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Best-selling Scottish historian questions Tartan agenda to reconnect with Scots abroad
Tartan agenda to reconnect with Scots abroadOne of Scotland's leading historians will tackle the question of Scottish identity abroad in a major public lecture tonight (Thursday May 16).Professor Tom Devine, Director of the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen, will ask why our ancestors...
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Think you know about teaching, think again! University of Aberdeen to host Open Evening for Postgrad
University of Aberdeen to host Open Evening for Postgraduate Certificate in Education (secondary)The University of Aberdeen will host an Open Evening for 2002/2003 entry to the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Secondary) - PGCE(S) on Tuesday 21 May at King's College Conference Centre from 6.00pm. Prospective students are invited to attend...
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Bernard C. Lloyd Walter Scott Collection comes to Aberdeen Heritage Lottery Fund grant announced
Heritage Lottery Fund grant announcedThe Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded a grant of £209,000 to the University of Aberdeen towards the purchase of the Bernard C. Lloyd Walter Scott Collection, the most valuable library purchase the University has ever made.The Lloyd Collection is understood to be the most comprehensive collection...
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North of Scotland Graduate Recruitment Fair
Over 1500 students and graduates are expected at the first Scottish Graduate Recruitment Fair of 2002 to be held in Aberdeen on Wednesday May 15, 2002.Peter Fantom, University of Aberdeen Careers and Appointments Service said: "Our Fair enables us at the University of Aberdeen Careers and Appointments Service to continue...
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University of Aberdeen honours Archbishop Conti
The University of Aberdeen has appointed The Most Reverend Archbishop Mario Conti as Honorary Professor in Roman Catholic Theology. The Honorary appointment marks and celebrates the Silver Anniversary of the Archbishop's ordination as Bishop of Aberdeen.Commenting on the appointment, Professor Iain Torrance, Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Divinity...
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Aberdeen in top twenty UK universities
The University of Aberdeen's ambition to become one of the country's leading universities was boosted today with the publication of UK-wide university league tables. Aberdeen has been ranked nineteenth in the UK and third in Scotland in The Times Good University Guide.Principal C Duncan Rice said that this recognition of...
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North-east public invited to hear current developments towards a European Constitution
towards a European ConstitutionWith news headlines currently full of issues on European politics and today officially recognised as Europe Day, Professor Neil Walker of the European Institute in Florence and the University of Aberdeen will present a public lecture on the fascinating political and legal debate surrounding the idea of...
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Childhood: an international conference
The 9th Annual Scottish Word and Image Group (SWIG) Conference will take place later this week at the University of Aberdeen. Members of the public are invited to the opening Public Lecture, New Light on Snow White: art, adaptation and ideology in Disney's film, given by Professor M. Thomas Inge...
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London Chamber of Commerce & Industry Marketing Gold Medal Awarded
Clare de Rocco, Business Development Co-ordinator at the University of Aberdeen Language Centre, who attended an evening class at Aberdeen College last year, will be presented with the London Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) Marketing Gold Medal for coming first in the world for her Third Level exams at...
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Back for Seconds Clarissa to be re-installed as Rector of the University of Aberdeen
Clarissa to be re-installed as Rector of the University of AberdeenThe North-east public will be given the chance to see the installation of top celebrity cook and broadcaster Clarissa Dickson Wright, returned for the second time as Rector for the University of Aberdeen at a ceremony at King's College Chapel...