arts Council will close the major series, Talking Scots, organised by the University of Aberdeen to mark the new Millennium, with a discussion on the future of the arts in...
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Building “Images of Hope” for Medicine
International expert on medical imaging to giveInaugural John Mallard Medical Physics LectureThe contribution of atoms and electrons to medicine will be the subject of the inaugural John Mallard Medical Physics Lecture given by international expert, Professor Ian Isherwood and due to take place on 9 May 2000. Professor Isherwood will...
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Choral Extravaganza at St Giles Cathedral
On Sunday, May 7th, St Giles Cathedral will host a choral extravaganza given by the University of Aberdeen Choral Society to celebrate its 125th anniversary. Conducted by Dr Roger B Williams, the choir will also feature in a new work, Pipes of Peace by Edward McGuire, with bagpipe virtuoso Robert...
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Harvard Professor to Discuss Literary Greats
One of America’s leading literary authorities will speak on three of the greatest poets of the English-speaking world at a public lecture series in Aberdeen this month. Helen Vendler, Harvard Professor of Literature and Poetry Critic of The New Yorker Magazine, will deliver the James Murray Brown Lectures from May...
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Professor of Primary Respiratory Care Appointed
One of the most significant advances in respiratory medicine and primary care for two decades has taken place with the appointment to the first ever Chair in a clinical discipline in primary care. Dr David Price, a Norwich GP with a track record of innovative thinking, has been appointed as...
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BAA Aberdeen Airport to Sponsor Aberdeen’s Natural History Centre
BAA Aberdeen Airport to SponsorAberdeen’s Natural History CentreDate: 1 0BAA Aberdeen Airport is to sponsor the Natural History Centre at the University of Aberdeen by funding equipment and materials for children visiting the Centre.The Natural History Centre is a community resource housed in the Department of Zoology at the University....
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Salmon Smells Trick Sea Lice
The problem of sea lice which infest salmon may be solved by researchers in Aberdeen who have found a way of tricking the lice.Lice are attracted to salmon by the strong smells that the fish release into the water. By manipulating the chemicals that produce these very smells, it is...