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Bradyworks - outstanding contemporary music group from Canada
University Music at the University of Aberdeen will next week (Tuesday, December 2) welcome Bradyworks an outstanding contemporary music group from Canada performing for the first time in the United Kingdom.Composer and guitarist Tim Brady will bring his unique ensemble Bradyworks to the UK with concerts in Aberdeen and London....
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Minister gives keynote address at University sustainability conference
Jim Wallace MSP (Deputy First Minister and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning) will deliver the keynote address at the third annual Conference on Sustainable Development and the Oil and Gas Industry at the University of Aberdeen on Monday December 1, 2003.Sustainable Development - the process needed to achieve a...
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New centre of excellence in environmental sustainability for Aberdeen
[Issued jointly by the University of Aberdeen, The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and theNatural Environment Research Council]New centre of excellence in environmental sustainability for AberdeenA proposal for a new Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability (ACES) has today (Thursday, 27 November) been given the go ahead by the Natural Environment...
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UK first for prestigious seminar series
UK first for prestigious seminar seriesOver the course of the coming academic year the University of Aberdeen's Centre for Early Modern Studies will host a Sawyer Seminar - a series of conferences and workshops funded annually by the Andrew W Mellon Foundation of New York. The University of Aberdeen, along...
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University joins forces with students to explore new facilities
Ambitious plans to create a new, state-of-the-art students' facility at the heart of King's College campus are to be explored by the University of Aberdeen.The University has joined forces with the Students' Association to examine the possibility of creating a 'one-stop shop' for students which could see new social facilities...
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Rifkind urges Europe to look to UK for way ahead
[Issued on behalf of the Natural Environment Research Council] Rifkind urges Europe to look to UK for way aheadSir Malcolm Rifkind, former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, will point to the evolution of the United Kingdom as providing lessons for the new Europe during a lecture at...
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Major incidents and their impacts on University agenda
Major incidents and their impacts on University agendaMajor incidents and their impacts are the theme of a day-long conference taking place today (Wednesday November 26) at the University of Aberdeen.Over 150 delegates from across the UK will hear keynote speeches from author and humanitarian Terry Waite, as well as Mrs...
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Students to benefit from launch of information centre
Students at the University of Aberdeen are to benefit from the launch of the University's Students' Association Information and Advice Centre.The University has recruited 12 student volunteers who have been fully trained to provide information, advice and referrals every weekday between 10am and 4pm for the 13,500 students who study...
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What would you do with £270 million?
People in Aberdeen will have the chance this week to find out how decisions are made for funding environmental science and to e their views on how they think a £270 million budget should be spent.The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) spends that amount each year on environmental science. Funding...
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Aberdeen transport expert advises Austria
An expert on British transport policy - Dr Jon Shaw, based at the University of Aberdeen - has been invited to give evidence next week to the Austrian Government on a possible reorganisation of Austrian railways.The Austrian Government wants to improve the productivity of the Austrian Federal Railway (OBB) and...
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Lewis Macdonald to launch 'aim 4 uni' at the University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen will launch a new scheme on Monday, November 24 at King's College Centre, which aims to continue to ensure a fair and equitable admission process to University studies. Special guest and speaker for the launch ceremony will be Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, who is...
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Scotland's culture and identity under the spotlight
One of the UK's leading criminal lawyers and cultural commentators, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, will deliver the inaugural Talking Scots 2003 lecture at the King's College Centre, University of Aberdeen, tomorrow (Thursday November 20).As a regular commentator on educational opportunities and cultural relations, Baroness Kennedy will discuss Scotland's cultural and...
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Leading Aberdeen doctor honoured by the Royal College of General Practitioners
A senior Aberdeen consultant has been awarded a prestigious Medal by The Royal College of General Practitioners, in recognition for his exceptional work towards the College's aims of high quality patient care. The President's Medal has been awarded to a leading doctor from the University of Aberdeen at a recent...
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Aberdeen to host major international conference on oceans and the sea
More than 600 delegates from across the world are expected to attend a major international conference on oceans and the sea following confirmation that Aberdeen is to be the venue of Oceans 07.This prestigious three-day event will take place for the first time in the UK from June 18 -...
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Captain Corelli author to be honoured by the University of Aberdeen
Four leading figures from the worlds of literature, law and art will be honoured by the University of Aberdeen at its annual, winter graduation ceremonies at Marischal College later this month. One of the biggest names in contemporary literature, Louis de Bernières, artist, Callum Innes and retired solicitors, Graham Cran...
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Opening exhibition: Spirit of Stones
[A photo opportunity with Annabel Carey and her batiks will be held at Marischal Museum on November 14 at 11am]Marischal Museum at the University of Aberdeen will be the opening venue (Monday, November 17) for a UK touring exhibition of up to fifty framed batiks featuring stone circles by Annabel...
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From Russia … to Aberdeen
November marks a celebration of Russian culture in Aberdeen with recitals, concerts, lecture, workshops and films organised by University Music at the University of Aberdeen, in association with The Russia Club of Aberdeen and The Belmont Cinema.Members of the North-east public are invited to attend a series of events which...
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Rural futures under the European spotlight
European Union and national policies need to work in a more integrated way if the broader concerns of rural people in terms of jobs, incomes, employment, quality of life, health and education are to be addressed, a leading Scottish academic will tell European counterparts later this week.Professor John Bryden, Chair...
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Aberdeen students' Careers Information Fair
Over 1000 students are expected to visit this year's Careers Information Fair at the University of Aberdeen tomorrow (Wednesday November 12) at the Elphinstone Hall, Old Aberdeen to find out more about future employment and study opportunities.More than 40 employers from a variety of different sectors will be represented at...
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Scotland: a superpower?
Scotland's place on the world stage will be examined by leading Scots in a major four-part lecture series hosted by the University of Aberdeen.Talking Scots 2003 will bring together some of the nation's leading thinkers to address the issues facing Scots four years into devolution.The series starts on (Thursday, November...
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Aberdeen ranked above Oxford and Cambridge
The University of Aberdeen's ambition to become one of the country's leading universities was massively boosted today with the publication of a league table ranking Aberdeen third in the UK's top "knowledge-based" cities. Aberdeen has been ranked third above Cambridge and Oxford, and only behind Inner and Outer London, as...
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Hundreds expected to attend the University of Aberdeen's Act of Remembrance Sunday Service
More than 500 people are expected to attend an Act of Remembrance Sunday Service in King's College Chapel being held by the University of Aberdeen this weekend (Sunday, November 9).Representatives from the Universities' Air Squadron, the Royal Naval Unit and the Officers' Training Corps will parade along the High Street,...
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Aberdeen academic goes back to her roots with £3M research project in New Zealand
A University of Aberdeen academic is helping lead the way at the other side of the world following announcement of a new multi-million pound research programme into sustainable development for the New Zealand government.Jan Bebbington, Professor of Accountancy at the University of Aberdeen will play a key role in the...
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£100k funding awarded to the University of Aberdeen for pioneering cerebral palsy research
Children with cerebral palsy are set to benefit from the first study of its kind in the UK. Scientists at the University of Aberdeen will undertake a two-year study, which is being funded to the tune of £100,000 by Cerebra, the Foundation for brain-injured children and young people.Cerebral palsy is...
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Going home: museums and repatriation
A new exhibition at Marischal Museum marks the repatriation of a sacred head-dress to the Blood Tribe in Canada earlier this year (exhibition runs until January 2004). The horned head-dress with an eagle feather trailer was identified by members of the Blood Tribe during a visit to Aberdeen in November...
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Medical masterclass scheduled for the University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen is hosting a unique event, which should help dispel the myth that scientists are dull. Recent research undertaken by the Institute of Physics indicates that scientists are perceived to be boring, however the number of women entering the sciences has doubled since 1960 and the average...